The Bandaid
It feels to me as if many of us are experiencing what I've heard called quarantine fatigue. The novelty aspect imposed upon us by this novel COVID-19 has nearly, if not already completely, worn thin. The social messages of hope, endurance, persistence, you can do it now seem so much like the way Charlie Brown's teacher's voice is portrayed on TV: Wah, wah, wah. Enough, already. Enough. Stay At Home has been replaced by Stay Safe. Each state has its own interpretation of how Stay Safe is meant to be understood and even then, individuals demonstrate a dazzling array of behaviors within guidelines. What has been proven to be true to stop the spread of the virus, to flatten the curve, seems to be: 1) Stay Home. 2) And if you do go out, Social Distance and Wear a Mask. Then comes along: you can start forgetting about 1. So, is it that for the past however many days, Stay At Home has served as a bandaid on the deadly scourge of COVID...