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LISTEN, fam. I have bad news and you need to hear it (even though you don't want to). COVID-19 in PA has exploded. EXPLODED. (1/?)
See this? This is a graph of cases in PA. Notice that sharp up slope on the right? That is what a COVID-19 explosion looks like. (2/?)
The Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley @PHLPublicHealth is asking everyone to avoid contact with people they don't live with because the virus is primarily spreading through get-togethers with friends and family. (3/?)
I know that SUCKS. It does. I'm sorry. I'm sure Farley is sorry too. It's been a hard year, and we miss each other. Can't we at least see a few friends for dinner? Nothing crazy, just folks at home. Isn't that ok? (4/?)
NO. NO IT IS NOT. It is not safe! Especially if you aren't wearing a dang mask! It's NOT SAFE. (5/?)
Oh, but you WANT to. Just for a little while. Just with a few people. None of you FEEL sick. It's fine. NO IT IS NOT FINE NONE OF THIS IS FINE PEOPLE ARE DYING AND MORE ARE GOING TO DIE SOON. (6/?)
But there's no shut down, you say. If it wasn't safe, they wouldn't let us do it right? Besides, you've been doing it and so far everyone is fine. COVID-19 DOES NOT CARE. (7/?)
COVID-19 sees your small maskless gatherings and says THANK YOU VERY MUCH. That's a COVID-19 buffet you laid out. If it rides in with one of you, it's going to ride out with more of you. Maybe you won't all get sick. More than likely you won't die. BUT SOMEONE ELSE WILL. (8/?)
You know what really sucks more than giving up these small gatherings or wearing a mask? When a person has to be in the hospital and can't have visitors. When a family loses a loved one and none of them could be there bc there's too much COVID circulating in the community. (9/?)
I wouldn't wish that on you no matter who you voted for. My wish, fam, is that we make it to the vaccine with as many of us alive and healthy as possible. I want everyone to cross that finish line together. I am willing to sacrifice to help you reach that finish line. (10/?)
Fam, we have to do a hard thing. Stay home, and do not have/attend get-togethers. Wear a mask and ask others to wear them too. Wash your hands. Do those hard things and SAVE LIVES. (11/?)
You can be a hero. BE A HERO. Do the hard thing. Hang in there. SAVE LIVES. (/fin)
