Yeah. You. Stop being an absolute moron.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you are well aware that the COVID-19 pandemic has reached Texas, all the while wreaking havoc on the rest of the country and the world. I don't even want to look at the counter of confirmed cases and deaths, but there's quite the handy one over on Johns Hopkins' website. But right now, we can flatten the curve - it's all up to you. Stay inside! Don't go out! Even your drive-thru McDonald's can wait a few months. I know, I know, "the economy needs saving". Well, yes, I agree, but not right now. The economy can recover. Your dead family members and friends cannot. I'm sorry to have to actually say that, but maybe that's the kind of blunt talk that people need right now. Sure, you may not fall seriously ill, but even if you're an asymptomatic carrier, you can still pass the virus on to others. This disease is statistically 40x deadlier than the flu. If we don't want bodies overflowing out of hospital morgues and mass graves having to be dug as during the last great pandemic just over a hundred years ago, the time to act is now. So, please, wash your hands. Stay inside. Do it for the strained medical workers, for the old and immunocompromised, and yourself. Do it for the economy. There won't be as much circulation if 2.2 million Americans are dead.
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AuthorMy name is Dani Slaughter. I am a university student from San Antonio, musing about what I see and how I see it. Archives
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