virus.

“We are in the middle of a pandemic. You know this, right?”

“We are always in the middle of a pandemic,” he answered.

“But not like this.”

“It is not seen. It evolves. It passes from one person to another even if they do not know it. It does not recognize man or woman, American or Chinese, black or white, or any label that humans have been known to invent to divide our species further. It kills us if we let it.”

“Right?”

“I understand that some are afraid of becoming sick. Maybe I am. But we must not let it distract us from the other diseases we already carry to which the only immunity is love and mystery: primarily fear and a lack of nuance.”