A world gone mad?
I think back to April this year (2020) to the day my dad popped over to my home, wearing a mask. He wouldn't come in the house, despite the incessant jibbing and mocking that came from me and his grandchildren.
My mum had warned me that he was coming over to see me and that he had a 'gift'. That gift turned out to be 5 masks, that he had bought for me and my family. We tried them on at the door and had a bit of a giggle about it. We called dad 'hysterical' and 'paranoid' and he took it on the chin, his mask covered chin.
Fast forward to October 2020. now, we don't know for sure, but it is of course entirely possible that dad saved our lives. Those masks seemed so ridiculous at the time, but soon proved to be the essential accessory for every man woman and child across the globe.
'Better safe than sorry' is the age old quote that usually comes from the unadventurous bore of the group, who refuses to take chances. Yet that 'bore' lives on, while the 'risk takers' RIP. What does that say about us as a generation?
'Rona (as she's unaffectionatly known) roared onto the scene in December 2019, taking hostages at every opportunity. She destroyed life as we knew it, and she threatens to keep going unless we start taking her threat seriously.
Amuse me for a moment, and imagine that there was a global terrorist attack. Toxic gas has been unleashed, and anyone that breathes in the deadly gas, risks immediate death. The UN announces that they have discovered that the gas can't cause harm to humans as long as they wear a mask.
Would we have 'Anti-mask' protests then? Would people refuse to wear a mask because it goes against their human rights then?
Would they heck!!!
There are still a number of people who believe that Covid19 is a hoax, or that it has been massively exaggerated by scientists and government officials. But if these people could see the virus, like you could see a toxic gas, how many of them would soon retreat to the safety of a mask? If these people, that refuse to heed the warnings issued, saw the bodies of those who had lost their fight against covid19, lining the streets, would they continue to insist on their right to refrain from following the laws written to protect them?
Would they heck!!!
I mocked and I joked when my dad appeared on my doorstep wearing a mask. But I kept my promise that I would wear it when I was in public, and thank goodness I did. Because very quickly, we all stopped laughing, mocking and joking. Very quickly I began to realise that the world had gone mad, and 'Rona was to blame. She's taken the word hostage, and let very few countries escape without first inflicting a lot of pain and death.
Who knows how long we'll be hostages, but we do know that help is coming. While we wait we need to keep safe, follow instructions and avoid attracting 'Rona's attention.
We need to WASH OUR HANDS REGULARLY
We need to KEEP SOCIALLY DISTANCED
We need to WEAR A MASK
We need to TAKE THIS THREAT SERIOUSLY
Lana@YSM :)
