This popped up on 11th March - the date that changed my view of the world and the human race forever - and not in a good way.
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I just realized what today's date is. Can you believe it's been six years since life felt normal?
The last seemingly normal day was six years ago. On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and overnight the world changed.
That day we entered into PLANdemic life. We were told it would be two weeks to flatten the curve. 🙄 Two weeks turned into months. Then months turned into years of shifting rules, mandates, closures, and constant messaging about what we were supposed to do next. Businesses were shut down, particularly the small mum and dad businesses. Kids were pulled out of school. People were told who they could see, where they could go, and how close they were allowed to stand to another human being.
We were told to follow the arrows on a grocery store floor because apparently viruses only harm you if you walk in the wrong direction. If that wasn't an exercise in obedience and compliance, I don't know what was. You had to wear a mask to walk into a restaurant but could take it off to eat. Make that make sense.
Old folks were left without family to visit them. People died ALONE. Funerals weren't held. Weddings were postponed. Women had to give birth with face diapers on. Birthday parties were not held. For fuck's sake, people were afraid to hug family members!! People wore masks on Zoom meetings, for crying out loud! They were alone in their own rooms!! It was all an experiment in control and obedience! And way too many people readily turned over their critical thinking skills.
If people felt ill, they had to stick a Q-tip with God knows what on it up their nose. Some had to repeatedly do it simply to report to work. I didn't follow any of the bullshit propaganda tactics. I didn't wear a mask, I didn't test for a stupid virus, I didn't follow the arrows. I did not comply.
Then the jabs rolled out and people became guinea pigs for the government. Some willingly rolled up their sleeves, others felt pressured for one reason or another. And others adamantly refused. I bet you can guess what my choice was. It was a big, fat "no thank you very much 🖕". I never had the shot and never will. When I was sick, I did what we used to do in the old days. I kept my ass at home until I felt well.
Anyone who dared defy the rules when out in public was looked down upon. My husband and I were personally thrown out of multiple businesses. We were chased down by employees at both Target and Costco. I was confronted in Costco and Meijer by fellow Americans who had clearly fallen for the propaganda. None of that deterred me, by the way. They all could kiss my fat ass for all I cared, lol.
If you asked questions or pointed out contradictions you were treated like a problem instead of part of the conversation. People were and still are far more easily fooled than convinced that they were fooled.
Six years later I still see people wearing masks, even in their cars. Come on, folks. Use your head. There are people still believing the narrative the media sold, still believing in the jabs, which have had a multitude of doctors and scientists speak out against them. Still thinking their paper masks or their little sewing project can protect them from a microscopic virus.
And boy, I was busy during that time. My husband and I were part of the founding board members of a nonprofit here in Ohio that was the first to file a federal lawsuit against our governor over the mask mandates. We held events and had renowned speakers who helped educate the public on the virus, the law, and the ineffectiveness of the masks, including the N95 masks which fun fact, doesn't completely protect you from a virus either. It was amazing and eye opening. Oh, I know some of you are foaming at the mouth by now to tell me how your sister's husband's aunt's brother's babysitter's granddad caught COVID and died. I understand. People DO die from viruses. My grandpa died from the flu in 2003. People die from viruses every year. COVID wasn't special.
Anyway, I did meet some wonderful people during that time and some are still very close friends to this day. So it did have a few good things come out of that dystopian nightmare.
Even after all this time has passed, I still think about how fast it all happened. How quickly normal life disappeared and how easily people accepted rules that would have sounded insane just weeks earlier. That moment in 2020 showed me something I will never forget. When fear is strong enough, a lot of people will hand over their freedom without asking a single question. Sadly, I still see this happening today.
To all the COVID warriors, I salute you. Those were hard times and we did our best to educate as many people as we could. To the poor souls who were, and still are, fooled by government propaganda, not just about COVID but about anything and everything the media and government tell them, I truly hope your eyes open before it’s too late.
-Tara Leigh ✌️💜
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I totally agree with Tara Leigh.
Nite all.
