Worldwide Bad Dream

A few weeks ago who knew that we would soon be discussing face masks and social distancing with our children and grandchildren. Yet that’s today’s reality. The pandemic, and efforts to control it, is still on everyone’s mind.

            In my neighborhood children have used colored chalk to draw rainbows on sidewalks and in parks, even in parking spaces, to remind us that this too shall pass. And while people are slowly trying to be social again there’s an uneasiness about it as if we have to relearn everything we knew, but in a different way. Everyone has questions: Do we have to wear face masks everywhere? Can we really practice social distancing while shopping? Can we share meals with friends? Etc.

            We all want the members of our families to be safe and to protect each other so we can wake up from this bad dream. That can mean looking out for the few in society who still believe the pandemic is “not really that bad” as I heard a millennial say not too long ago. Because a lot of younger people are now getting sick as the second wave of the virus begins to hit home, I wonder if they’ll still feel that it’s not really that bad when they have to fight it and they infect their families.

            I think it’s wise for all of us to listen to the rules as decreed by the scientists so that we remain healthy until a solution, read a vaccine, is proven to be effective in making the virus a thing of the past.

The corona virus has been and continues to be a worldwide bad dream. It’d be great if everyone continued in their efforts to halt its spread as we try to revive the economy. It certainly will have to take place slowly but, just like the days when we learned to walk, baby steps will take us there safely.