Here’s the thing about exponential growth: If you get ahead of it in the beginning, it is (sort of) easy because it’s small. And we can do small even if it takes a while to get going, because still small. But it feels small: Too small to worry about. So societies that value thinking and planning (and being kind to each other) will cope well.
If, however, you wait until it feels big enough to worry about, it’s already too late! because you’re now way behind the curve: Every (few days) you take to get organized is a (few days) in which the pandemic doubles in size, and you waited until it was big, so double-big is hopeless. Societies that value feelings and “let’s see what happens” (and tending to yourself, without regard for others) will be severely impacted.
Of course it isn’t political. Put on a smile while I wait for tomorrow earliest Tweet of the latest revised CDC guidelines if they aren’t de-funded yet.
I don’t know much about Ohio. I’ve only been there twice – both times for training by my company (which was actually in Dublin, Ohio) where they put us up in Columbus. My only two recollections were that there were no sidewalks in the northern part of Columbus and that they were college (Ohio State) football crazy. It seemed like a nice enough state, but it’s obviously gone downhill a bit.
Governor DeWine is a republican so I’m sure he hews quite closely to the Trumpian mantra of “no problems – everything’s fine”, as our country (and all the attendant republican states devolves into one great mass of coved-19 disaster.
When this all started he at first followed the science. But then the republicans didn’t like that and he has backed off. Not a surprise but it is a disappointment.
Pickled Pete almost 4 years ago
The more rooms you spray, the more people you’ll have to save..
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
Here’s the thing about exponential growth: If you get ahead of it in the beginning, it is (sort of) easy because it’s small. And we can do small even if it takes a while to get going, because still small. But it feels small: Too small to worry about. So societies that value thinking and planning (and being kind to each other) will cope well.
If, however, you wait until it feels big enough to worry about, it’s already too late! because you’re now way behind the curve: Every (few days) you take to get organized is a (few days) in which the pandemic doubles in size, and you waited until it was big, so double-big is hopeless. Societies that value feelings and “let’s see what happens” (and tending to yourself, without regard for others) will be severely impacted.
Guess which category the USA falls into.
The Love of Money is . . . almost 4 years ago
Of course it isn’t political. Put on a smile while I wait for tomorrow earliest Tweet of the latest revised CDC guidelines if they aren’t de-funded yet.
wellis1947 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I don’t know much about Ohio. I’ve only been there twice – both times for training by my company (which was actually in Dublin, Ohio) where they put us up in Columbus. My only two recollections were that there were no sidewalks in the northern part of Columbus and that they were college (Ohio State) football crazy. It seemed like a nice enough state, but it’s obviously gone downhill a bit.
Governor DeWine is a republican so I’m sure he hews quite closely to the Trumpian mantra of “no problems – everything’s fine”, as our country (and all the attendant republican states devolves into one great mass of coved-19 disaster.
Thomas Devers Premium Member almost 4 years ago
When this all started he at first followed the science. But then the republicans didn’t like that and he has backed off. Not a surprise but it is a disappointment.