By Mike Sieve
Rushford, Minn.
In these dark days of the coronavirus it’s important to believe that we will get through this and life will go on. But it’s also important to learn lessons so that we might be better prepared for threats like this in the future, as there almost certainly will be.
With that in mind, it seems to me that there are three things that a country and a people would need to do to successfully fight the kind of pandemic that we are facing today. Those three things are:
First, we must have a leader that we can trust. A leader who does not lie to us and who is willing to clearly and honestly tell us the truth even when we don’t want to hear it.
Second, that leader must listen to the scientists and be guided by the best scientific and medical advice and expertise available at the time.
And third, the people must accept and follow the advice and direction of their leader, and do what needs to be done to stop the spread of the pandemic in order to decrease the threat that they face.
When we see people who continue to gather and go to places against the advice and recommendations of our leaders they are a threat to all of us, and they deserve our criticism. When our leaders reject science and expertise in favor of their personal beliefs, opinions and selfish interests, or in order to secure votes in the next election, then they too deserve our criticism. And if we elect leaders who are willing to lie to us, and if we knew that they were like that when we elected them, well then we must accept responsibility ourselves and live with the consequences of our decisions, and try to do better next time. The difficulties that we are facing because of the coronavirus will naturally pass over time and we will move on. Nature will see to that. As for our actions, thankfully we live in a democracy and we have free choice. If we’re not happy with our leaders and the way they are handling this crisis then the solution is the ballot box. Until then… stay healthy.
Herbert Panko says
Say, Made in China, crawl out from under that rock you live under and see the real world. Dr. Fauci, a fraud? Really? I assume you have medical facts to back that up? Of course, you don’t. You’re just another slow-witted Trumper who believes anything he says.
Made in China says
There are sure a lot of smart people in Fillmore county, they watch CNN and that makes them experts. DR, Anthony Fauci is a deep state fraud. A deadly disease in a election year how convenient!
Gerald says
You got that right every word was really true say amen to god and go on with life it’s a free country let’s live it if you are sick stay at home don’t spread what you have god bless amen amen two times