My thoughts have turned to the president of the United States, the nation I once called home, the nation I love so much, the place I pledged allegiance to. The thoughts on how today’s leaders are basically asleep at the wheel, while someone else is driving. This has been one of the causes of the global disaster, the alarm was sounded back in November.
Chinese news were already manifesting what could be a serious issue. Where int he world was the intelligence forces of the world? Why did they not respond? Surely surveillance would have also sounded an alarm, but it did not and global travel did not stop, borders where not closed, planes kept going to and fro. That and the time of travel for most Chinese as the New Lunar year approached, from all the world, Chinese traveled in and out China taking the pathogen with them. The europeans love of travel in Asia did not stop.
When I think of past leaders and past emergencies like the HIV emergence, I think how their character brought on immense support to the whole situation. A true leader moves and takes actions, a leader calls to act and takes actions. In my opinion a current president would have to be working non stop at this time, travelling and engaging with other world leaders on how to stop this thing. Traveling to France and Germany, to India, where treatments, trials and medicine is being made, a leader who truly cares about humanity, about people, his people and also the world as the US is seen as a big brother to many. In hard times, I think teamwork is needed, if only our leaders came together and sought of a strong solution to this thing.
I have not once heard the word United Nations anywhere in the news or online, where is the unity. A leader would be using a Jet and seeking answers abroad, talking to people, using all the resources in the world to save people. there is so much technology now a days, thousands of apps, why cant apps be made to help with this pandemic, to track, and aid people. Surely lots of lessons will be learned, and our children and their children will surely judge the current situation better. It seems the age or true leadership is in slumber at the time, when even the leaders themselves become sick. Good leaders do not sit, dine and wait while their people die, leaders go out, seek help, protection and take action. There is too much complacency, too much vanity, in one word, slumber, all this translates into poor results as humanity. The ignoring of science is another strong case right now, but that is not the point of this article. We need to sober up and get back on track as a human community in this planet, wake up from slumber, for the sake of our children and their children.
Back to the point, what this pandemic has taught me is we should not depend on our leaders for living, if you see a storm coming, do not wait for your leader to tell you to seek shelter, seek shelter yourself, look at the signs, trust science and protect yourself and your family. If lightning strikes a storm is coming, do not wait for your mayor or governor to tell you to seek shelter.
Erin Michaels 