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Some important milestones in life happen only once and can never be repeated: birth, graduations, weddings, being together at end of life, funerals, and more. We will someday bitterly regret losing these times of need.

The following was not authored by me. The author is a former classmate, and I believe a wise man.

YES. Start living your best life!!!
3 years from now, some of you will look back & admit that you spent an entire year of your life wearing a mask, cooped up in your house & avoiding all the people you love. 😭 A year in your life that you’ll never get back.
And let me say this, I am not saying this virus isn’t real, or that there aren’t people that could be/have been really affected. If you’re at risk, take precautions, stay home when sick, absolutely.
Every single day is a risk.
Car accident, flu, etc.
Our days were numbered from the moment we took our first breath. Life isn’t a race where we win against the inevitable! That has not changed since the beginning of time!
BUT, we should not be forced to live in fear.
We went from being a free nation to being told we:
🚫 couldn’t go to school
🚫 couldn’t go to church
🚫 couldn’t go to our grandma's house
🚫 couldn’t pay respects to a loved one through a funeral
🚫 couldn’t leave our homes
...and when we were allowed to do these things, we were told:
📢 how long we could be there
📢 how far apart we have to be
📢 which direction to walk
📢 what to wear
📢 what we can buy/not buy
📢 where we could shop/not shop
📢 whether we could sing/worship/take communion
📢 what time we had to be home
Yes, our health matters.
But you know what else matters?
✅ Family.
✅ Friends.
✅ Church.
✅ School.
✅ Hockey games.
✅ Family vacations.
✅ Neighborhood BBQs.
✅ Life.
✅ Fitness.
✅ Hugs.
💔 One day, you’ll hug your grandma, mom, dad, or brother for the last time.
💔 One day, your best friend will cry on your shoulder for the last time.
💔 One day, your child will play their last hockey game.
💔 One day, they’ll have their last day of school.
💔 One day, you’ll spend your last day laughing with a loved one.
💔 One day, you’ll dance your last dance.
Don’t waste the days you have by living in fear.
Your time here on earth matters.
Live your life while you have the chance.
Our time will come. Virus or not.

dumasarok 7 Dec 12
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I attended my son's wedding along with about 30 friends and family from around the country. In normal times that would have meant plane tickets, sleeping arrangements, venue, and $$$. We all tuned in on zoom. Best wedding I've ever been to.

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It sounds like your friend has swallowed the Koolaid and wants to take some people with him, because this is the bad PR the anti-maskers/Trumpers are promoting hook, line & sinker. I'm going to take a leap that he also doesn't believe in masking, either?

I presume he also doesn't have anyone he knows who has been hospitalized or died because of this disease, and doesn't care if strangers do as long as his life isn't interfered with. Well, I have friends and relatives who have had to deal with it, and some of them haven't survived, and their loved ones are grieving mightily. Others, like @Larimar, have ongoing health issues. MILLIONS of people are having ongoing health issues because of Covid. All of that because your friend couldn't be bothered to change his life and re-arrange the planning of a few "firsts" or "lasts."

I'm not living in fear, but I am resentful that I've had to live a safe, reclusive life for almost a year because people like your friend couldn't stay at home for a few weeks in the spring. Your friend isn't smart, he's dangerous. I hope you reconsider your support of his ignorance.

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My son and his GF brought Covid home to me after going to a wedding. Now the memories of that wedding are tainted by the family members that died as a result and the number of those dying is still rising two months later. Live your life like your loved ones matter to you. Because otherwise the guilt is horrifying. Thankfully my son doesn't have to think that he killed his mother because I prepared ahead of time with my doctor. I have lasting symptoms which could have an affect. I won't remind him of that but he knows anyway.

The only things that truly do matter on your things that matter list is family and friends...and if they're gone by your own actions....they apparently don't matter to you either.

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All of those celebrations with the exception of visiting someone in a nursing home which might kill them anyway can be celebrated at a safer time. A private wedding ceremony can be beautiful and the bride and groom can have a big party for their family and friends when it is safe. Funerals can be conducted as much as two or three years after the person dies, they will definitely still be dead.

I choose to accept the things I cannot change and work on ways to substitute with things I can still enjoy.

Ceremonies do have a positive effect but spreading covid has a deadly effect. I choose life.

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Way too many people will not look back on this year because they will be DEAD! Fuck your friend. He ain't that wise.

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Yes but we are not talking about our own health, when we talk about safety measures. We are talking about not contributing to the deaths of other people.

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