The invisible killer

With a best case scenario approaching 100-200,000 dead from this virus, I don't think people in small towns across America are really taking this seriously.

They seem to look at it like a curfew for teenagers. How can I get around this and get my haircut, or have dinner with my family who live in different homes?  Or I only have one friend over today.

I heard one woman say she is worried about the kids socialization! She doesn't think it's healthy for them to be at home so long! We were on the phone so I asked her if she thought they would be better off dead. Her answer?

Maybe.

What kind of thinking is this? If there was a fire burning all around her would she feel the same way? What if rabid dogs were overrunning the country? Just because we can't see this virus, or it appears to be far away in Chicago or New York does not make it less dangerous. In fact it makes it more dangerous to have an invisible killer, one you may not even know you are carrying around.

I heard that all but one town in New York has cases now and NYC will be fining people $500 for not applying social distancing.

Each time one of us breaks that social distancing we are exposing ourselves to not just the person we are with, but with every person they have been with and all the people those people have been with. It is Russian Roulette with the lives of our loved ones.

It is really hard, but we all really have to try harder.