Who out there is perfect?
Tags: Courage, Covid, Hope, Awareness, Compassion

I post here sometimes about mask safety, Covid testing, hope for the future through paticipation in guidelines, compassion for a medical community trying their best against this common enemy that we do not know all

thevanswers about.

We had tickets to fly to Colorado tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Yes our family was going to be brave. We tested, we have masks and sanitizer ready. We ignore friends who think we are crazy or friends who think we are sheep for being worried at all. It is our decision.

BUT last night we changed our minds (please keep judgments to yourself) Colorado is locking down more tightly. Our parents are older, we don’t know when we will see them again but new rules say NO more than ONE family in a house. We will respect rule and not contribute to problem. Whether through the airport or a quick trip to the

Market no matter how safe it just isn’t worth it.

As I see complaints against others for not following guidelines please consider how you yourself have been lax.

As I see complaints about being controlled or duped into exaggerations about the trajectory of the virus please take a moment to consider all those people who have been lost. It is NOT a hoax. People are in fact dying, some asking with their dying breath “I thought it wasn’t real”.

The virus knows no political party, religion or economic difference.

I don’t know what is going to happen but I thought I’d share a post from a friend in Chile. I also want to point out that in China many people literally did not leave apartments for months before it was under control. Perhaps you know someone who has been this strict but I don’t.

I feel like in the coming months restrictions will get tighter. Before you get upset about that notion I ask you to consider: how many people is it ok to let die in order to maintain our convenient lifestyles?

Leaders are not perfect either but the virus is a common enemy we all need to grapple with.

It is not a time for pointing fingers but for coming together in your own houses with courage to DEFY the virus.

Perhaps short term inconvenience is worth long term success.

From my friend:

We have had mandatory masks wearing since it started. Also the government has a task force that monitors all the areas and puts them in different phases of control. Since May 8 my part of the city was in full lockdown until September 14. During those months we had to get a permit to leave the house. You could only get 2 permits each 7 days and they were for specific reasons i.e. grocery shopping, doctor, care for someone, and a few others. We’ve also had nightly curfew from 10pm to 5 am. Since my area went into phase 2 on Sept 14, phase 1 was full lockdown, we have finally reached phase 4 this week. More freedom of movement and more businesses opening up. It has been difficult but our numbers are going down. It’s all about the mindset that all of the hardships are to help stop the Covid-19, not stopping your life. People have protested and complained that these restrictions have been hard but it the end the numbers of cases proves that without a place to go Covid-19 cannot survive. The sooner people realize this and stop fighting the method, the sooner life can continue. The vaccine isn’t the only answer to this problem. Also as a side note, Life will never return to what is was before because we have to be vigilant now for the next. BTW for those MAGA people, why do you want to go to the past, Humans need to advance. Sorry for a long post.

Thank you for reading. Please stay healthy.