Forbes February 10, 2025
Brian Castrucci

On New Year’s Day, after a pickup truck plowed into a crowd in New Orleans, dozens of victims were transported to the hospital. The chief medical officer of the New Orleans University Medical Center reported it was the “highest number of critical patients the hospital has ever seen.” A few days later, a patient died as a result of H5N1 virus, or bird flu. It was the first such death in the United States. And then, wildfires started to tear through Los Angeles County. And North Carolina and Tennessee are still dealing with the aftermath of a devastating hurricane.

In the wake of so many crises, everyone is searching for explanations. Politicians, pundits, and ordinary people are asking, “What more...

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