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I’m not going to tell someone how to live their life or how to process their own stresses and anxieties because I don’t even begin to pretend like I could understand the intricacies of someone else’s existence, especially in the craziness of the world today
BUT if you’re someone that’s still not willing to take this pandemic seriously a whole 9+ months in, I really do think you should try to reflect on what it is about you that makes you care for others so little. This isn’t a drag, this isn’t tea, this isn’t me trying to start shit
This is me trying to help people understand that they might just be trying to live their lives right now and cling to whatever sense of normalcy they might have, but unfortunately we live in a world where few “normal” actions go without their larger-scale consequences
I GET that you want to hangout with all your friends
I GET that you want to go to the club and stay out all night
I GET that you are tired of having to micromanage every ounce of social interaction in your life
Because I feel the exact same way as you!!
I GET that you want to go to the club and stay out all night
I GET that you are tired of having to micromanage every ounce of social interaction in your life
Because I feel the exact same way as you!!
But wanting to do those things and choosing to do those things, when the data for how not adhering to social distancing measures affects the spread of this virus is so readily available and widely understood, goes beyond irresponsibility and crosses the line towards malice
You probably won’t die, or maybe even get sick, if you go out and have an amazing night at some packed party - but you can’t convince me that you’re naive enough to believe that that was okay, that that action couldn’t be directly putting someone else’s life in danger
So if we KNOW that events with poor/no policing of social distancing measures have been directly linked to an increase in cases and we KNOW that a certain percentage of all those infected will experience life-altering or even fatal side effects of becoming ill
Then are you telling me, with all this information out there that we know and hear about every day, that going to that club or that bar or that party or whatever is actually more important to you than someone else’s LIFE? Because that’s what your actions are telling us.
I know it’s hard. I know it’s unfair. I know you’re tired of living in uncertainty. I know you’re tired of living in constant fear of something you cannot even see and feel like you have no control over. YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THAT - WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING IN OUR OWN WAYS!
But not all of us are blatantly advertising our staggering disregard for human life for the tradeoff of the thrill of offering a vodka soda at a packed club.
So I invite you once again to really sit with yourself and ponder why your comfort should matter more than someone else’s literal life. And just maybe you’ll realize after a while that you cannot even begin to rationalize your actions, and maybe you won’t - that’s your journey
All I’m saying is that each day is a new opportunity to be better than the last and to make changes in your life that could very well affect the lives of countless people around you - and I’m pleading with you to understand this, and to make those changes
Otherwise...what IS it about you that makes you care for others so little?
