A View From Denmark On Europe’s Latest COVID-19 Wave And Lockdowns I’ve had a pen pal in Denmark for the past 24 years. Marie-Louise Metz (or Mare as I call her) and I have been writing each other since I was 14 and she was 15. We probably would’ve stopped writing if the internet hadn’tContinue reading ““It Feels Like We’re Being Punished For Doing It Right””
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I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles
The COVID Disaster Out West Triggered My Pandemic PTSD, And I’ve Lost Trust In The Experts I haven’t slept right since Christmas. I’ve been waking up at odd hours of the night, having nightmares and feeling scared and vulnerable. It feels like March and April again, even though the situation in New York City isContinue reading “I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles”
There Are Limits To What ‘Leadership’ Can Do
We All Wish The President Took COVID Seriously, But Ultimately It Matters Who Listens Anyway German Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting the viral treatment on Twitter again. A video of her desperately pleading with the German people to adhere to COVID guidelines has made its rounds this week. In the video, she apologizes to theContinue reading “There Are Limits To What ‘Leadership’ Can Do”
Messaging From Experts Is Hurting Commitment To COVID Mitigation
With No End Game In Sight, And Contradictory Predictions, People Are Naturally Very Hesitant To Surrender Freedoms Back in junior high school, our daily lunch consisted of 30 minutes of eating lunch, followed by 30 minutes for recess – where we would play outside in the schoolyard, or in the school gym if the weatherContinue reading “Messaging From Experts Is Hurting Commitment To COVID Mitigation”
When Weeks Turned To Months Turned To Years, America Tuned Out
We Asked Americans To Sacrifice “For Weeks” And Then Changed The Rules, So They Quit The Game The one thing that I have noticed in the ongoing “we need to keep social distancing and mask wearing” narrative is that everyone involved can separated into two groups: Those who think this is now a permanent wayContinue reading “When Weeks Turned To Months Turned To Years, America Tuned Out”
The COVID19 Pandemic Wouldn’t Have Gone Much Better Under Hillary
She would’ve responded competently, but Federalism and partisanship in an election year would have doomed us all Imagine it is late January, 2020; just a week or so before the Iowa Caucuses, and the GOP campaign to nominate a challenger to an unpopular incumbent President Hillary Clinton is well underway. Candidates are getting big crowdsContinue reading “The COVID19 Pandemic Wouldn’t Have Gone Much Better Under Hillary”
Facing Your Phobias in Quarantine:
I have a paralyzing fear of isolation and loneliness, this was my worst nightmare. Back in March, on day two of our lockdown in New York City, and after several days of anxiety attacks and feelings of panicking, I wrote about how the impending lengthy (at the time, open-ended) quarantine and social isolation was forcingContinue reading “Facing Your Phobias in Quarantine:”
Nick Rafter Writes 