Stay In Your Lane

For John, BLUF:  This appears to be about COVID-19, but turns out to be about citizens losing faith in Public Health authorities and thus wandering out of bounds.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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'Toxic Individualism':  Pandemic Politics Driving Health Care Workers From Small Towns

From NPR, "All Things Considered". by Mr frank Morris, December 28, 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

The virus infecting thousands of Americans a day is also attacking the country's social fabric.  The coronavirus has exposed a weakness in many rural communities, where divisive pandemic politics are alienating some of their most critical residents — health care workers.

A wave of departing medical professionals would leave gaping holes in the rural health care system, and small-town economies, triggering a death spiral in some of these areas that may be hard to stop.

This is from NPR, which refused to cover the Hunter Biden imbrogio.♠  So, is NPR again serving the interests of the Deep State (Permanent Bureaucracy and their political allies)?  How do we tell?.

I worry about this assult on "individualism".  The emphasis on the ability of the individual member of society to rise based on his or her talents and hard work seems to be shifting to an emphasis on everyone rising together, with no one standing out.

We come face to face with the Japanese proverb:

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

Look for an additional Blog Post on this topic.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Another institution dismantled by desire to please Tom Perez, here is the Wikipedia page on Mr Hunter Biden, with the China dealings explained away.