Pandemic

I've been hearing a lot more sirens lately. I don't know if that's normal or not. What is normal anyway? Normal is going to school. Normal is being able to read a textbook, not a downloaded version of one. Normal is not feeling like every day is this never-ending repetition of the last, on and on and on. This certainly isn't normal. I'm starting to feel a bit like Prometheus and that stupid eagle.

 I was at the park last week, and saw a few people go into a house on my street, then a few more, then a few more. At last, I saw a middle aged couple step out of their car with a Costco-brand salad and a case of Corona beer. That's when I realized the gravity of the situation, that these people were attending a party, and that they were deliberately making fun of this pandemic. Not only were they being ignorantly facetious, but they were putting other people at risk. I think that's what has been scaring me this whole time: people's blatant ignorance for safety, for what's morally right. They're a herd of sheep their whole lives until someone says that they should listen to the herd, then they want to defy. And really, I believe in civil disobedience and the right to protest. It's healthy and important and most beneficial changes in the world wouldn't have happened without it. What I'm referring to is yelling to the void without checking facts, just spewing lies. Ignorance is about as easily spread as this pandemic, so it's important to guard yourself with logic and a healthy amount of skepticism. If a guy in a silly red hat is telling you to drink dangerous chemicals to preserve your physical well-being, should you listen to him?

My intention isn't to hurt people or start a fight. I guess I'm just yelling into the void, but I hope I've done my research.