What we are seeing happen right now is that the general public is becoming more complacent and weary with all this coronavirus stuff. They feel beat down and "gall darn it we are going to celebrate the holidays, come hell or high water." This type of thinking is a recipe for first illness, then hospitalization, and, for some, death.
The next 12 weeks do not look good. Most recently we had 70,000 cases detected in one day. We will blow through that number (my guess is well over 100,000 in the next few weeks), and be in unprecedented territory for the most educated and medically capable nation in the world. A traditional Thanksgiving Day family dinner in November will put grandma and grandpa in the hospital by Christmas.
My hope is that the December catastrophe of COVID-19 cases stemming from mistakes made at Thanksgiving will scare the hell out of others and lead people to cancel their Christmas plans — saving many lives. Now there is a hopeful thought — but, it is where we are as individuals and families.
Keep your guard up! Masks on! Social distancing in place! Wash your hands! Zoom the people you love so you can hopefully hug them again in July (?) 2021.
