America is fighting a war and, at the time of this article, we are losing. We thought we had the war won when we rolled out the vaccines. Americans celebrated the victory. People started returning to their normal lives. We had hope for the first time in over a year.
But it was a short lived victory.
Covid has reinforcements in the form of the Delta Variant. Studies from Yale say it’s more contagious, it spread faster, and it kills quicker. Even worse the study also shows it’s effecting younger age groups more then the previous variants. The highest risk group has been the unvaccinated. They account for a majority of the ICU cases and death from the Delta Variant. With that being said, even people who have already been vaccinated have found themselves getting Covid. The good news is their cases are usually more milder and they have been recovering. The bad news is that even though the severity hasn’t been as intense, they are still carriers and spreaders of the virus. As of August 23rd, the United States is averaging almost 150,000 cases daily and 92,000 hospitalizations daily. Florida leads the pack with 23,000 cases daily and 17,000 hospitalizations daily. We are losing over a 1000 Americans a day. We are fighting a battle that has ravage our Country. We must fight harder. We must all join this battle.
The big issue right now is not all Americans are willing to do what is needed to fight this war. As Allen Ellison, candidate for US Senate for Florida, recently stated, “We are at war! The war is with a virus & its variants, not with each other. If we truly want our freedom, if we want our lives to go back to normal, then we must ban together & inoculate this virus. That means doing your patriotic duty. Get vaccinated like soldiers & mask up.” Ellison has hit the nail squarely on the head! We must fight this together. We must follow the rules. We know masks work. We know that the vaccine decreases the severity of illness. People talk of Freedom when saying they don’t want to wear the mask but real Freedom includes sacrifice. We wear the mask as a sacrifice to protect not only ourselves but those around us. Just like soldier gears up with all the necessary equipment, so must we. Wear that mask to help end this. Get your vaccine to stop the Delta Variant. Think of it as serving your fellow Countryman and women.
You want to call yourself a PATRIOT then do your duty. Every time you go out, you and those around you are at risk. But it doesn’t have to be that way if we ALL mask up and get the vaccine we can defeat this. Do your part as an American to save other fellow American lives. God Bless America.