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I& #39;m going to share my #COVID19 experience. If you might know someone who won& #39;t mask or distance, feel free to share this with them. I was in isolation, one room, nobody but me, for 8 weeks. I& #39;ve been out of isolation for 4 weeks now. So I& #39;m fine, right? Well...
No. I got the "moderate" case of it. Even now, I struggle to breathe. Showering exhausts me to the point where I must sit (or better, lie down) and rest. I gasp for air. My heart pounds. My pulse is more regular than it was, but can still jump around. For comparison...
I was the person who was so busy, I& #39;d tell someone what I was up to and they& #39;d say, "I don& #39;t know how you do it!" Now? Some days, it& #39;s hard just to think. Some days, the effort to inflate my lungs is so hard, it& #39;s all I can do. 3 months later.
It& #39;s not a hoax. 114,000 people dead from this in the U.S. alone. We& #39;ll be at over 200,000 by the end of this year. Why? In part, it& #39;s because people won& #39;t take the simple, easy precautions that would defeat this illness. Wearing a mask, keeping 6& #39; apart, is too much effort...
to save their friends, family, neighbors, even themselves. Over 2 million U.S. cases, yet they choose to believe they have no responsibility to do anything. Some would rather kill themselves spraying bleach on their food than wear a mask, which is much simpler and safer.
Here& #39;s where I get wide-open real. I contemplated suicide. It seemed there was no hope. Sometimes I struggle just to sit up. I found a way to keep fighting, but don& #39;t believe you couldn& #39;t reach that point. I wouldn& #39;t have thought I could. That& #39;s what this can do.
Keep on doing what you& #39;re doing, even as infections & death tolls rise. You could find yourself, head in your hands, all cried out, wondering if a loved one will survive, unable even to say goodbye. Or the person in that hospital bed could be you. All because...
wearing a mask and keeping your distance was too much effort. If you can read this an be unmoved, nothing anyone can say will reach you. If not, if you still have a human heart capable of caring for anyone, even just yourself, put that mask on and keep your distance. Save lives.
