{"id":9595,"date":"2020-07-16T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2022-10-17T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:53:11","slug":"good-things-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2020\/07\/16\/good-things-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Good things about the Coronavirus Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aside from the news media screaming, \u201cDeath and despair<\/em><\/strong>\u201d 24\/7, there may be some good to come out of all this.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably too soon… But hey, I could drop dead tomorrow!<\/p>\n

1. Corporate America has been forced to admit that working from home is viable. Going forward perhaps they\u2019ll go \u201cGreen\u201d and keep workers, working from home.<\/p>\n

2. People have realized that health care is important and perhaps they\u2019ll force politicians\u00a0to follow through with a better version of health care that is affordable for everyone that also doesn’t allow pricing to continue to spiral out of control. Why does the same drug cost $10 a pill here and .01 in a third world country? What\u2019s the real damn cost? Big pharmaceutical giants I\u2019m looking at you!<\/p>\n

3. Everyone is seeing just how easily despotic rulers can rise and how difficult it is to regain rights once those rights are taken away. Governor Whitmer I\u2019m looking at you! BTW thank you for showing in just a few short weeks, the arc of a despotic cycle. Now hopefully America will use your rise and fall as a lens through which all politicians will be viewed.<\/p>\n

4. Traffic is, for the time being a thing of the past. Speeding tickets in LA are increasingly written for speeds in excess of 100 mph. Funny how that works isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

5. The air is cleaner. So obviously if there weren\u2019t as many people forced to drive to and from work, air pollution wouldn\u2019t be as much of a problem\u2026 Duh!<\/p>\n

6. The oil companies have seen their future. Yep there will still be a demand for oil but not at obscene prices, and if we continue to work from home you might want to sell off your oil stocks.<\/p>\n

7. Antisocial behavior is suddenly fashionable. Who could’ve seen that coming?<\/p>\n

8. People have more time to actually learn about little things, like their kids, and their community, instead of running all the time like bats out of hell.<\/p>\n

9. For once, the Government is actually giving tax dollars back. At the same time it’s learning that the American People aren\u2019t pleased with their government and haven\u2019t been for a long time.<\/p>\n

10. The Government is learning that they can still be functional with a lot less people actively working. I guess Trump laying off and consolidating various departments wasn\u2019t such a bad idea after all.<\/p>\n

11. People are re-learning that common sense<\/em> might actually be beneficial. Planning for disaster, washing your hands, staying away from others if you\u2019re sick, not depending on the government to be your savior, etc.<\/p>\n

12. We\u2019ve seen our vulnerabilities laid bare. We can\u2019t have the convenience of super cheap disposable products without being vulnerable to losing access to those products at a moment’s notice. It\u2019s time to start bringing jobs and industry back to our shores and this time, let\u2019s do it with thought. We don\u2019t have to trash the country just because we have manufacturing here. We have the opportunity to build better factories and better manufacturing processes that are less (or not) damaging to the local environment.<\/p>\n

13. Everyone may be realizing that unlimited immigration legal or otherwise might not be such a great idea. I\u2019m going to be interested to see how that plays out going forward.<\/p>\n

14. Censorship is most definitely alive and well in America. Folks are hopefully realizing that Facebook & Twitter are not the best places to get information. If humanity is really lucky both of those corporations will come to a crashing end. I\u2019m even hopeful that all of the news media will get a rework and re-establish some journalistic integrity. Then they\u2019ll be using their first amendment rights properly, by just reporting what happened instead of every piece being an Op\/Ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aside from the news media screaming, \u201cDeath and despair\u201d 24\/7, there may be some good to come out of all this. It\u2019s probably too soon… But hey, I could drop dead tomorrow! 1. Corporate America has been forced to admit that working from home is viable. Going forward perhaps they\u2019ll go \u201cGreen\u201d and keep workers, … <\/p>\n

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