COVID-19 Quarantine Day 60

Well, it's been 2 months now.  A virus that began in China eventually made its way to the United States and has caused millions of people to stay in their homes to limit exposure so as to not overwhelm the hospitals all at once with sick people.  The number of cases grew exponentially and we began using the term, flatten the curve, to encourage people to stay home and work together to limit the number of cases at a single time.  While people were still allowed to go out, we began using another term, social distancing, tip reminds people to stay physically away from one another so as to limit the risk of contracting the virus.  We found out people can be infected and asymptomatic for a long time.  We found our the virus can live on surfaces and in the air.  People rushed to buy all of the hand sanitizer, soap, toilet paper, and Clorox wipes.  When states shut down businesses and schools, people went out to protest.  Many ignored social distancing and failed to wear masks while out protesting.  I would love to see a news report indicating how many contacted COVID-19 right there at those protests.  Eventually, states began to open again, that's where we are now.  We believe we've hit our peak, and that things will be easier on hospitals and safer now.  I can only assume a second wave is coming.  Historically, that's house these things have gone.  The second wave tends to be worse and more deadly than the first.  Though, again, historically, people have learned by the 3rd wave and are finally taking things seriously.  We've only gone through one wave so far.  People are getting cabin fever and with spring here and summer approaching, people will be out more and more.  We'll remain extremely cautious in our home.  With summer approaching, we have an opportunity to continue to quarantine for several more months.  While we'll go out occasionally fire groceries, to pick up a meal, or to get a haircut, our summer won't look much different than our spring has.  We still want to go to Kentucky and Tennessee at the end of June, but that's a month and a half away.  Time will tell if that travel is possible or a needless risk.  I still can't believe we've been home, staying away or only very carefully and occasionally seeing people outside of our family, for 2 months now.  This entire pandemic has felt so surreal.  But I know our lives will be forever changed because of it.  However, eventually people will forget, wil relax, wil not remember the fear or what life was like during this time.  It will just become a page on a history book, like the Spanish Flu.  It will be something the world will only look back on when a similar crisis comes up long into the future. Hopefully they learn from us and mobilize faster to save more lives.  Hopefully they trust the epidemiologists and listen when doctors get concerned, because they have the knowledge and can see the way the dominoes will fall, far easier than the average person.  And when they get worried, it's cause for concern.  Maybe one day those protesters will see that government officials were looking out for their health and lives and feel silly for shouting (without masks) in the faces of elected officials.  But I find very few people are willing or able to rationally listen to a point of view outside of their own entrenched worldview.  When presented with alternative reasoning for shutting down states and economies, considering the welfare of their fellow man, I've found many just yell louder, screaming about their freedoms and rights.  What a privileged worldview, that an individual's rights outweigh another's life.  What a legacy that person must be leaving to be more important than the lives of his or her fellow man.  I've also found, that the quiet people during these times have the most poignant things to say.  But I've yet to see someone stop shouting because they genuinely wanted to know what the quiet, thoughtful person in the corner thinks.  A time of uncertainty and anxiety like this reveals so much about people.  I'm not suggesting everyone live in fear, but I do wish people cared more about one another during these times than about being the loudest voice in the room.