The Price of Freedom

This from Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump’s top spokesperson in a recent Fox News interview:

“The American people know how to protect their health. We’ve dealt with Covid for many months,” she continued. “But it’s Orwellian in a place like Oregon to say, ‘If you gather in numbers more than six, we might come to your house and arrest you, and you get 30 days of jail time.’ That’s not the American way. We don’t lose our freedom in this country. We make responsible health decisions as individuals.”

I am so damned tired of hearing about how wearing a mask and taking health precautions is an infringement on personal freedom. If someone takes a shot at you and you have the opportunity to duck, do you duck or continue to stand because ducking would infringe on your freedom to stand? You duck! In many ways Covid-19 is even worse than a bullet. The 250,000 people dead in this country didn't hear the shot or see the bullet coming...didn't have the opportunity to duck. Or maybe some of them did. Maybe some of them killed themselves by ignoring all of the medical experts. A nurse recently interviewed said that dying patients told her that it can't be the virus, it must be something else killing them because the virus is a hoax. 

Ms. McEnany, half of the people in this country don't "...know how to protect their health", or, "...make responsible decisions as individuals." They refuse to wear a mask. They refuse to avoid gatherings. They refuse to accept that the virus is real, and by their cavalier behavior are endangering the health and perhaps lives of others. And if/when the vaccine is made available, those same people will refuse to take it. And some of them will die, still doubting that the virus exists. So, Ms. McEnany, when you say, "We don't lose our freedom in this country", you should probably add that the price of that freedom could be our lives. 

Maybe what I wrote in this post has offended someone. I don't care. I may not understand or agree with someone else's opinion but I respect their right to hold it. It's okay to have different opinions, but not regarding Covid-19, because your opinion and resultant behavior may be responsible for me or my wife's death. That's not okay. Wear a mask, maintain safe distancing, avoid gatherings, and most of all, get off of this 'loss of freedom', and 'hoax' thing! Geeze!