Last night four Boeing 737s crashed in Italy killing all the passengers.
Actually… No, they didn’t…but that’s an almost exact equivalent death toll in Italy to that of the virus. The night before only two crashed …and the night before that, three crashed.
I’m sounding sensationalist…. I’m sorry…But I’m not sure we are taking this seriously enough.
Driving up Sydney Road, Brunswick today, the good people of the inner north were out in force. It’s usually rejuvenating to see the individuality, the personalities, the comfortableness with the unconventional. Today it was disconcerting. Statistically these aren’t the people who are going to die if we don’t get this under control.
We understand about personal freedoms, gender equality, sexual orientation and racial tolerance…. But what about sacrificing personal expectations for the good of our society?
Is having a double espresso at your local café with five of your best friends a right that’s immutable?
And if you are wondering why it’s important to sacrifice these things, its better explained than I ever could in this Washington Post graphic article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
And any of us who have listened to Radio National over the years would know the caledonian tones of Norman Swan…. Balanced, fair, unsensational, evidence based.
Have a listen to him at the 20:50 minute mark of the conversation hour earlier this week.
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/12040714
I took the pictures below in Northern Italy, the epicentre of the current outbreak a few years ago. These aren’t just statistics…These are real people….with real children and real mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers.
Hopefully most of them are still alive.
