Hope Springs Eternal
Remember back before the pandemic, when people would gather in throngs over the transition from Winter to Spring?
As America struggles to get our population to work together to defeat the spread of COVID, I look back fondly on what seem like quaint times. Influenza was taking tens of thousands of people each year for 100 years, but people came to accept it as a fait accompli. Now, after nearly a year of with nearly zero influenza cases, we know that wearing masks in public, washing hands frequently, and keeping apart from one another when we feel "under the weather" is a wise idea.
We're not out of the woods, yet. There's still a way to go, in terms of vaccinations (I received my first, today) and getting people to comply with basic health and sanitation protocols on their own, but I am hopeful that we are heading in the right direction, and that this sight will not be relegated to the history books.
Hope Springs Eternal
Remember back before the pandemic, when people would gather in throngs over the transition from Winter to Spring?
As America struggles to get our population to work together to defeat the spread of COVID, I look back fondly on what seem like quaint times. Influenza was taking tens of thousands of people each year for 100 years, but people came to accept it as a fait accompli. Now, after nearly a year of with nearly zero influenza cases, we know that wearing masks in public, washing hands frequently, and keeping apart from one another when we feel "under the weather" is a wise idea.
We're not out of the woods, yet. There's still a way to go, in terms of vaccinations (I received my first, today) and getting people to comply with basic health and sanitation protocols on their own, but I am hopeful that we are heading in the right direction, and that this sight will not be relegated to the history books.