{"id":2458191,"date":"2020-05-07T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325455"},"modified":"2020-05-07T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T05:15:00","slug":"marolt-the-buzzing-around-my-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/marolt-the-buzzing-around-my-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Marolt: The buzzing around my ears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before we get too deep into this debate about whether to keep on hunkering down in isolation or charge ahead to try getting the economy humming again in this year of the virus, I think it is of paramount importance for everyone to admit we don\u2019t know crap. This is important because it\u2019s true, believe it or not.<\/p>\n

I give weight to scientists\u2019 opinions in this matter, but also believe we should not ignore those who have no data behind them except how much their checking accounts are overdrawn and how far they are behind on rent. The fluidity of change now is so extreme that any one of us might find ourselves treading water in the eddy on the other side of the river at any moment. You may have a job now, but you might not get paid next week. Seventy thousand virus-related fatalities may seem tolerable, until someone you know dies.<\/p>\n

The way I see it, we are either all right or all wrong. The ones who predict everything correctly throughout this pandemic are lucky or, more likely, liars. Good morning Mr. President, have a cup of coffee. In any event, the common ground is long and wide, drought-stricken here and flooded there with abnormally high pollen counts and murdering hornets between.<\/p>\n

I would show you how incompetent I am with even the smallest components of this pandemic, but am embarrassed to take my hat off. I couldn\u2019t manage to get a decent coronavirus at-home haircut. They say if you look like hell then you feel like hell. I would add, if you had to go out into public like this, you would be living in hell, too.<\/p>\n

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