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The Human Ego is Battered, And COVID-19 is Capitalizing
The US debate on masks at school isn’t about freedom of choice
We are closing in on two years since the first instance of the COVID-19 virus came to light in Wuhan, China, long before it was recognized by the country and the world as a global threat.
It has been a crazy 20 months, but I am not here to make everyone relive the nightmare it has been for all of us.
With the vaccine earlier in the year, there was hope that we’ll soon be past all of this, and get to live normally again. See each other’s faces, exchange smiles as we pass strangers, and maybe even travel the world again.
And for a brief moment, it did look like all this would come true — until the virus mutated and the “delta” variant decided to wreak havoc all over again.
But during all this while — one thing was clear — there are ways to potentially mitigate the risk of spread by taking certain actions.
The biggest and most important of these actions was using a simple little piece of cloth — about 5x3 inches, with a couple of strings to hold it across your mouth and nose. It didn’t seem all that hard, especially when the other alternative was potentially losing your own life or that of loved ones — untimely and without…
