Where’s the Infection?

[Pandemic - V]

Clearly the infection is global. And it’s spiking for the second or third time everywhere.

Clearly the infection is global. And it’s spiking for the second or third time everywhere.

It’s also particular. Real people that we know and love have contracted it, become ill, and suffered.

Where’s the infection? is an easy question to answer. It’s everywhere, and it’s somewhere. There is virtually no wrong answer. But COVID is not the only infection. Perhaps not the worst infection.

Maybe COVID is the stand-in, a target at which we can direct our bigger fear of total system breakdown. Are our systems infected and finally being undeniably exposed?

Is our political system infected with immaturity and self-service?
Is our economy infected with greed and hoarding?
Is our agricultural system infected with poisons and unsustainable practices?
Are our education models infected with a lack of creativity?
Are our social lives infected with online obsessions?
Are our homes infected with a lack of sincere connection and love?

A small target that a few specialists can shoot at is preferable to a big target we are all responsible for hitting.