Day 29: 2020 Pandemic. Can We Change? The Three Steps Required.

9 April 2020 (imported to correct account)

Change is incredibly hard. Most of what we do is habit. This pandemic is upsetting those habits and teaching us new ones. Hopefully positive ones. We are being forced to change.

I covered the emotional stages of change in an earlier post- some of you recognize them to the right.

However, there is a large segment of our population that is actively resisting change. They are aided in that by disinformation that propagates from a variety of sources. The Internet not only is being exploited by various political, national, and religious groups but also by individuals. The guy who used to stand on a park bench and rant to whoever is misfortunate enough to be in earshot can now rant on the internet. And some of them get support from like-minded bench screamers.

Many of them will not change. Not matter what the circumstances. We now have FIVE TIMES the death toll of 9–11. New York lost 799 people yesterday alone. We also know that deaths are being under-reported. Some cited with different causes. But also, terrifyingly, there are a number of people who have died alone in their apartment or house and have not yet been found. Let that horror sink in.