And the clay we created – Patricia Alvarado

Throughout this semester we’ve had a couple of readings we could apply to the current state the globe is in with the pandemic, but this I would say is the most applicable. In the story “ And of Clay are We Created” ,  the most similar aspect in my opinion would be the governments role towards the affected citizens. Even this week on the view, a morning talk show Chris Christie former New Jersey governor said we need to be okay with sacrificing people similarly to ww2 , this was also the same viewpoint of talk show host doctor oz. The media as well as the government project these death rates and how populations will decrease and that we just need to endure it in the end, But, what about there families who are they going to give up , what pain are they going to endure, what food scarcity will they experience , when will they get worried that they can’t pay rent after filing for unemployment. People that generate the wealth such as media personalities, the 1% and government official aren’t feeling the real impacts of this pandemic because they still have everything they had prior the the pandemic they just can’t travel or they sneak to see friends during the pandemic to harm the lives of others because there meetup is more important. 

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  1. JSylvor says:

    Patricia – Thanks for these reflections. You raise important questions about the ethical dimension of this pandemic (is loss of life ever “acceptable”?) and about the ways in which it has highlighted socio-economic inequities in our country, as we are not all affected equally.

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