Conscientious objectors in the ‘war’ on COVID? | Curio

Conscientious objectors in the ‘war’ on COVID?

6 mins | Sep 7, 2020

It's time to give the military metaphors a dishonourable discharge. "Politicians and pundits have been recklessly casting the effort to resist COVID-19 as a 'war' for months. Maybe they're finally ready to sound the metaphorical retreat. For starters, this catastrophically costly war of choice doesn't seem to have resulted in the capture of any territory or the destruction of the enemy." James Freeman comments in The Wall Street Journal.

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