The idea that the virus situation “is or should be thought of and dealt with the same in every place” is (almost) totally confused.

Each place (and time) is like a person, unique, individual, at once complexly vulnerable and resistant.

As we are trained to think in generalizations, our species is totally unequipped to even rationally examine, let alone understand and respond intelligently to… a situation that’s a perfect storm for the deficits specific to our modern delusions that expect relative or explicit ‘sameness’ across all instances of a class.

We can clearly see examples of places that are not yet severely affected, others that are profoundly affected, and … the actual fact is that no one can properly frame an explanation for this.

We don’t know why this is so (and, actually, the ‘we’ in that statement is an example of the problem — it’s a presumptive we that’s not about any we-form that actually exists, it’s a generalization) — but there are perspectives that could be helpful. These will »include and expect the unique variations of places, persons, times, and circumstances… when trying to understand biology. Or even models of cause and effect.

For the moment, however, our species doesn’t even have the makings of the kinds of tools we need here, and because the common people cannot recognize this problem, they are going nuts trying to »solve the wrong problem… by attempting to craft a (usually clumsy) »generalization that adequately explains all the (absolutely natural) variations emergent from »specificity.

Ironically, we »can usefully generalize here — by noticing what I highlight: that we can re-orient our perspectives, questions, behaviors and ideas to »include the uniqueness we »know to be true… the uniqueness of »profound and diverse variation across instances of a class (i.e: a city, nation, population group, or person).

Then, at least, we will not be dumbfounded by trying to wrongmindedly explain ‘why those people died and these other people over here were largely unaffected’.

The explanation for that isn’t conspiracy or fascism or propaganda… (even though these may sometimes be relevant).

It’s »variation.