I Appreciate You Looking Out For My Rights.

I get it…I really do; people are struggling and want to get back to work and get back to a sense of normalcy.  They feel their rights are trampled on by being told to stay home and that is certainly understandable, if not true.  They also have the right to be unadulterated douche bags but should they exercise that right?  Unfortunately, there are those in the media who minimize the virus and perpetuate a notion of a government takeover and this virus is just the opportunity they’ve been waiting for.  This viewpoint is gaining momentum, or at least partially, among the protesters.  If you watch the interviews, some of the protesters are genuinely fearful of the virus but they have a greater fear of the government.  What does that say about our government? (That post is for another day)  What this really boils down to is if you are a human and care about your fellow person. We could get out there and get back to work.  We could thumb our nose at perceived tyranny. We could also overwhelm our health care system while having thousands…or millions more people die…we probably have that right. If we decided to open our businesses regardless of government guidance (executive order), what would the government do?  Would they arrest us all and put us in jail which is in direct violation of the social distancing order?  This isn’t about what we can do, but about what we should do. Let’s stop talking a big game about how we value our medical professionals and first responders, a value which crosses political party lines and differing media outlets, and let’s continue to show them we actually care.  Let’s not dismiss our elderly because they “are going to die anyway”…a disgusting quote which has been spoken to me personally.  We have to stop the goddamn nonsense and address the virus.  We need to save lives and our healthcare professionals along the way.  This isn’t perfect, and nothing is, but we can attempt to “stay better”.  We have mountains to move after this and we certainly can by sticking together; we just need to stay apart for now.