Covid-19 Pandemic V. National Interests

 In the world we live in now there are many interests that we hold as valuable to our survival, such as, our health and medical research associated. However, when our health is being threatened by a virus from a country, what do we do? Medical research and advancements have been spearheaded since the beginning of time. For instance, George Washington inoculated his troops with the small pox vaccine so that they would have a resistance. We have held our ability to fight off diseases in very high regards and our ability to save as many lives as possible. 

The U.S. Public Health Service was created in order to help citizens of America be able to live their day to day lives without the constant worry of illness and pandemics constantly. However, now we are seeing with Covid-19 that the government may not always had what is best for the American people truly at hand. It is has come to a point of disarray where we are constantly being lied to by our government and are being misinformed all along the way. We have been receiving reports that speak of large numbers of people are dying from a pandemic that we cannot even get a straight answer on how to protect ourselves from as individuals from this virus. There is not even a straight answer on how the virus was able to spread so far and why protocols were not put in place as soon as China had cases pouring in.

            This pandemic threatens us on a national level because it threatens are very existence as a nation. It threatens our lives, our family’s lives, and threatens our way of life. So many citizens within the US do not carry health insurance, which means no one was testing up until recent months. Which between lack of testing, lack of reporting, and clear lack of responsibility has allowed for further spread and contamination of the virus, which has brought us to where we are now. By threatening our very existence we are having our survival challenged, which means one of our core values that we hold dear is being threatened at the very same time. As a nation healthcare is as valued as warfare and defense. With our health, numbers, and resources depleted and distracted it leaves us open to further spreads and even possible attacks.