What a difference a day makes.
One day the problem seems very distant. "It couldn't possibly have anything to do with me."
Then the next day everything has changed, and you see the situation with utter clarity.
I think, for myself, of the difference between Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7.
We don't like to contemplate that there can be massive breakdown in the fabric of our lives. Public health experts and scientists have been warning loud and clear about what we face (in terms of infectious disease, in terms of climate, in terms of nuclear weapons) -- and yet we just can't seem to bring ourselves to prepare, and to change our risky behaviors. And then suddenly -- when we come right up to the brink of dying -- we realize, "Oh! I guess I am willing to make the effort. I guess it really is possible to behave differently. We can do this!"
Add your thoughts to these Twitter threads:
Will #COVID19 open people's eyes to other #publichealth threats like #ClimateCrisis and #Nuclear #War?
Now that people are interested in the #fifthrisk, I hope they'll connect the dots to numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. #nuclear weapons
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