Who benefits from Change

The Watergate building gave its name to the investigation and reporting of the 1972 break in to the DNC. It has entered the language a descriptive suffix of every investigation for the last fifty years.

The second expression in English from “Watergate” is “follow the money”. That is, who benefits from some radical shift in the social contract. The pandemic which occupies the news. It applies here.

Before the March 8 announcement of the Coved-19 pandemic, the cable news outlets had lost their audience. Cable entertainment was searching for an audience. ZOOM, Meet, and Jitsi were scarcely known.

Currently, their stocks are out of reach. Makers of masks are doing well.

Good Hygiene

Your mom taught you to cover your mouth when you sneeze, wash your hands before eating, and brush your teeth before bed. Good hygiene that you were taught by family. Now, because of Coved-19, the government has made it an order.

Every year, in the fall, the citizenry is encouraged to get a flu shot, just in case. We are told that it is for the coming strain of the flu but you should get your shot. “Ask your doctor” or “ It’s available at your pharmacy”. 

About sixty-thousand people get the’ flu every winter. It doesn’t matter whether they got a flu shot. Life goes on, they get well. This year was different. 

The news reports of a disease or flu in China came out in January and February. It was not until March 11 when the NY Times reported that Tom Hanks and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus.

Well then, if a Hollywood actor can contract the virus, it’s serious. We need to buy toilet paper. Charmin had it right, “Enjoy the Go”, wear a mask, wash your hands, keep six feet distance from each other. Oh yes, Shelter in Place, stay in your house. Listen to every warning and be careful of touching any surface. Fear.

FDR (1933) “ We have nothing to Fear but Fear itself.” 

TV News (2020) “Today, reported cases of Coved-19 surged…”

Fear vs. Power

There is a correlation between fear and the amount of power people seek.[Power increases in direct relation to Fear]

Posted Mar 11, 2013  Psychology Today.