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Our Obsession with “Looking Good” Led Us To This Stage of Coronavirus
The price we pay for sticking our head in the sand
Three months before Coronavirus paralyzed every country in the world, I went into self-isolation due to my chronic illness. Despite being in extreme pain every single day and alone in my apartment, not one of those days agonized me as much as the state of our world today. As more and more information came into light, I realized there is a common denominator in this global pandemic that may have led us to this stage.
Politicians Wanted to “Look Good”, So They Covered Up the Truth and Told People Lies
I’m neither a medical professional nor a lawmaker. In this current situation, I feel as powerless, useless and helpless as I have ever been. My heart breaks every single day for the suffering humanity is going through, but if we don’t reflect on what went wrong, we will never ever learn.
I’m not here to discuss politics or point any fingers. The media and every comment section on the Internet already has enough of that. I’m only going to pick out some key events and put them in perspective.
December, 2019: Li Wenliang, a young doctor in China sounded the alarm that a mysterious new respiratory virus was spreading rapidly in…
