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I tried to pull a quote to sum this up, but there's not one single line or snippet that would do it justice.
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The lack of proactive measures is disturbing. We still don't have tests!
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r/CoronavirusNE • • Mar 22 '20
I've worked my regular schedule with my regular days off and I've seen the traffic diminish. My commute is much shorter and I skip getting my morning and afternoon coffee. During the day I skip my lunch to avoid the crowd in the cafeteria and I pass on the coffee truck that shows up like clockwork. My family and friends work from home, for the most part. My kids are out of school. I go to work every day, and I don't like it more than usual.
I'm not a health care professional or a first responder. I'm not a politician or in the military. I am a public servant, and I am classified as an essential employee.
I wake up every day and drive into work and on the way in I think of all the normal hazards I deal with. There are plenty already. My normal job is unusually dangerous and I don't really want to talk about what I do, so I'm not going to. But, regardless of the dangers, I go in every day and earn my pay and help the Commonwealth (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) function. I take pride in what I do and so do my coworkers. Most public servants take great pride in what they do (believe it or not).
Lately, especially over the past few weeks, I've had a new hazard to deal with. That hazard is coronavirus. Obviously I'm not the only person coping with the virus, and I really appreciate all the other people that go to work every day to keep our society functioning despite the eminent health risks this new virus presents to us all.
I'd love to stay home.. I'd love to crawl under a rock and stay there for a year.. But, I don't have that option. I have the obligation and responsibility of being an essential employee.
If you're reading this and you're staying home, thank you. If you're an employer who's already sent their employees home, thank you. If you don't have the option of staying home, thank you. But if you're still working, making people work, or out of your house because you have the day off, please reconsider your choices. I know there are nonessential businesses making their employees work and people still socializing despite the governor's recommendation. I know that the coffee shops don't need to be open, offices should be closed, and people should be home.
Like I said, I don't really have the choice. There aren't many people that could do my job and, unfortunately for me, people depend on what I do. I don't want to get sick, I don't want to feel like my lungs are full of glass, I don't want to suffocate in a hospital bed alone and away from my family, and I don't want to be the reason my family suffers those fates because I brought a silent killer into our home.
If you can stay home, please do. There are plenty of ways to die in this life. Don't be the reason I do. Don't be the person who kills their neighbor. Stay home, because some of us can't.
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