I know today is probably not the best day to read the news. Yes, I'm aware it's april fools, and I'm doing my best to filter out the bullcrap out there. But, I promise I'm being serious.

There's talk

Since the cases seem to be going up, there are rumors that new restrictions will have to be applied worldwide, and it worries me. It worries me for many reasons, but above all because our politicians have no idea how things are on the streets.

There's an obvious disconnect between the way our representatives see life, the hustle, and the way we actually live it. It seems obvious to me, apparently not to those who are put in charge of running things.

People need to work

It's not only the fact that most of us don't have crazy savings to live until herd immunity reaches 100% (which technically is never). But the mental toll is something most people are not even talking about.

Do yourself a favor, look up the numbers. Look at the spike in suicide rates, in domestic abuse, in divorce, etc. The numbers are clear my friends. People need to feel useful. People need to feel purpose, and even if they have some money saved up to "survive" that's not the whole picture here.

They just can't do it

I sincerely believe that if any government tries to put us all back in the cage, the world is going to burn. Where I'm currently living, the government is contemplating declaring a national emergency, which would allow them to arrest people who are out on the streets, close down businesses who dare to open up, and god knows what other fascist things.

Are our politicians that blind? Don't they see that if they try this again, they would probably get lynched? I'm not even being hyperbolic. The poverty has risen to insane levels, and that's not to take into account the effects that are yet to come.

Moving the goal post

First, flatten the curve, then wait for the vaccine, now the talk is wait for herd immunity to reach 100, the vaccine is not enough.

What the hell is going on? Listen. I'm not making light of the virus. My father got sick, and he made it. I know it's real. I'm saying they can't lock us all up and "save us". It's stupid. It won't work.

MenO