This Is Not a "Natural Disaster"

de Sarah Mirk

Writing in March 2020, journalist Sarah Mirk argues why the pandemic was an avoidable tragedy rather than a natural disaster by citing failures to respond fast enough, take the virus seriously, and test as many people as possible. She provides testing statistics and gripping quotes from the New York Times. She concludes that our leaders, our systems, and our society are to blame for the lives lost in the pandemic.