The Z Machine
Footballguy
My wife and I were having an argument this morning about the importance of protesting police brutality (and systemic racism) vs. supporting the safer at home orders for the ongoing pandemic.
I believe that by joining a protest (physically) that it undermines the social distancing / safer at home messaging coming from public health authorities. Furthermore, I think that the COVID19 pandemic is a greater public health issue than systemic racism / police brutality. Undermining that messaging puts greater lives at risk and weakens public resolve to tackle this pandemic and future pandemics.
My wife feels the opposite.
This is acute for her as she is a faculty member of a prominent school of public health, so her opinion is both personal and professional. She wants to attend a protest tomorrow and put her presence on her personal (not professional) social media.
Thoughts?
I believe that by joining a protest (physically) that it undermines the social distancing / safer at home messaging coming from public health authorities. Furthermore, I think that the COVID19 pandemic is a greater public health issue than systemic racism / police brutality. Undermining that messaging puts greater lives at risk and weakens public resolve to tackle this pandemic and future pandemics.
My wife feels the opposite.
This is acute for her as she is a faculty member of a prominent school of public health, so her opinion is both personal and professional. She wants to attend a protest tomorrow and put her presence on her personal (not professional) social media.
Thoughts?