A Failure to Care About Strangers

"I want you to think about the cultural moment we're in. We're in a time when nationalism is surging around the world. America first, my family first, myself first. The notion of a vaccine writ large means I protect my community, I do what I can to protect my neighborhood, my country, people who travel across the world. It is one way to express altruism, as you say, I care about you, I will protect you, so I cannot get myself sick and I cannot get you sick. But we are not at a cultural moment that looks like that. We do not care as much about our community and our neighbors as we used to." Jan Hoffman https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-vaccine.html