10 Ways To Survive Another COVID19 Lockdown

It’s hard not to see another temporary lockdown in our near future. Lockdown seems like the only viable option left to safely bridge to mass vaccination without an unthinkable loss of life. This week’s promising news on the vaccine front is encouraging and hopefully we won’t have to hunker down for long. But hunker down we must.

Here are 10 ways to make it through another lockdown to mass vaccination:

1) Revive our shared springtime mantra and commitment to “flatten the curve”.

2) Accept mask mandates and tighter constraints on gatherings. Epidemiologist, Michael Osterholm, makes it clear when he admonishes us to, “stop swapping air”

3) Transparently, equitably and apolitically allocate and distribute enough free vaccine until EVERYONE, who wants to be, is vaccinated.

4) Advocate for significant federal and state stimulus to soften the impact of another lockdown, especially for those that have been hardest hit and are least privileged among us.

5) Wake-up to recognize and take action to address the long-term systemic racism and social injustice that is hurting so many in our community.

6) Be kind to each other, these are stressful times. We are all on edge.