Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My husband and I walked around a nearby reservoir this morning, and we talked about the information floating around about the Delta variant of Covid and what will happen. We both have always worn masks inside, so the new suggestion of masks inside we take in stride, but how much to be worried and how vulnerable we are is confusing and many news sources contradict each other. last week at the cabin I read Michael Lewis' newest book, Premonition, and it paints a dark picture of our healthcare system and CDC. It's not that someone is asleep at the wheel, it's that there is no one at the wheel at all. Local health officers bicker, governors contradict each other, no one seems to have any kind of enforcement power if guidelines are ignored, and no one knows who is vaccinated and who isn't. Our country is loose and disjointed in many ways, and always has been. But healthcare is something we ought to be able to come together on. Such a wealthy country with no will to help others end their suffering and be cared for the way we all wish to be. What the heck is wrong with us?!