Someone suggested it may be time to retire the expression, “avoid
like the plague,” because it’s clear “humans don’t do that.” They may have a
point. We seem to go out of our way to avoid going out of our way. We won’t wear
masks; they’re too tiresome. We should have been using soap and hand sanitizer
all along, but many of us weren’t and still don’t. Rather than call in sick, stay
home and get better, we drag ourselves, coughing and sneezing, to work, to
church, the store or the movies. We prefer sending sick kids to school over
staying home with them. We patently ignore floor markings reminding us to
social distance. And vaccines? If there’s a chance it will be inconvenient or
uncomfortable, we can’t be bothered. I’ll paraphrase two different authors here:
your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins. And if you’re not part
of the solution, you’re probably the problem.
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