“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies

True on April 5, 2020. Still true today. Plus it will undoubtedly still be true in another 6 months and on. Ask yourself: To wear a mask or not wear a mask? To social distance, or to instead just do whatever you please? To care about more than just yourself? Or to care about only yourself???

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Tuesday US COVID News

“Trump says coronavirus could go away without a vaccine, mentions herd immunity.US President Donald Trump continued to claim that coronavirus will ‘go away,’ claiming it might disappear without a vaccine, while speaking at an ABC town hall on Tuesday. Trump also claimed ‘herd development’ can help the disease dissipate” CNN

“Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no.”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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“Trump heads into flu season amid pandemic mocking masks, holding packed campaign rallies. He's choreographed scenes experts warn could lead to illness or even death. Amid a raging pandemic, President Donald Trump has repeatedly choreographed a scene experts warn could lead to illness or even death: Thousands of supporters jammed together, mostly without masks, cheering for a candidate who mocks precautions against the novel coronavirus and has vowed to ignore his own health advisers. Fighting for reelection amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Trump enters the final stretch of the election increasingly ridiculing and ignoring coronavirus-related restrictions while holding packed campaign rallies across the country.” ABC News

“I'm frightened. Of us.”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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“US President Donald Trump contradicted his administration’s top health advisers call for Americans to wear facial masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying during a town hall hosted by ABC on Tuesday that “’there are a lot of people that think that masks are not good.’”
CNN

"If a doctor said take this because if you don't take you'll die - you would, wouldn't you?”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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Who would have ever imagined that America would still be where we now are; with a possibility of things getting even worse? That being said, late Summer is when insects are hurrying to get everything in order before cold weather sets in. That remains the “old normal”.