Last week I started going to office. There were notices posted regarding social distancing, wearing masks in common places, and one-way directions for movement for hallways and stairways. The building management had even put up touch free "Antimicrobial Solutions" sanitizers. However, there was minimal adoption of any of these norms, by many if not most of the office attendees.
I was and am still unable to understand how in a Society that prides itself on the rule of law and even has the highest incarceration rate in the world, the flouting of all rules and norms is taken so lightly. There seems to be denial even after over 10,000,000 cases and 500,000 deaths globally of which over 3,000,000 cases and 130,000 deaths in the US alone.
Many people seem to be in denial and assume that it's unlikely to affect them or their families. What I fail to understand is that even if this is what they think, why can't they take small precautions that in no way affect them but decrease the probability of others being affected.
We wish our fellow humans well, even strangers as we say "Good Morning", and yet we refuse to convert those words into actions.
Here's a conversation with Bill Gates. And if this even encourages 1 person to change their attitude and behavior, I'll be thrilled.
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