I think one of the most disturbing parts of our current situation is this new mindset of treating people as disease vectors and nothing more. An inner monologue of "Am I killing someone by **living**?" that seems to have taken over society.

We& #39;ve always been and always will be carriers of disease. It used to be that was innately understood by humanity and didn& #39;t affect us all on a daily and individual basis.

These self righteous "I wear a mask to save *your* life" posts are insidious. The "stay home to keep *me* safe" posts are pernicious.

This cannot be the new normal. We cannot function always wondering if someone is about to kill us by merely existing in our proximity.

I& #39;m sure eventually, most people will get over their fears, but I& #39;m seeing a lot of people who never used to behave that way for anything else treating this virus like it& #39;s the Apocalypse, when despite how bad it is, is not nearly catastrophic enough to warrant that response.

I& #39;m sorry, but a fatality rate of less than 0.5% (per CDC) is not severe enough to completely and permanently reshape life as we know it. It& #39;s just not.

All that said I& #39;m not particularly optimistic about people regaining their sanity. Optimism would be out of character for me.