“You know what’s really happening is people without faith are terrified of death and they have no way to cope with it.”
-my priest

Guys you’re going to die. Covid is just one likely extremely rare way to do it. You’ll likely have a regular stroke or something rather mundane. But yes, you will die. This is ok if you’ve processed this during your life and faced your eternity.

There is reasonable precautions one should take to avoid illness spread, YES. For all illnesses. I am happy to mask up in public for the comfort of others actually. Then there is pathological deep seated fear that manifests in absurdity.

The backlash happens when you are not living in fear surrounded by those who are. They are consumed by it and your freedom from it makes some very angry.

It is absurd to allow our elders to die alone. It should be criminal. It is absurd to teach our children from mobile plastic boxes. It is absurd to not let 98 year olds see their grandchildren for six months.

No one is getting off this ride alive.

Not you. Not me.

Stop being absurd and confront your Creator so you can acknowledge the elephant in the room. Just look at it. It’s ok. You aren’t alone. We are all facing the same truth.

This ends in a box and that’s hard.

You can’t hand sanitizer this away.

Love your family and face it. Be a decent human being. Ask the questions you need answered before you’re in a box. It’s more freeing than trying to avoid the inevitable.