The truth is, I think we all know that everything isn’t just going to magically get better tomorrow with the turn of a calendar page.
Coronavirus doesn’t care about the date – all it knows is to spread.
And that spread has killed 354,215 Americans and 1.8 million people worldwide over the last year.
I think we’ve finally got some hope in the new vaccines that are now being distributed to those closest to the disease, but there’s still a long road ahead of us. The people who denied the virus in 2020 and refused to take basic precautions to protect the people around them are going to continue to fight those precautions in 2021 even as they undermine our battle to actually rid society of this terrible pandemic.
We can’t change those people, but we don’t have to let them change us.
Fatigue over restrictions and the general impact of the virus is likely to grow in 2021, and the numbers will probably get worse before they start getting better. But the reason for wearing a mask on Day #292 hasn’t changed from Day #1.
We don’t wear masks to protect ourselves – we wear our masks to protect the people around us.
And I have to believe that despite all of the ignorance and the politics and the greed and the apathy that has made this pandemic all the worse throughout 2020, it’s going to be our compassion for each other that puts an end to COVID-19 – whenever that actually happens.
Happy New Year, stay safe, and don’t lose that compassion. We’re still going to need it in 2021.
Thank you!!1