Eighty years to the
day after the Trotsky assassination, Navalny is poisoned. Hundreds of thousands
of protestors in Minsk are trying to get rid of Lukashenko. It looks ominous.
The virus continues to rage throughout the world exposing the inadequacies of
our systems and human stupidity.
The religious
fanatics in Israel have crossed the line. They have been impacting the lives of
the secular before but never before has their absence of common sense directly
affected the lives of everyone else in the matters of life and death.
But it is not only
them. Apparently, bars were full with
people watching the European football finals. How can so many seemingly
reasonable people become immune to common sense? Are they just uninformed? Do they think they
themselves are invulnerable, but where is their sense of responsibility that
they might asymptomatically spread the virus to the more vulnerable part of the
population, and cause them to become sick, even die?
Never before have I
seen such lack of direction in Israel than in the last few weeks. The numbers
keep rising, the policy is unclear although we need to get below 1 newly
infected person per 100000 per day, and that is just not happening.
And the horrible
choice in the US, I just cannot make myself vote. If only Nikki Haley were
running for president this year.
Lukashenko, the
poisoning of Navalny, the virus - they are all the consequences of the
communist mentality which is so difficult to get rid of, even after 100 years
and 100 million victims. So sad that the West has so little to offer to counter
them. Instead we are doubting our own values.
Any light in this
gloom? Well, yes, there are epidemiologists like Michael Orterholm, Anthony
Fauci and Marc Lipsitch who give me hope that there are some who have not taken
leave of their senses. Another four
months of this surreal world.
