On coming out of Covid-19 shells
Saw a Wall Street Journal article on family and friends having reunions as the virus scare and lockdown ends. It’s titled “The Great American Reunion” and subtitled. “Families and friends are coming together after long separations as vaccinations rise; ‘My God, we’re back.'”
It begins with three short sentences: “Hugs are back. And handshakes. And tables for 10.” It is dated May 30 and includes a number of anecdotal stories of family and friends getting back in touch after long separations because of the virus lockdown. This is a personal issue for me, and I don’t want to go into the details.
Renowned historian Niall Ferguson says at the start of his latest book that “all disasters are at some level man-made.” I believe the socio-economic damage from Covid-19 was mainly human over-reaction to a virus that was quite serious and did kill some people but not as threatening as authorities told us.