The insanity continues.
The insanity of my life. The insanity of social media. The insanity of pandemic pandemonium.
Right now I’m tired. But I just downed an iced coffee, so I’ll be fine. I’m thinking of downing another so I’ll be extra fine.
Regarding the pandemic … more people’s tinfoil hats are showing. Not to mention their confirmation bias.
Some swear they support good science. Some say they care about their neighbor. I have one eyebrow at least half raised, because I’m not convinced. I’m not sure those words mean what you think they mean.
I’ve seen way too many people – people I wouldn’t expect to do so – making fun of others for how they choose to protect themselves from coronavirus. Nothing is perfect and not everyone follows procedure perfectly, but at least they’re trying. Should they not even try?
I’ve seen way too many people accusing others who choose to take protective measures of cowering in fear. Stop telling people how they feel. You don’t know how they feel. Being smart with a healthy respect for a deadly disease doesn’t make one a coward or a sheeple.
Don’t tread on me.
Yes. True. But don’t breathe on me. Respect my right to distance my high risk self from the germs. Don’t tread on my airspace.
Not everything is a conspiracy, my people. Yes, this sucks. Everyone is doing the best they can with the information they have. To keep adjusting decisions and plans as new data comes in. I think it was our state director of health who in the last week mentioned the polio epidemic. Prior to a vaccine being available in the 1950s, the disease killed and/or permanently disabled many for decades. People practiced social distancing a century before social distancing was ever part of our everyday lingo. I know people who survived polio but were disabled to varying degrees. Perhaps enough time has passed for us to forget what it took to survive and to survive well. To forget how medieval the iron lung seemed even though it was the best technology available in that part of the twentieth century.
I wonder what Darwin would say about the current outbreak of invincibility complex.
Regarding mask wearing. If I wear one outdoors on my way in/out of a store … I’m wondering if I’ll inhale less spring pollen … sounds like a win-win to me. If you choose to love your neighbor by wearing a mask so you don’t cough on them … and haven’t located, sewn, or Macgyvered one, I found affordable options on Etsy.
On a different note … in music land, I tuned in for the Derek Webb/Abbie Parker covers concert and Mitch McVicker’s most recent livestream. Check last week’s post for links to their Facebook pages to catch replays. Both excellent and highly recommended.
In Ragamuffin land, Ragamuffin Sundays and Monday Google hangouts continue. Check previous posts for links.
Be kind, friends.
Be kind.
I feel like everyone needs to be told a few more times … be kind. Now, enjoy these photos from my world this week.
