Survival often means knowing when not to move!

Tuesday evening in Georgetown, Texas a catastrophic event occurred as 3" hail pummeled the landscape. During this T-Storm, a fawn was born, and by morning was left hidden in isolation for survival, as the mother forages for food. The fawn accepts the role and need for the isolation out of instinct and patiently awaits for dusk to return when the mother will return.

Mentally, am I ready to face the elements of being born into a world of catastrophic contagion, abandoned into isolation within weeks of an epidemic, and face the new day with no precedent to guide me? Can I as a human not accept isolation as a measure of survival?

Deborah Netburn staff writer for the Los Angeles Times points out "As millions of Americans face their second month of stay-at-home orders, scientists and health officials increasingly fear that physical distancing could take a grave toll on our collective mental health." Our instinct tells us isolation is necessary but unlike the fawn, we rationalize the risk.

Our isolation is necessary for survival and yet our desire to have the life we were accustomed to is worth the trade-off as people forget the protocol for social distancing and self-regulation to stay at home. We have learned to shop from the internet, #Zoom through activities and work, and manage to learn to like each other. And yet the instant the bell tolls it is a symbol that something more sacred is at play in our lives. The isolation becomes a personal threat or the new predator and our need for social interchange outways the risk of contraction of the contagion.

Can we justify the death of another from the statistics of probability?

I am not sure what part of abandoning the human instinct for survival is no longer recognized by our brain, however it is no longer a statistical game but rather a game of Russian Roulet for it is a silent predator we face and no one will know how or why it struck YOU!

If one remains still is there a chance, the predator will overlook my presence and move on?

I cannot say if we adopt isolation and accept the part we have in the survival of the herd, we will survive any better than the next person. However, if we abandon all common natural instincts for not wanting to be the hunted and pursue the actions of the last week by taking to the streets, beaches, and establishments, then there is a high probability some of us will not survive!

Can you accept isolation or are you willing to throw caution to the wind?

Can you accept survival often means knowing when not to move!