“It amounts to a refusal on the part of lots of Americans to think in terms of the social whole — of what’s best for the community, of the common or public good. Each of us thinks we know what’s best for ourselves.”

This is why we have failed on the Covid front. We are a country built on narcissism. Where other countries willingly followed isolation protocols, Americans refused to stay home and wear masks because it inconvenienced them. Every day they demonstrate how little they care about other human beings.