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I spent far longer than I would have liked today trying to rebut a few friends and family who, as cases skyrocket, have entered the “we have to get on with our lives” phase of the pandemic. They are, at least in a couple of cases, people who limited outings, wore masks, etc. 1/ https://twitter.com/msjunediane/status/1328082983413157888
Pandemic fatigue I guess is a thing, but I’m just left wondering if any of these people could have survived the last pandemic, the Great Depression, WWI or II...or basically anything requiring serious sacrifice of more than a few months. 2/
Sure, I’d love my kid to be back in school, but I also know in-person school is nothing like a normal year either. Let’s do what we can to support each other, our schools and our educators. That means things like masks, self-quarantining if exposed, limiting group gatherings. 3/
Sure, I’d love to wander the aisles of Target, but you know what, I can suck it up for a year or more and do curbside or shop small and support local retailers who are really hit hard. I don’t have to go in a store or linger in enclosed spaces. Not really a huge lift, sorry. 4/
Sure, I’d love to out to eat, but just as lovely and safer to grab curbside, takeout or delivery — reduce the risk for not only yourself, but the managers and staff of these places. 5/
Sure, I’d love to get together with my extended family for the holidays. I’d love to see a concert. Catch a movie. These are all things that can wait — even a few more months or into 2021 if it means saving lives. 6/
I’m just increasingly shaken by people who are increasingly falling prey to disinformation about the virus or simply can’t understand the need for some collective sacrifice — we get our lives and our economy back to old/new normal when we get the virus under control. 7/
I want to extend grace and patience — the likes of which I have had to muster up within my own self these past 8-9 months — to people, but I cannot stomach the “enough is enough,” “it’s just like the flu,” “everything has risk, let’s just get on with life” crowd. 8/
This virus will not go away if suddenly everyone who is tired of it just decides to “ignore it away.” We can get through this, but it is going to take a lot more self/shared sacrifice than what I have seen to date to do it. It will also take time. 9/
