Let’s each do our part to battle this pandemic. For many of us, that means staying home if possible. It’s not about our individual chance of catching COVID-19 – it’s about who we might unknowingly pass it on to. If a few weeks of isolation can save lives, isn’t it worth it?

Stay home to protect those in the at-risk group, like my parents. Stay home to protect those who have underlying conditions, many of whom you wouldn’t be able to identify simply by looking at them. Stay home so those who need hospital beds and medical resources for other health conditions can still have access to them. Stay home so the medical and health professionals don’t have to end up in a position where they need to make the heartrending life or death decision about who does or doesn’t get a ventilator.

Thank you to all the medical and health professionals, particularly those who are on the frontline, who are doing and giving everything of themselves to take care of others.