Late to this thoughtful, nuanced @MckeanCarrie dispatch from Midland, Texas on the Covid-response regional divide: nytimes.com/2021/05/12/opi…
"Despite the tragedy of lives still being lost, it’s not demonstrably clear to many Texans that the governor’s rollback of rules was foolish or that the high cost of draconian measures in other areas provided markedly better outcomes than our approach."
"In the midst of all this confusion and deep loss, we also experienced odd pockets of joy this past year, perhaps thanks to the more flexible social consensus found here than in deep-blue areas."
"It’s a uniquely difficult part of the human experience to keep yourself in the middle, to resist the pull of either-or ditches & live in a “both-and” middle space. Simultaneously feeling grief & joy, fear & hope, little pleasures & deep loss makes us both human & uncomfortable."
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