Quarantine is a scary word.
So we change it to Social Distancing and no one listens.
We shut down schools to keep kids safe and they congregate in other places.
Spring breakers can’t resist the idea of a party so they endanger themselves and others high off the hubris of youth.
Some leaders pay us lip service and do nothing.
Some leaders lead and suffer heavy criticism.
Truck Drivers drive to bring us what we need and still can’t get a meal at a drive thru because in the dining room is closed and an 18 wheeler won’t fit through a drive through.
Medical staff still do their job knowing it means they may not be able to interact with their only families while people complain about “too much” family time.
Teachers struggle to learn a new way to teach, while parents finally get a glimpse into their life.
Employers full of self importance consider themselves “essential” while firing people who can’t come in.
Grocery store clerks become heroes, risking their health for your weekly grocery list
Pharmacists are forgotten heroes, filling more prescriptions than they thought they ever would.
The vulnerable sit and wonder why it seems ok that they are the “only” ones in danger and everyone seems ok with that
We all scour the internet for news, but then half of us ignore what doesn’t agree with our own opinions.
Quarantine is a scary word.
A Melange of Musings 