Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Now We Wait 3
To Our Patients: Stay Away! 7
Dr. Potus vs. Public Health 11
What Do God's People Have to Say? 14
Red or Blue State, Covid doesn't Discriminate 17
From a Foundation of Fear, Barricades Arise 20
Thinking, and Precedent 24
Fox and Friends 28
For Protection, to Whom Do We Turn? 32
An Ounce of Prevention 35
Are You a Traditionalist? 38
Do Onto Others 43
Hope, and Science 48
From Too Busy to Nothing to Do 52
Prevent Now, or Treat Later 57
The Importance of Immigrants 62
The Stock Market is Not the Pandemic 65
On Leadership 70
Rinos and Chinos 76
Grieving on Good Friday 80
When and How to Reopen 85
Easter Hope 90
Pandemics, Power, and Snake Oil 94
The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Uncertainty 100
Will It Matter? (A Short Story Inspired by Current Events) 105
As You Did it for One of the Least of these My Brothers 112
A Good Mask is Hard to Find 116
Pandemic Psychology 120
Smithfield: Cradle of Cruelty 124
Warriors, in the Army or in Hospitals, Need Protection 128
Beware of Hospitals! 132
The Perils and Allure of Insularity 137
The War Not Waged 142
Raise a Glass with Me 146
Covid Can Kill You in Many Ways 150
Are Rules Made to be Broken? 154
Leaders and Abusers 160
A Failure of Imagination 165
Life Imitates Art 170
Technology: Friend or Foe? 175
Dear Potus: China Is Winning 179
Huddled Masses, Yearning to Breathe Free 183
Buy Stuff, Please! 187
Diversionary Tactics 192
What are We Afraid Of? 196
Drugs for Covid: Hype vs. Reality 200
Whither Politics? 204
An Oval Office Chat 208
Vaccines To The Rescue! 214
A Good Mask is Hard to Wear 218
You Think You've Got It Tough? 222
Falsehood Flies 226
American Exceptionalism 231
Save The Economy! Print Money! 235
Legislating from the Bench 240
Hearts and Minds 244
How to be a Racist 247
Healing America 252
We Must Disenthrall Ourselves 257
Plagues, Now and Then 262
How Does the Coronavirus Spread? 266
Pervasive Bias 273
Will It Ever End? 277
Put On Your Fucking Mask! 282
Race Matters 288
Long Haulers 294
What Can We Learn from Canada? 298
Love Is All We Need. Or Is It? 302
One Man, One Vote 308
Covid vs. Potus: The Virus Wins 314
The Road Back to Health 319
Notes and Acknowledgments 327
