Our lives, all our lives, have changed so fast and become so limited. We are trapped in our homes without any idea for how long and whether things will get worse before they get better. It doesn't help that leaders in more than one country, including this one, are using this virus as a political tool, laying blame on one another and acting inappropriately at every turn.
We are not fighting an enemy. There is no malice in this, no conspiracy, no hatred. This is a disease, and this battle should be fought, not by politicians, but by well-funded scientists who are given everything they need in order to put their minds together and find a way out of this mess. We have resources, and great intellects at work. This will end at some point, this enforced isolating. But I've started to think of it as going on for much longer than a couple of months. It might be a very long time before we are actually safe from infection, and the doors of the world can open again.
I'm concerned about the effect cabin fever will have on a world of restless, anxious, frustrated people, some of whom are or will become sick, some of whom will be ruined financially. It is not reassuring to me that there are long lines at gun stores. Now is the time to prepare ourselves for a long haul, to really dig deep into our finer selves. We must be very generous and civil with one another. That's the only way we're going to get through this.
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