One thing I’ve noticed about Donald Trump is that he seems to think that reality is what he says it is, rather than what it is. He seems to think if he wants reality to be different, he can just say it’s different and presto, reality is different. Of course, reality doesn’t work that way. You can make fun of masks and social distancing and other precautions that medical experts have advised people to take, but all you’re really doing is upping the odds that someone is going to get sick, and there’s a real chance that the someone who gets sick will be you.
The reason I have to point out it might be you who gets sick is because many people don’t care if someone else gets sick. They don’t care if they transmit a deadly disease to a dozen other people or a hundred other people. They only care if an illness happens to them. So remember, it works both ways. You can make someone sick—but someone can make you sick, too.
To many of his supporters, Trump is the modern-day Elvis, minus the looks, the voice, the sideburns, and the singing talent. For many people, he has some kind of Elvis charisma. I don’t see it, but I think many people do, because I see how they respond to him. He has his fans under his spell.
He has mocked medical science and he has mocked those who took the precautions that doctors have been advising us to take. As late as the presidential debate he mocked his opponent for taking precautions against coronavirus. Now he’s in a hospital bed getting experimental drugs as his doctors try to prevent the disease from claiming him. You can mock the coronavirus but the coronavirus doesn’t care. It’s going to do what it’s going to do. It’s like pushing over that first domino in a string of dominoes: the rest are going to fall, one by one, because that is what dominoes do. Wishing and pretending otherwise does not change anything. If you don’t want all the dominoes to fall down, then don’t push that first one down.
And if you don’t want to get covid19, and if you don’t want to die while hooked up to a ventilator and surrounded by strangers, then be smart. Don’t pretend reality is different from what it is. There are no guarantees in life, but there are ways you can increase the odds you’ll win.
2 comments:
Good lesson on reality -- what you see is not always the way it is -- watch behind the curtain.
Nice writing -- very clear and logical.
I read this when it was posted but am just getting around to commenting.
LL
I may only speak to personal experience with the Qov. My company has over 200,000 employees. I can personally attest to perhaps 15 of those employees where I work that beginning in Nov 2019 into Jan and Feb of 2020 had the symptoms of what the Qov is suppose to represent. I was also in that group that experienced that. It was flu like but more severe.
I don't remember the month the "muzzles came into play" but we worked in an environment where we interacted with literally thousands of persons per day. The first "Covid positive" was not until I believe July or August. Yes, there were several "positive cases" which meant 14 days away from work. That said; again, out of over 200,000 partners who had and do interact with thousands of persons.... no one died.
So with a survival rate of over 96% in the general population with a higher morbidity of those over 70 years old (and those having many other issues) I would say this "plandemic" is not all that it is worked up to be. Call me crazy, but that is the way I see it.
And as to you my Brother Yoda, VW. You are of the highly critical mass of people that may be affected. I understand this.
My thoughts on that matter is simple. If you feel that your health puts you at risk; "Stay Home" and if you go out, wear that mask which the CDC came out and said would not protect those on the West Coast form the effects of the wild fires, much less the tiny particles dealing with Covid.
Just saying brother.
My hopes are that you will stay vital and safe.
later gator
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