Let’s not ignore the possible positive results of this crisis:
• Over 3,000 people die each month in car accidents in America. With traffic reduced, many of those people will live now.
• Everyone who becomes infected, with or without symptoms, is likely to have acquired an immunity that may protect them against future pathogens.
• Our medical R&D capabilities are stepping up now, and they are getting priority in funding requests. That should result in many beneficial future developments. Medical advances always occur in times of war.
• The U.S. dollar is the world’s “reserve currency.” That means that any problem that can be fixed by money will be fixed.
• Speaking of money, with Treasury bond rates at record lows, the U.S. can finance or refinance its national debt at a very low cost. That’s good for our country.
• And on a personal note, it might be good for us to break our habits and rethink how we spend our time here on Earth.
So, while every loss of life is tragic, the truth is that some good will come out of all of this.
Richard J. Krauland
Kittanning