Thread by @AbraarKaran

THREAD
1/ Wasn’t able to sleep a wink last night. It’s a strange feeling when change feels so close, yet so far all at once. This year has been an eternity; headed into yet another huge wave of #covid19 infections, hospitalizations, & deaths, it’s exhausting fighting...

2/ Exhausting fighting against a viral pandemic- yes. But also exhausting fighting forces within our own country; political, cultural & more. Still, giving up is not an option. Not now, not tomorrow; regardless of who is in the White House, the onus will still be on us

3/ “Us” as the public; as individuals, as families, as communities, as counties, as states— neither Biden nor Trump can single handedly stop this epidemic.

It’s just not the way it works.

There will always need to be a certain level of public participation & cohesion.

4/ We need camaraderie built on trust; we need a response that leverages both our individual smart actions bolstered by a necessary level of support from our government- the latter which we haven’t seen yet in any meaningful way, & have even seen the opposite at times.

5/ Also- we need to focus on equity for the vulnerable; protecting those without safeguards when we head into destructive surges of #covid19— we have yet to operationalize this. We talk about it a lot- yet never seem to put $ where 🗣 is (not surprised, still outrageous)

6/ As much as I know how monumental a change in our political leadership could be, I’m not convinced that this alone stops #COVID19.

It will take so much more than what we are currently doing. Yes, federal leadership will be a *huge* part of that. Huge. But not all.