Post by t-bob on Dec 4, 2020 18:37:51 GMT -5
I received a message written by one of the world’s great epidemiologists Dr. Larry Brilliant urging us to “please, please consider everything we do in light of how dangerous this pandemic is right now”. He and other public health colleagues believe we are entering the most dangerous moments in our public health history. And yet, most people are sick and tired of staying home, of scrolling through scary news, facing the dread of losing work if not loved ones, wearing masks and hardest of all, keeping distant from one another.
After so many months of isolating confinement or going out to do life-threatening jobs, many folx are lonely, angry, anxious, depressed, frustrated and rebellious. I know it’s easy to take risks and hard to make good decisions when I’m upset.
Now is the time to stay constant and steady. Yes, vaccines are coming, but for most it will not be until months ahead. For now, we are all asked to practice a strange and precious, intimate connection in our COVID care, making efforts to tend and protect. Through this, I can actually feel safer in the world.
After so many months of isolating confinement or going out to do life-threatening jobs, many folx are lonely, angry, anxious, depressed, frustrated and rebellious. I know it’s easy to take risks and hard to make good decisions when I’m upset.
Now is the time to stay constant and steady. Yes, vaccines are coming, but for most it will not be until months ahead. For now, we are all asked to practice a strange and precious, intimate connection in our COVID care, making efforts to tend and protect. Through this, I can actually feel safer in the world.