Morning Jolt: Amidst the Pandemic, Our Fellow Citizens Are Self-Medicating with Self-Righteousness

On the menu today: some people need to get rid of their superiority complex; Dan McLaughlin writing on Gregg Jeffries; a new paper saying the virus didn't spread from a patient in Washington State; and two astronauts are set to blast off today.

Our Worldwide Need for Empathy 

I can get as annoyed as the next guy by those allegedly encouraging video of celebrities declaring, "We're all in this together," allowing us glimpses of their just-opulent-enough Hollywood homes behind them.

But compared to almost every other problem in our society, the coronavirus really is universal. We may not all be at equal risk of succumbing to the virus, but we all have some risk of catching it. Some of us will get through infection with minimal effects, some will endure great pain and difficulty fighting it off. This virus attacks the body in variety of ways, and doctors still don't completely understand how it assaults our systems. Even if you manage to completely ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 27 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 27 2020 Amidst the Pandemic, Our Fellow Citizens Are Self-Medicating with Self-Righteousness On the menu today: some people need to get rid of their superiority complex; Dan McLaughlin writing on Gregg Jeffries; a new paper saying the virus didn't spread from a patient in Washington State; and two astronauts are set to blast off today. Our Worldwide Need for Empathy  I can get as annoyed as the next guy by those allegedly encouraging video of celebrities declaring, "We're all in this together," allowing us glimpses of their just-opulent-enough Hollywood homes behind them. But compared to almost every other problem in our society, the coronavirus really is universal. We may not all be at equal risk of succumbing to the virus, but we all have some risk of catching it. Some of us will get through infection with minimal effects, some will endure great pain and difficulty fighting it off. This virus attacks the body in variety of ways, and doctors still don't completely understand how it assaults our systems. Even if you manage to completely ...   READ MORE

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