Hope, Waste, and Despair: The Politics of a Pandemic
6 min readMay 1, 2020
As a writer, I rarely let a major crisis go to waste. So you would think by now, I would have chimed in on the ongoing pandemic which has gripped the nation and the world. But other than a few rather incendiary posts on Facebook and Twitter regarding speculation as to the severity and mainstream media misinformation surrounding Wuhan Virus/Covid-19, I’ve been pretty quiet on the topic, until today.