Yesterday, as I was watching a 90s sitcom (don’t judge me), an Easter greeting from some well-known celebrities came on. Nothing unusual in that, except this year, in addition to the usual holiday wishes, they all implored viewers to ‘stay strong’ because ‘we will get through this together.’
Remember a couple of months ago, when the C-word was making only minor ripples in newsfeeds. Who can believe it’s come to this, and so quickly. That people have been reduced to weeping in carparks throughout the world over toilet paper.
In the Sydney Morning Herald today, there was a story describing how the police are devoting extensive resources to ‘cracking down on holidaymakers’ over the long weekend simply for being holidaymakers. It was a sentence I never expected to read.
While the lucky people are cocooned in their homes, watching Netflix and Youtube and chatting on Zoom, the novelty of seeing talk show hosts broadcast from their living rooms is beginning to wear off. Their faces register what everyone is feeling: This shit is real.
America the Beautiful
Meanwhile, in the land of the free, Trump continues to downplay the seriousness of the crisis, even as tens of thousands die. As far as he’s concerned, efforts to contain the virus aren’t that important because it will only take down the…
