One million. It could be just a meaningless number.
One million. Every value needs context.
One million. Even with context, we might forgive some that did not think it meant much. Say that we heard about a terrible sickness where one million became infected. But it happened several lifetimes ago. It might be 'meaningless' to many people.
I confess I was not prepared for this sickness to move so fast.
One million cases today. But that is not the number with impact. It is the association with the sickness.
Five out of one hundred that get sick.. they die.
The best of modern medicine can improve the chances of living.
The world was caught unexpectedly.
Not prepared to have mechanical respiratory machines to help people. People caught with damaging effects in the lungs and overcoming debilitating sickness.
Not prepared.
I am an insufferable optimist. I think we will get better at handling this.
Because if we fail to improve, maybe that would be the worst that could happen.