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Coronavirus Roulette — The Game of Deciding What’s Safe
What if we make a mistake?
Things are opening back up now, and most of us are left with confusing messages when it comes to guidance that will help us make the best decisions for ourselves and our families. The reopening is chaotic at best and disastrous at worst.
There are dissenting voices on both sides of opening, some saying it’s safe and we should be careful but not worried, others saying it’s too soon and we will be sorry. But regardless of whether it’s safe or not, the doors are swinging wide and we are being let out of our prisons to roam free again. Hooray!
But what if it’s not time? What if it isn’t safe? How the hell are we supposed to know? And why are we being left to decide for ourselves what the risks are? I feel like I have been handed a gun with one bullet in it and I am being asked to decide if it is safe to pull the trigger.
I miss my family excruciatingly, and am hoping to see them again soon, but what if it is the biggest mistake I will ever make? What if I am pulling the trigger with the one bullet in the chamber? There have been stories of families who got together and several members were sickened and some of them died. Is that going to happen if I go see my children and grandchildren? Can anyone tell me what to do?
