So I went to see my doctor yesterday (not disclosing his name so as to protect him). He told me basically what we have known for quite some time now. When it comes to this COVID response, the government has spun everyone up to be ridiculously afraid of a relatively low-risk threat. I'm an older guy, but he said that because of my good health, I am still a pretty low risk for this virus. But the powers that be are ignoring obvious risk factors, and have spun people up to be so afraid. People are now afraid of being near others that churches have drastically decreased attendance, restaurants are losing their businesses, gyms are closing, and we can't do our normal activities without huge amounts of hassle and inconvenience.
We are seeing more and more instances of people even getting downright nasty and violent when they see other people not wearing masks, having people over at their house, or even out walking their dogs without wearing a mask. They have been taught, through all the government and media fear-mongering, how to comply, and even that they should be turning in others who are not complying the way they think they should be. Don't believe me? Go take a look at some of these extremely liberal social media platforms, such as Nextdoor, where we see daily messages from the neighborhood busybodies complaining about others.
My doctor said something that really hit the nail on the head: Our families are everything right now. We should not be avoiding them. Just use some common sense. If you're not feeling well, don't visit them. But if you're feeling well, have no symptoms, and if they are well also, then go see them. Wash your hands more often, don't share food and drink, and just use common sense! As we saw from some folks in a Greeley, CO assisted care facility not too long ago, those folks said that they would rather die of COVID than die of loneliness.
We've been through pandemics before. We'll have pandemics again. But God created us with this wonderful thing called an immune system, and our immune systems are not doing their job if we stay isolated from each other. Look, it's not my place to tell you what or what not to do in all of this. Just don't tell me what I should or should not be doing.