Masha,
It is sad to hear (a story I hear all over) that people are not taking this seriously. For your elder neighbors, maybe they'll get it when they are gasping for air and there are no available ventilators, or better yet, if you're over 80 (or 70, 65, 60) and the government tells you "you're on your own", as they are about to do in Italy.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sive-care.html
Even better, all of these selfish people that can't be troubled with fighting a pandemic by staying indoors are going to bankrupt the healthcare industry, then when people like us go to get our RTX infusions, there won't be any money left to pay for them (if there will be any RTX at all, it's manufactured in China).
Maybe future generations will learn from our decadence that it cannot exist without gratitude and responsibility. Maybe American leaders will also learn it isn't wise to outsource critical infrastructure like the production of medicine to our geopolitical rivals.
As they say, Good Times create Weak Men, Weak Men create Hard Times, Hard Times create Strong Men, Strong Men create Good Times, and the cycle repeats.
I apologize for being so fatalistic. I hope horribly wrong on all this. I just wish I had my old strength to protect my family, and I'm experiencing every emotion that goes with having that strength taken away.