4 Things to Consider as We Live Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Isolate from the first known U.S. case of COVID-19. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) LIVING IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC IS SCARY , and confusing, and weird . I'm feeling all of those things right now, but I'm also feeling something else: empowered . The truth is, we each have a tremendous ability–and responsibility–to be a part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. I thought I'd take a moment to share four things I think we should keep in mind as we consider our personal actions in the coming days. 1. 'Proving' community spread is more complicated than you think. Some politicians and officials have approached the issue of community spread as something that must be proven . South Dakota's governor, Kristi Noem, has been among those. On Thursday, for instance, the Argus Leader quoted her as saying , "Anyone that would definitively say that we do have community spread would not be basing that on anything that would be factual at this ti...
