Sarah Hoyt, a regular at Instapundit, links to a good column at a conservative site called Bookworm Room. The anonymous author argues that Covid-19, aka Wuhan virus, has accelerated six trends in American society, briefly those six are these:
First, as noted above, the virus struck people who were fragile because of advanced age or ongoing health conditions, but weren’t facing imminent death, and killed them.I don't see a lot there with which to argue. What's surprising to me is that the author manages to find a silver lining to the Covid-19 mess.
Second, the virus speeded up the move to telecommuting.
Third, the virus speeded up the left’s antics. Antifa is nothing new.
Fourth, alternatives to disastrous public schooling have gotten a giant kickstart.
Fifth, Americans got a really swift look at the Democrats’ dark heart thanks to its Zoom convention.
Sixth, the Wuhan virus is speeding up the inevitable, and much to be desired, demise of American colleges and universities.
The second, fourth, and fifth trends are clear pluses. While I hope higher ed can be salvaged, trend six can do that if we add at its end the phrase, "as they now exist as leftist monocultures."
