As the Battle Rages Over When to ‘Reopen America,’ May We Have a Word About ‘Risk,’ Please? – By Mike Miller (Red State) / May 20 2020
Risk. A simple four-letter word that means different things to different people — as well as different things at different times. Particularly in today’s politically-charged world of the Wuhan virus.
In the middle of what seems like the 4,857th month of living with the virus, its consequences, and its future impact, news continues to abound — good news, bad news, better news, worse news, confusing news, contradictory news, and ridiculous “news.”
Toss in continuing quarantines, closed stores, closed restaurants, closed everything — all due to perceived risk — and confusion and frustration reigns.
Moreover, a growing sense of anger among a growing number of Americans continues to build. “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it, anymore!” (random old movie reference) echoes louder and louder across the fruited plain, as Democrat lawmakers and their “mainstream” media comrades-in-arms hyperbolically warn us of the risk of untold horrors if we reopen the country too soon.
As the debate rages, the wiser among us argue that the risks associated with not reopening soon enough — waiting too long — might very well have far more dire consequences than reopening “too soon,’ for not only the economy, but for the health of our citizens, as well.
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