Ronni
The motormouth ;)
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This quote was taken from a NY times article about what David Leonhardt, who writes The Morning newsletter, saw recently when he took a road trip across the country to help his mother get vaccinated. He said that almost everywhere he stopped — including gas stations, rest stops and hotels in half a dozen states — people ignored mask restrictions.
“I came home from my trip shaken by what I had seen,” he wrote. “I feel like I just drove across a country that is losing a winnable fight.”
Losing a winnable fight....wow.
I know not everyone is down with mask wearing but damn!! Over 400,000 people dead from Covid in the US, and over 2 million dead worldwide! These numbers could so easily include one of my kids or grands, one of my Aussie or European friends, my husband.....or me. One of my sons and one of my grands has already had Covid (and I’m crying as I write that) but they recovered, and my relief at that continues to be enormous!
Who’s next? I hope and pray it’s not any of my loved ones, but still, we’re losing this “winnable fight” right now. I can’t win the fight alone. Neither can you. Please, PLEASE, help win the fight. Wear your mask. Wash your hands. Social distance.
Principles be damned. Your life, and mine, and those of our loved ones, is worth SO MUCH MORE than just our principles.
“I came home from my trip shaken by what I had seen,” he wrote. “I feel like I just drove across a country that is losing a winnable fight.”
Losing a winnable fight....wow.
I know not everyone is down with mask wearing but damn!! Over 400,000 people dead from Covid in the US, and over 2 million dead worldwide! These numbers could so easily include one of my kids or grands, one of my Aussie or European friends, my husband.....or me. One of my sons and one of my grands has already had Covid (and I’m crying as I write that) but they recovered, and my relief at that continues to be enormous!
Who’s next? I hope and pray it’s not any of my loved ones, but still, we’re losing this “winnable fight” right now. I can’t win the fight alone. Neither can you. Please, PLEASE, help win the fight. Wear your mask. Wash your hands. Social distance.
Principles be damned. Your life, and mine, and those of our loved ones, is worth SO MUCH MORE than just our principles.