Yesterday, I heard a reporter interview a doctor on the current pandemic. The issue came up about calling it a war. The doctor made the argument that war should be reserved for a "war-time effort" and not in "peacetime" because it diminishes the effort of the troops. Instead, the doctor went on, that we should call it a struggle or something of that nature.
Hogwash! I get why this doctor was confused. It's hard to see the forest because of the trees. It's hard to see the war when you're so busy fighting day in and day out.
This is a war. Here's why:
- It's a prolonged fight.
- We're fighting an enemy.
- Everyone is fighting. Not just doctors. Everyone has to take measures:
- wash hands to kill the enemy.
- Clean surfaces to kill the enemy.
- Keep your distance to not give the enemy a chance.
- Thousands of people are dying.
- Local, state, and national resources are allocated.
- Stimulus Bill
- Allocate PPE
- Allocate repirators
- The population is sheltering.
- Population is suffering.
- Deaths
- Job losses
- Lack of material needs (toilet paper and such)
You may say this is peacetime. There's no bullets flying. Look outside. Does it look like peacetime to you? It doesn't to me. When nobody is on the streets. When nobody can get together. When we have to stay indoors for fear of our lives, that's not peace. That's wartime.
Sure it may not be a war against people but against a bug, but it's still a war. Call it a medical war if it helps you. To say this is not a war is only fooling yourself, but you're not fooling me. That's my opinion.
