Even in a era where many feel the World is increasingly negative , we as human beings try to view problems in a false positive. It is often explained as a way to live through turmoil , natural disasters, war and disease. I have often found myself viewing those issues in a personal manner, because over the 10 years the US was in the Vietnam War we lost over 59,000 Americans. One of them was my father and I know how his loss and his fellow pilots affected my family and many other Air Force Families. Granted , maybe I had an inking of major loss as my father explained to me the pain he and his family felt when his brother was killed in a WWII accident ( years later ,when he died, his talk to me seemed clairvoyant ). But I also remember my great Uncle who came back from WWI with " Shell Shock " , the term for PTSD back then , but he was lucky as he was not one of the 116,000+ that died in Europe. Hard to contemplate we have had virtually double that many folks die from Covid, in way less than the time it took for those souls to die in WWI! Have we lost the humanity to realize the families are suffering no less than the families did who lost members in that Great War? But, we are not thinking about what a rapid pace of death is before us, even at 1000 deaths a day ( current data ) we aren't realizing it will not be many more months to exceed the horrid death toll of WWII. Those 405,000 gave their lives to their Country in what we call the ultimate sacrifice of the " Greatest Generation." Stop and think just a minute that we may exceed this in around one year , not the 4 of WWII !
This is what this is all about, not a me situation, but a we situation , because we are not dodging bullets , we are not in a infected cesspool trench, we are not slogging through monsoon insect infested jungles , we are being asked to simply care about our fellow Americans by wearing a mask and staying a safe distance away from each other. I am baffled about why we have become so selfish we can not make such a tiny sacrifice if it even has a small chance of making others safe?
I have had friends already die, I have had friends get very mild cases , I have had friends fight lingering issues, I just want to be around a bit longer to celebrate life with my grandson, so yes, I am hypocritical because now it is about me -----------------I don't want to be a statistic because of selfishness on such a tiny request to honor the safety of your friends, your loved ones, your fellow Americans. I will wear a mask, I will safely distance myself , because there are so many others I really care about and I have no idea who I am around that my be a carrier or asymptomatic. Stay safe, my friends!