On murder and healthcare in America
In one of the biggest news stories of the week, Brian Thomas, the CEO of United Healthcare (UHC), was gunned down and murdered early one morning on a Manhattan street. Bullets with the words "Deny," "Defend" and "Depose" were found at the scene of the crime. The suspect is still at large. News of Thomas' murder sparked a huge response on social media – some saw the murderer as a " folk hero ;" many expressed no sympathy for the man gunned down on his way to an investor meeting ; some in news media took the opportunity to chastise anyone who did not express appropriate sympathy for the murdered man; many people shared on social media their perspectives on the murder - here are a few found on Threads and Twitter: A big question prompted by this murder - who are we as a nation? Why are so many people expressing such enormous lack of sympathy for a father of two boys in high school? What has happened that so many are cackling and crowing over ...