Kermit Jones was born in Michigan. Jones served in the U.S. Navy from 2005 to 2009. He earned degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997, Duke University School of Law in 2005, and Duke University School of Medicine in 2005.
We should fight COVID and infectious disease as a community. We are all in this together.
When I see a patient struggling to breathe with COVID, or I comfort a family member who has lost a loved one, politics never enters the conversation. Compassion and empathy, service and understanding define our discussion.
When we fought the Soviets, when we confronted terrorism, and when we came together after 9/11, it wasn’t based upon which news station one tuned into or which TV talking head someone followed. We understood the external threat to our freedom, to our way of life, and to our loved ones and communities. COVID is no different.
This virus doesn’t pick sides. It doesn’t decide to infect someone because they are a Democrat or Republican. It simply sickens and kills.
We’ll win this fight through empathy, listening, and trusting each other as Americans to fight for each other. And we’ll lose this fight, if we don’t.