“Widespread Panic”

So many news channels, articles, social media posts, even family & friends, are expressing sheer panic these days.

It’s no joke that COVID-19 is contagious. It’s a real sickness, that can be caught by anyone, anytime, any place.

The real kicker here, is the vaccine requirements, to simply keep your job, in order to have an active role in society.

When your kids are riding home from school, with a family member, and family member’s kid tells them, they can’t come over to their house until their MOM is vaccinated.. what the heck are we teaching our children here? It’s the first thing out of their mouth when they see me at an outdoor event on the holiday weekend.

I am sorry, but just because I simply say NO to a vaccine, does not mean I have the plague.

The kids ask me why I won’t get it. I explain to them, this:

It’s not going to prevent you from getting sick, you still have to wear a mask, you still have to socially distance, and there is not enough study done, on the long-term effects of the shot. I would rather take vitamins, eat healthy, get fresh air, and live life as usual.

So, that is what we are doing, safely, of course.

We travel sometimes, but we stay at an airbnb, or eat outside, if we dine out. The places we have gone, we wear a mask indoors. We avoid crowded places, plan our outings in advance, on off-peak times.

We do a lot of drive through / pick up type of meals, when eating out places, even around our town.

We don’t have parties, social gatherings inside, or hang out with large groups of strangers.

No thank you to that either!

But, again, we are over 20 months into this virus, with many variants making their presence, and what are we going to do about it?

NOT Panic!!!

I choose to live, knowing what is going into my body, rarely taking medications, so my immune system will work. Antibodies of the virus are still actively working for me, despite the variants that come along.

In God I trust. How about you?

Let’s teach our children to think for themselves, research things on their own, rather than just fall for whatever is thrown your way from leadership.

Just like religion, you need to study for your self, rather than take every word from the pastor as the gospel.

Guidance is good, but mandates and control is not.