Your leadership always has a legacy

The decisions leaders make today can make or break tomorrow. Watching different global leaders during the pandemic has been fascinating and horrifying.

Yesterday the World Health Organization doubled down on their unbelievably idiotic and unscientific official recommendation that we should not wear masks in public spaces.

First they say it does not help at all, then later in the same briefing they say it helps curb the spread if infected people wear them. Does the WHO really not understand that there is a window before you know you’re infected where you could be spreading the virus?

I have no words.

On a positive note, here in South Africa our president announced the deployment of 10,000 people to enable a massive national testing, tracking and tracing program.

That’s bold. That’s decisive. And that’s going to save thousands of lives. And no, it’s not an overreaction.

The Overreaction Paradox applies here: When the result of taking effective action is that nothing happens, which makes your effort seem unnecessary and like an overreaction even if it was the right thing to do.

“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all future days to come depends on what you do today.” - Ernest Hemingway