Questions, by the Velveteen Rabbi

[librarygeek]

I'm reblogging this, because I have been asking these questions too, just not as well written.

https://velveteenrabbi-feed.dreamwidth.org/664817.html

Comments

[ellenmillion]

This looks like my list of mental questions, too. Guh.

[librarygeek]

Sometimes, we need to find the best questions, *before* we start looking for answers. Sigh.

[warriorsavant]

Love the handle, "velveteen rabbi"

[librarygeek]

I have her High Holidays prayer book, Days of Awe: The Velveteen Rabbi's Machzor for the Yamim Nora'im, https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1490977236/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_VC1CMS86TYGKT2T8AS32?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[siliconshaman]

We made it. Just. This time.

[librarygeek]

And too many, did not.

I know 4 people personally for decades dead since January 2020, 8 more through the web, and 4 rabbis who either taught me or we were using their books as course materials.

I want to punch everyone who calls this pandemic a hoax, but I'm not getting within 6 feet of them either, even if I'm vaccinated.

[siliconshaman]

True enough, I know some who did not as well. And I don't think there's anyone who's made it through so far without scars of one sort or another. I know people who are terrified of leaving their homes because of this, my daughter for one.

My point is this though. This pandemic was fairly mild in comparison say to the Great Plague, and we just barely made it though without the health services collapsing globally and society going bottom up. [India is bad, but it's population is vast and perversely it's more resistant to social systems collapse, since they're not as reliant on tech.]

But... what if we're not so lucky next time?