And On That Pedestal These Words Appear

It still amazes me how human nature doesn't change. As a history undergrad I read a lot about the Black Death and the responses to it. How the rich fled to their estates in the country. How some people lived an 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die' life. How some people did all they could to help the dying, and ended up dying themselves. How some religious leaders died doing their duty, and others turned away from it.

And now, even with a pandemic not nearly half as bad as the Black Death, you see the same human reactions. The rich fled New York for Florida. The Gen Z college students partied on the beaches for Spring Break. There are doctors and nurses dying for lack of adequate protective gear, and yet our health care workers still show up every day to do something. Priests in Italy are dying at a high rate, and Jerry Falwell, Jr. opened Liberty University back up to students.

Humans are human.