It is a famous quotation from a 20th century German writer and it’s one way to describe what is happening when it comes to the coronavirus.
You’re probably familiar with it, from Thomas Mann: “Everything is politics”.
California’s governor even acknowledged it at his media briefing this week on how the state is responding to the newest case of the virus and working with the Trump administration despite their legal and policy battles.
To his credit, in a rare comment by a politician, Gov. Newsom said while he could make it a political issue, he will not.The governor saying that he’s an American and a father first and wants the federal government effort to protect us from the virus to succeed.
But there are still plenty of politicians and others out there who are appear to be making the coronavirus battle all about politics and how it can help them or hurt their political enemies.
The president slams Democrats and Democrats slam the president.The talk shows are filled with political critics from both sides with both sides slamming each other.
And there are critics in and out of the media who blame the media for being part of the political motivations behind the battle over how to respond to the coronavirus or hyping it to help or hurt one side or the other.
Politicizing a serious health situation like this should be avoided and not encouraged.
It almost makes you want to come up with another quotation that might be a question. "Does everything always have to be about politics?"
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