The Explosion Has Rocked Your...

 

...house. Sitting in your cozy den isn't so cozy anymore as the rafters fall around you, flames dancing from the floorboards. What's your next move?

We recommend a thoughtful survey of your surroundings. What caused the explosion? Natural gas? Dynamite from the new highway a block away? Or...shudder...your insane business competitor who's threatened to see you gone one way or the other? Yes, simply sit there until you can determine the origins of this cataclysm. Don't let anything life throws at you cause you to alter your plans. You're better than that. This is your life...continue to enjoy reading your newspaper safely assured the fire brigade will arrive before the flames reach you or that the burns will be superficial at worst.

Did that scenario seem intelligent to you? Yet if the "flames" from life's current explosion are taking weeks instead of minutes to reach you, you're willing to risk your life by behaving as if nothing is happening out there?

No, we don't know where this plague came from. Scientists can figure that out in the months and years to come as they have basically done with AIDS. Yes, restrictions are unnatural to us, but if we know enough to leave a burning building, why don't we know enough to take every precaution to avoid the Russian roulette of COVID no matter where it came from originally? 

STAY HOME CHRISTMAS!