"Most Americans now alive have experienced no more than one or two moments of nationwide unity. The oldest Americans remember the victory gardens and scrap-metal drives of World War II; Baby Boomers might recall the period of national mourning after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963; many of us recall the wave of patriotism and flood of flags after 9/11. Someday, we may very well tell future generations about the spirit of 2020, the spring of the coronavirus, when we learned about social distancing and exponential spread."
Read the full article inThe Atlantic here.
Garrett M. Graff, Director for Cyber Initiatives at the Aspen Institute, recently wrote an article entitled "What Americans Are Doing Now is Beautiful" in The Atlantic, on how Americans are dealing with the pandemic. Mr. Garett highlights how businesses are slowly beginning to close down early, as they are trying to emphasize social distancing. He also initiates a calming way to think about the pandemic; he states “One way to think about social distancing is that to contribute to a great national cause in World War II you had to, like, die face down in the muck on some tiny pacific island, now you can literally stay at home, watch the sopranos or that Netflix dating show and be a hero.”
