With those chilling words, devoid of empathy, R.R. Reno, the editor of First Things, began a strange essayin which he continued his bizarre fascination with the proposition that the coronavirus is not such a big deal. He penned those words as the official death rate in the United States went over 50,000 souls lost to the virus, an estimate that is widely considered low. In seeking to give Catholic cover to the libertarian mobs assaulting state capitols across the land, demanding the government reopen the economy no matter the consequences to public health, Reno has gone off the rails.
Sean Michael Winters examines a perplexing viewpoint. Read it here from National Catholic Reporter