Ok, people, it’s time to listen up. Seriously. You need to stop acting as if this crisis isn’t real. Worse, there are those who know it’s real but just don’t care, because it won’t affect THEM directly. Yes, if you are young and healthy, you will most likely survive. Instead, it could just be someone you care about. It could be some random stranger. Either way, you can and will kill someone.
Also, people think they are being told to stay home so they don’t get the disease. That’s not the case. You are being told to stay home incase you ALREADY HAVE the disease. I can not stress this enough.
Also, please check on your friends and relatives. Especially those of us with mental health issues, or other health issues. Some of us are not ok right now. I get pretty anxious out in public, so I figured that I would be fine all locked up at home. No, not really. I didn’t realize how much I depend on the few places I do go. I am struggling right now, with no activities to distract me. My anxiety peaks during the day.
I would also like to remind everyone that, for people who experience domestic abuse, this is a particularly dangerous time, as they now have no reprieve from their abusers. If you know of, or suspect that this may include someone you know, make sure you are checking on them frequently.