Free and easy and a sense of individualism can be admirable and a positive sense for a proper lifestyle. There are limits, however.
With the apparent easing of restrictions following fewer COVID-19 cases in recent months, it has been easy for many of us to think that sickness is over and the pandemic has been defeated. In a sense, the mentality is to resume a free and easy lifestyle, to allow individualism to prevail with little regard of an impact on other individuals.
The long view must be taken instead of all short-term activities as the best solution.
In recent weeks we have seen that the Delta variant to the COVID-19 has thrown a curve, a monkey wrench, in the world of those who have not received vaccines and are careless.
It would be evident that the Delta variant, a fast-spreading and contagious problem, must be encountered. We must not be over-confident, even with vaccination a prevalent commodity.
We still can wear masks. It is not weakness. It is respect for other individuals and it is acknowledgement of a problem in society. The mentality not to wear a mask is foolish in an indoor setting. We can be carriers.
Those who are vaccinated are in a better situation to be well. Those who are not vaccinated incur a much higher degree of being infected.
It is that simple.
Some voices may denigrate the thought of vaccines without full proof of validation. It has been evident in the short term that vaccines are helpful. There is no long-term health, if in the short term COVID-19 visits our communities similar to the plagues in Europe many centuries ago. Until we know better, we must invest a modicum of trust in the vaccines. It is evident Delta variant and non-vaccinated equals sickness and even death. We must take the variant seriously.
Carefully with a sense of caution, activities in our communities have been opening up, led by plans put together in the Spring.
Notes here and there of interest:
• Mutual Ground will be host to its annual Miss Fannie’s Yard Sale Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 at 418 Oak Avenue in Aurora. Items for sale by cash only will include clothing, toys, furniture, appliances, books household items.
• Aurora Public Art’s gallery at the David L. Pierce Art & History Center, will reopen August 6. The third floor gallery, after being closed for 15 months, will hold a reception for Accelerating Inspiration: Art for Fermilab. There will be two more exhibits this year.
• We know it is Summer with concerts at Cantigny in Wheaton. Masterpieces by the West Suburban Symphony will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31.
• Fox Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present the annual Bach and Beyond, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 30 at the Marmion Abbey.
Clear and Concise, Week 29, Year 2:
• People is not the plural of person. People refers to groups such as Indigenous people, working people, prairie people. More than one person always should be persons as in 365 persons attended the event. Nonetheless people pervades over persons in many persons’ lexicon today. Will the pendulum ever swing back correctly? We can do it if we care!
• Advertising lexicon pervades today in many written pieces. It can be identified by a command style of writing that is legitimate in advertising information, such as make time to attend; join us at the event; check out the fun times; … There are better ways in expression and it is a declarative sentence, a statement, which leads to clarity and conciseness.
• Corporate speak is identified easily when the writer, or speaker is excited. The apparently key word as in, “I am excited to announce; I am excited to do…. It has reached the point of being stale.