a look at how COVID-19 has amplified the entitlement and selfishness of most americans
A couple of days ago, Jacksonville decided to reopen their beaches, and like clockwork, hundreds flocked to them, ignoring the social distancing and stay at home orders imposed by the state. And to no one’s surprise, Florida is now seeing a spike in their coronavirus cases; the statewide total is nearing 25,000 coronavirus cases and over 700 deaths (as of April 20).
Multiple states have had citizens gather to protest their statewide shelter at home orders, claiming that it infringes on their American freedoms.
These two events, amongst others, are quite possibly the most selfishness we’ve seen in this country as we face a global pandemic. Doctors and nurses around the globe have been fighting day in and day out, risking their lives to help stop or slow the curve of COVID, and the way that we pay them is by directly disobeying their orders to keep us safe. It is an outrage that doctors have to get on social media and use their platform to beg people to stay home.
No one seems to understand just how dangerous this disease is, nor how it is effecting our ‘normal’ processes. People’s family members are dying alone in hospital rooms because they’re not allowed to see them. People are talking to infected family members through walkie talkies. They’re hosting funerals and weddings over Zoom.
This disease has wholly ravaged our sense of normalcy, and it will continue to do so until people take the advice of those who’re adequately informed seriously. Until then, this disease will continue to destroy families, and the world as we know it. We may never return to normal.
Stay home.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/hundreds-flood-florida-beach-as-florida-reopens-some-parks/
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