It is sadly ironic that this COVID-19 story came out today. My daughter forwarded me The Atlantic article “The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South” which was rather prescient.

After reading the article. I sent her the following message.

Great article. You once talked to me about natural selection. I thought you were being too cynical. But as I watch the willful ignorance of many still supporting a president whose policies kill, natural selection may necessarily thin the population of the gullible which in fact makes the whole weaker. The only issue is how many of the strong are inadvertently taking down by the errant sneeze, Anyway, we…