{"id":2457510,"date":"2020-04-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324714"},"modified":"2020-04-22T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:00:00","slug":"roger-marolt-flatting-the-curve-of-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/roger-marolt-flatting-the-curve-of-the-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Marolt: Flatting the curve of the rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roger Marolt for the Snowmass Sun<\/strong>
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Life is very suddenly very different and we feel some unease with this, The Great Lockdown.<\/p>\n

When it was all new three weeks ago, I went from feeling COVID-19 was like a bad case of the seasonal flu to thinking this might be the end of the world. My anxiety accelerated from zero to insomnia in about 2.3 news cycles. I am now settling into the new abnormal and have capitulated to having almost no comprehension of what the real risks of this thing are or what it will take to get back to the regular lives.<\/p>\n

One of the easiest things to do during this quiet time, besides not wearing clothes that need to be dry cleaned, is believing I am compassionate. Many are suffering and in many ways. The virus is pretty much all that\u2019s going on besides the trivial stuff we spend our time with isolated in our homes. There are things we can do like donate money, canned food and old goggles, but it is a lot harder to give our time. The danger is too great to mobilize large-scale volunteerism. That\u2019s a shame because at a time like this I don\u2019t believe anything helps with anxiety better than getting involved.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019ve stayed at home feeling like it is important. As passive as it is, it is what I could do to help save lives. In fact, it was the most important thing that I could do. Nobody can put a low value on the act of not infecting other human beings with a potent virus that can kill along the chain of spread. I am so invested in this notion that I get angry when I hear politicians suggesting we not so slowly begin reopening the country for business, even before we can widely test for those infected or those who have developed antibodies and while a vaccine is still a year away.<\/p>\n

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