SUN JOURNAL • April 10, 2020
We are in the midst of a world disaster whose full scope we have not yet experienced. We could have been better prepared. Masks, ventilators, and testing equipment should be stockpiled. More importantly, this nation should establish universal health insurance. People who have no health insurance are at risk of becoming “medically bankrupt” and of becoming COVID-19 “spreaders.” Universal health insurance is a strong pandemic prevention strategy. Experts are telling us about another, bigger, impending disaster. One that is truly an existential threat. It has begun already and might not reach a peak until we are all dead: climate change. Let us act soon while we still have time. ~ Ben Lounsbury, Auburn