It's been awhile since I wrote anything on here. I started a ton of blog posts and then didn't post them. This Covid thing is dragging on and finally starting to stress me out. At first it was kind of fun just staying home and not having to socialize with anyone. You could get together with the people you really cared about just in a safe way like outside, 6 feet apart and with masks kind of get together. But now with case counts rising and people not behaving in safe ways because they can't be bothered I'm scared.
I'm scared for my elderly parents and parents in law. I'm scared for my husband working with the elderly in our hospital. I'm scared for my kids who work in a grocery store. I'm scared for myself because I could die or get really sick from this nasty virus.
I do everything I can to stay safe and not pass or catch this virus but it only works if most everyone else does the same. I can't stay home 100% of the time because I have to get groceries and go to medical appointments when necessary. Like I have to have an eye exam because they have already put it off for almost a year due to covid so now to get any contacts from them I have to have an eye exam. Yes I'll wear a mask and so will they. Yes they limit people waiting for exams and clean before and after each person but viruses are small and can get past even the best protocols.
We did have an outbreak at a small town down the road from us. They had about 26 people come down with covid all because of one person. See how quickly it spreads? Fortunately they got it under control and did contact tracing and seem to have halted it's progress for now. I worry about Christmas too and how many people will get together with their family and get sick.
We will not be having Christmas dinner with any of my family or my husbands family this year. Yes I will miss them and it makes me sad but I'd rather they be alive for next year than potentially dead from this virus. I can't be 100% sure I'm not sick because you can transmit the virus before you have symptoms and I live with a hospital worker and a grocery store worker so they have to be in contact with many different people every day. Yes they both wear masks and do all the things but the more contact you have with many different people the higher your chances of getting this thing is. So I worry.
I see so many people just getting together with their family and living life like things are normal and they are the ones who are catching and passing this virus around. They are the ones responsible for people dying and getting sick and ending up in the hospital. What is so difficult about staying home and away from other people until we have some medications that help fight this virus or some vaccine that helps us not get this thing? It's just a waiting game at this time. It's happened before with things like Polio, Measles, Mumps and a few others. People would get sick, some would die and others would be permanently disabled from these viruses. Now there are very few cases of these illnesses because we have vaccines even though some fools believe vaccines are bad for you. If vaccines are so bad why have these illnesses been stemmed by having people get vaccinated?
So many people lack critical thinking skills today and latch on to any weird and paranoid ideas. The internet is a bad place for these people as it just fuels their ignorance and paranoia. The world and science is not out to get them or harm people or make things that will harm people. Those workers are people too and want to do a good job. Most of them would love to be the person who found a vaccine for a horrible disease and not a vaccine that causes harm to people. Yes money can motivate some people but I still believe the majority of people are good and kind. No company wants to be sued because they made a vaccine that harmed people, they would go out of business for that.
I will continue to do my part to keep myself and others safe from this virus. I will do what I can for as long as it takes. People lived through wars that lasted much longer than this and they lost many loved ones to war. I don't want to lose a loved one to a stupid virus because I didn't wash my hands or wear a mask or stay apart from people. When we know better we should do better so I will continue to do better. Let me hear you join me and we can stand together (but 6 feet apart, LOL) while we keep ourselves and others safe from this virus. We have the knowledge, we have the tools and we have the ability so there is no excuse. I'm taking one for the team here, let me hear that you are doing the same.
Stay strong and stay safe for all our sakes.
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