"Disasters are, most basically, terrible, tragic, grievous, and no matter what positive side effects and possibilities they produce, they are not to be desired. But by the same measure, those side effects should not be ignored because they arise amid devastation. The desires and possibilities awakened are so powerful they shine even from wreckage, carnage, and ashes. What happens here is relevant elsewhere." Rebecca Solnit
Sunday, March 15, 2020
A Quote
“Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything
we do after a pandemic will seem inadequate. This is the dilemma we
face, but it should not stop us from doing what we can to prepare. We
need to reach out to everyone with words that inform, but not inflame.
We need to encourage everyone to prepare, but not panic.” — Michael O.
Leavitt, 2007
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