CaribZone Commentary - Tracking Coronavirus Around the World

By Aubrey Campbell

NEW YORK, NY. Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Good day and hoping that while you were at home, you took the time to reflect on the ‘holy day’ and its relevance in our lives at this time.

Please continue to practice social distancing because as we try to figure out this edition of the global pandemic, the messaging is becoming more complex and confusing on many fronts.

Last week, experts spent the time second-guessing a timetable for the reopening of the economy, or if you prefer, getting back to business as usual, as well as the disgusting reality of the racial disparity among the thousands lost to the pandemic.

Be warned, New York is at the epicenter for reasons foreign to you and me, but not for too much longer. The truth will be told as the mystery unravels in the days and weeks, ahead!

You have to be able to read between the lines and lying lips, when they say that China won the third world war without firing a single bullet.

God help us and these conspiracy theorists!

That second-guessing has to do with what some say is a second wave of the virus that could strike back like a boomerang in the Fall – the colder months – as deadly and malicious as this first wave, if not deadlier!

And that is to say, as big and as bad as orange-haired Donald Trump thinks he is, the best campaign platform he will get is the one set up for him in the Rose Garden, right there in the middle of the swamp, on the hill.

The only reason why Mr. Trump is pushing so hard for America and Americans to ‘get back to work’ is that it has everything to do with his re-election bid, and the longer this thing lingers, the slimmer his chances at the polls.

Let’s be clear, a phased reopening of the country, puts everyone at risk. This COVID19 is airborne, damn it!

So, when will we see a return to normal life, or should I say some return? One thing is certain and that is, going forward, it will not be life and business as usual!

At the rate folks are dying, you have to look at everyone in your space as having the virus and that changes the equation, royally.

Here’s where we are. Either all 300 million of us getting tested for the virus or wearing facial covering in public becoming the new norm, no exception!

The other matter I want to raise has to do with the pandemic economics. Here it is that the ‘Feds’ can find the money to offer some relief to nearly all the sectors of the society, or so it seems on paper, yet universal healthcare remains a fleeting fancy for the average, hardworking American.

How is that?

My learned colleague, who shall remain anonymous for this exercise, says its new money that the government is printing and somebody will have to pay. I think he stopped short of saying that that ‘somebody’ is you and i.

The delivery of healthcare or lack thereof, no doubt is a critical contributor to the disparity in the number of persons from the minority communities who make up the majority of the dead.

Both Andrew Cuomo and Bill DeBlasio noted it in their presentations. Holding them accountable should not be difficult as they both harbor big political ambitions!

Quid pro quo is not impeachable! Say after me…!

LMAO…!

Folks, all across this great country, our community is in mourning because this pandemic is dangerous and malicious. Blacks and Latinos from marginal communities are dying in greater numbers than other ethnic groups, which means that something is wrong with the delivery of healthcare in these United States, so I urge you to make that an agenda item for this November!

Please, do not be fooled by the pandemic economics you hear coming out of the nation’s capital. There is no money to buy you affordable healthcare but there is money to buy you out of a pandemic that was predicted to happen, to the day, month and year!

George Walker Bush said it and Barack Hussein Obama confirmed it. So, why are we here now in this pickle of a pandemic?

How is that?

Stay strong, be safe!

You have the floor.

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Editor’s note: Aubrey Campbell hosts Caribbean Conversation, Sundays, 2-4 pm, on WVIP, 93.5 FM, www.weeradioonline.com