YOU MIGHT BE PANDEMIC STUPID IF . . .

Pandemic stupid is more than the local mask denying moron in a red hat screaming into a camera about their rights and freedom.

You might be pandemic stupid for not following the most basic, the most simple, the easiest way in making a difference.

But it’s only been nearly a year of hearing what those cautions are, only a year for science to beat the drum of concern, more concern, before the panic.

If you’re asking, “What panic,” then you might be on the pandemic stupid side of covid19.

How long does it take to realize a sense of emergency?

If you’ve ever been in a car crash, one that starts by getting rear ended hard enough to slam into the car in front for a classic whiplash, it might qualify as an emergency.

But if you’re in shock after getting racked back and forth, can’t feel your feet, and the drunk driver who hit you says, “Not a problem, bud, just a fender bender. No need to call the police or 911. You look fine.”

That’s a problem, but not for him as he drives away in a Ford Ranger with a covered bed.

If you use a propane flame thrower to burn the slick off outdoor stone stairs, catch shrubs on fire that catch the house on fire, that’s an emergency.

Risk to life, limb, and property can be emergencies even pandemic stupid people can relate to.

Pandemic Stupid Test With Yes and No Answers

What if the kid up the hill kicks a car into neutral and it rolls toward your house and crashes into a bedroom wall where you’re putting make-up on in the dresser mirror, and the dresser hits you and slams you across the room like it did my Grandma?

Do you call for help?

Yes, or no?

Do you call for help when you get out of bed on the wrong side, trip and fall against the corner of a low bookcase, gouging your arm and leg, and rolling your skin up like a window shade to reveal what’s under your skin?

Who do you call after crawling around the bed to the phone on the other night stand, leaving a blood trail like a wounded animal? Do you even call anyone?

Yes, or no, tough guy?

If you notice a lump on your neck that tests out as HPV neck cancer, do you take the steps needed to kill it before it kills you, or just take extra vitamin C and let it ride?

Yes, or no?

Hard Truths Of Pandemic Life

After the covid flamethrower burned through NYC early, Staten Island is having a moment of ignorance.

The link is from an English news outlet to show American exceptionalism in a dark light.

Comments that followed a YouTube video of the event show a strong strain of pandemic stupid:

“This is the hill to die on. End the tyrannical oppression.”

By all means, chose your hill, gather your tribe, and get it on. But the difference between a covid stupid protest and Jets game stand in stark contrast.

Long suffering fans start out with hope that fades quickly until the letters in Jets stands for: Just End The Season.

Covid protesters have seen the virus Just End A Life over 260,000 times, just not one connected to them. Somehow that doesn’t require higher caution?

“THE MACHINE only backs down when they FEAR you…. Seattle and Oregon proved that…. SO LET THEM KNOW FEAR!!!“

Fear the machine? Got it. The important machine at the moment isn’t an oppressive public health policy, it’s the ventilator, and from all reports it’s scary as hell.

Gag reflex? If you’ve got one, the fear is real. For testing, do what old wresters did back in the day to make weight: stick your finger down your throat until you puke.

Pretty gaggy just thinking about it.

“Hell yes, Americans! MORE OF THIS NATIONWIDE! I’ve already been refused services at several stores for refusing to wear a mask. Guess they don’t need my money.“

What happens if you land in an ICU, or your parents or grandparents, and a ventilator is offered to try and save a life. Do you refuse that last attempt? Do you go with, “Naw, guess they don’t need that.”

Yes, or no?

Lifesaving 101

If you’ve saved a life, you know the story.

We’re all invulnerable right up until we’re not. Even Superman has a few weak points, and we’re not that super.

An objective health view often sees something new in a struggling person.

A gym guy couldn’t get off a bench because he was having a heart attack and didn’t know it.

A woman was choking to death and needed help.

Those were tense moments to step up for, but I did. Instead of passing by because it wasn’t my problem, I headed them a better direction than they were going.

If your take on covid19 is ‘It’s not my problem,’ you’ll need to add one more word and it’s ‘yet.’ It’s not your problem. YET.

So why not do what it takes to keep it that way. People respond to emergencies in as many different ways as there are emergencies, some better than others.

A big, strong, man might do a hospital visit, but cuts it short because they have a panic attack. It happens; it might happen to you. I’ve seen it.

I saw my dad at the end and it was heartbreaking because it didn’t have to be like that. My father in law died during my time as his caregiver, and it was traumatic. My mother in law, my Mom, and my Step Dad all passed shortly after my last visits.

At a certain age the family toll grows and the understanding of what’s called the Human Condition in some circles becomes a reality.

Who wouldn’t want more time with loved ones? Do you?

Yes, or no.

Then do the right thing.

Please, do the right thing. Try and show you give a hoot in hell about someone else, a family member, a friend, a stranger.

Be a good example for their sake, for your sake. Now is the right time to start. Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep socially distant.