the u.s. virus response feels so much like our response to gun violence. seems easy to prevent! others have! but it's not 'who we are.' a certain idea of freedom makes it impossible. so we move on and just learn to accept a level of human loss that other countries won't tolerate.

i imagine that we'll just (the WH leak just now seems to suggest this too) get used to a certain number of deaths happening as we do w/ gun violence/school shootings. & we'll hang our heads when it happens and do thoughts & prayers for families and hope it doesn't come OUR way