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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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InvisibleRobertLevin
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The Gift of Covid-19
    #26664837 - 05/11/20 03:59 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Fully aware of the grievous toll Covid-19 has already taken, and belonging to the demographic deemed most vulnerable to a lethal case of it, I’m hardly inclined to make light of the disease. But of the belief that in ways self-evident and convoluted, to mitigate the terror of death is a provenance of virtually all human behavior, I can’t help but be amused by certain of the reactions to the virus and what they reveal about the games we play with our minds in order to alleviate existential dread.

I’m speaking of the extreme, indeed overwrought, adherence by many of us to protocols we’ve been told will shield us from infection, and which can range from, say, never leaving the house to painstakingly sanitizing one’s mail.

Being obsessively immersed in such protective measures enables us to feel that we’ve narrowed the infinite causes of death to a single and, crucially, avoidable one.

For a not insignificant percentage of the population, Covid-19 is something of a gift.


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Re: The Gift of Covid-19 [Re: RobertLevin] * 2
    #26665122 - 05/11/20 06:37 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

It definitely has shown that we can't trust our government to have any sort of actionable plans in place to mitigate or handle perfectly inevitable and predictable occurrences, such as a highly contageous and serious new virus spreading. Even the trusted experts have contradicted themselves and added to the confusion and lack of action throughout the process.

Just another reason to not take any day for granted, most of us will get through this one okay but who knows what the future holds. Looking at our own actions/reactions to it can say a lot about how prepared we are mentally and just logistically to handle something that can happen at any time, it also shows us a lot about those around us. Unfortunately it's been politicized and taken advantage of by some, so something that can bring us all closer together and make us appreciate each other more has become equally divisive. The classic yin and yang.


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