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We live in the KC area, and the planes from Whiteman AFB (including the B2 Stealth Bomber) apparently circled the city today, flying over all the hospitals to "honor" the health care workers. To me this display is eerily similar to the militaristic parades in North Korea, China and Russia, where they trot out the hardware to "lift spirits" and make the populace feel "proud." That'll take their minds off the fact that they're sick, can't pay rent, or are working long hours exposing themselves to sick people because they are "essential."

Look, I enjoy watching the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the B2 fly over. But the money spent putting these planes in the air would be better allocated to finding PPE for our health care workers, or maybe putting a few extra people on the job developing a vaccine. We can do the damned flyover AFTER that.