We are living in stressful times. The virus we can't see is frightening everyone (or at least everyone who is paying attention), especially in this country where the shortage of tests has impaired our vision. Yet there are many lessons to be learned from our troubles. Here are three that I have been thinking about. Many public and private servants are under-appreciated and under-valued. During wartime, our heroes are our military personnel, and yet we reward them poorly. This war is different, and so are the heroes on the front lines. While military personnel are again rising to the occasion, so are other groups whose work brings them into continued contact with the potentially infected, such as doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff; police and firefighters; grocery clerks; pharmacy employees; truck drivers and delivery people; and bank tellers. When we pull out of this crisis, if not sooner, we should remember their sacrifices and re-evaluate our reward systems. Science m
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