By Chad Shannon:
To those calling it selfish and reckless to reopen. You want a shutdown but expect your garbage to be picked up. You also expect stores to be open with food/supplies. You expect farmers, packers, and pickers to deliver them. You expect Amazon to ship your....
....packaged while you sit at home. You expect your phone/cable to work, and power to stay on. You expect your mail to show up rain or shine. You expect doctors/nurses to be available, although many have been furloughed. The entire premise of shelter in place is based.....
....on the idea that “others” must risk their health so you can protect yours. There is nothing virtuous about ordering your amazon packages and making it a trip to the store while claiming we need to shut down. With common sense, we CAN go back to life as it was.
We can go to restaurants and get our haircuts, go to the gym to stay physically and mentally healthy. Yes, We could catch the virus or any other virus. We take risks every day. If you choose to stay home, that is YOUR choice.
The rest of us do not want to see our economy crumble. If it collapses, so will every other economy worldwide. More people will die from starvation, hunger and diseases other than Covid-19 and many other illnesses combined. Riots and lootings will be ramped. If that....
...happens, you will definitely need to hide in your house. Those that want to reopen do NOT want people to die. We want to take measures to protect our people AND our country so people can live their lives. We need to start to reopen in order to live.
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