I Shouldn’t Have To Write This Essay

But the GOP is stubborn and ridiculous.

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I am so tired of absurdities.

I usually spend a lot of time backing up every statement I write with links to supporting research. This essay is a little different. I am not providing any links, because every word in it is common sense.

And I am really pissed off. Do your own damned research.

Every day, I start the same essay. Every day, I do not finish it. I move on to something else. Something that makes sense.

Today is the day I finish.

There should be no need for this essay; besides, every other writer capable of critical thinking is writing some version of it. There should be no need to point out that which is obvious to the entirety of, say, Europe. However, with Donald Trump in the White House, and Mitch McConnell in control of the Senate, it’s reason be damned, 24 hours a day.

There needs to be a comprehensive, nationwide strategy to combat Covid-19.

The first order of business is requiring everyone, everywhere, to put on a mask. No one, anywhere, should be out in public without one.

Second, every state needs to base their reopening on the same model New York uses, helmed by Governor Cuomo. New York was in…