It’s been almost two months since the pandemic was formally here in the US and the consequences have been outright devastating on all fronts. People are impatient, tense, afraid and a large feeling of uncertainty looms over our society. “What does the future hold for us?” Is the question that everyone wants answered.

First of all, I have to start my post by saying the it is almost impossible to predict the future. Everyone had plans for 2020 and I’m quite sure that most of those plans are now non-existent thanks to the pandemic. Who would have guessed that we were going to be in this situation in 2020? Nobody. So, to predict the future having understood there are so many unaccounted variables, is definitely not an easy task at all.

As of today, the United States, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom hold the most cases of Covid-19 in the world. I believe that three months from now, this top 5 ranking will drastically change -with the exception of the US-. European countries have been quite strict in their policies to face the spread of the virus, which combined with a robust healthcare system, may result in a successful slow down of the spreading. The US on the other hand, has somewhat of a decent healthcare system, however our policies regarding containment and quarrantine are questionable. I’m not saying they are bad per se, but I believe that because of the way the country functions, it is going to be very challenging to have the same results that Europe may have. This is one of those occasions in which strong leadership is needed, and unfortunately the US is suffering of too many leaders speaking at the same time. One voice speaking loudly and clearly, delivering a straight message is preferred. Personally, I don’t understand what is preventing governors and the federal government from achieving this as a goal. The worst thing is that politics is becoming a key factor of decision and even reasoning and providing judgement to implement a policy, which shouldn’t be the case. I roll my eyes every time I hear any of our leaders cite the constitution or local laws to excuse themselves as to why certain actions are or aren’t implemented.

You see, when our founding fathers created this country in 1776, I hardly believe that they had envisioned any provisions in the constitution, or any implications that derived from any of its articles and amendments on how to deal with the impact of a global pandemic hitting a country that would become 10 times its original size, and have 100 times its original population, which is composed of dozens of ethnic and religious groups, instead of the two, maybe five at most it had in 1776.

In fact, I have absolutely no doubt that as great as our founding fathers were, they never thought about it.

Stay tuned.

HR