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Jared Leto taught me how to avoid the Coronavirus
Jared Leto probably has the right idea when it comes to the Coronavirus.
In mid-March, after the pandemic hit, it made celebrity news that Jared Leto was unaware of the Coronavirus. He had been in the desert on a meditation retreat when the pandemic struck the US. He returned to discover that the world had devolved into complete and utter chaos.
I’m a little jealous of Jared Leto.
I sometimes wonder:
- Would life be any different if I had no knowledge of the Coronavirus pandemic?
- Would our reaction be different if we didn’t have the internet?
- Is the news to blame for the politicization of the pandemic?
I’m almost positive the answer to all of these is YES.
When I see reporters or pundits complaining about people not taking the virus seriously enough in their desire to go back to work, I tend to think that they have no one but themselves to blame.
I don’t want to be too critical of reporters since, you know, they’re just doing their job. Instead I think we’re suffering from a gluttony of information.
No one really knows what’s going on. At least that’s what it seems. There are people who…
