INVISIBLE ENEMY, VISIBLE LABELS

At what point did each of us become a lethal weapon for our fellow human beings?

According to my watch, it is Monday, March 23, 2020; it's 2:52 a.m., evidently I can't get to sleep, so I decided to write, it relaxes me and helps me think.

We have a common enemy, COVID-19, which is basically bringing the world to its knees, it is stopping it; yes, we have a common enemy, it's invisible to our eyes, which makes it very effective in moving among us, so tiny but lethal. In perspective, we tend to show affection to our fellow human beings, whether it's a hug, a kiss or a big handshake; ironically, these harmless displays of affection put us at risk, both to each other and to each other.

At what point did we each become a lethal weapon for our fellow man? We didn't even realize it, we always expect abrupt and boisterous offensives, not silent and invisible ones like these. The interesting thing here is that we always say that love can save us, but it seems that this virus has managed to place itself on a thin line of our love; its work is simple, it only has to wait, it already has the infrastructure that we serve it on a silver platter; it waits for the most tender demonstration of affection or closeness to spread and damage.

Although love as we know it culturally is overrated, because in reality we never love anyone but ourselves, the truth is that our sensoperception only allows us to make our own concept of the other, which doesn't define what the other is, it's each one of us who assigns a label, and yes, they're labels; we classify them, from the most important to the least important for each one of us.

Now, that isn't wrong, it's socially stable and healthy; we are subjective and volatile creatures, with the power of discernment. That power of discernment leads us to label other people, those we "love" and those we don't. We can't be asked to love all of humanity; that is impossible and socially unnatural.

The issue is the following: we can be selfish, and although selfishness is seen as an anti-value and judged morally and ethically; in times like the ones humanity is living today, it can be of great help and serve as an important ally of discernment. Every person in the world by natural instinct would save their life before the lives of others (yes, we have martyrs, but they also doubt it sometimes) our life is the most precious value we have, therefore, in our labeling, each one of us goes first (DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THINKING SO, YOU'RE HUMAN).

Making it clear that our care comes first, and that our survival depends on it, having secured this point; it's time to think about others, but let's be honest, our Gold labels are limited and really few, so we aren't going to really care about so many people (although publicly we say we do, it's just a lie assumed by all), at most five and that is an exaggeration on my part. Anyway, you know very well how to prevent the enemy, that's why you are immersed in a social dynamic, you care about your five Gold labels, it costs you nothing to remind them from "far away" how they can prevent and of course you can be attentive, specifically to their health, as is the case (after all you show some kind of emotion or feeling for them).

And while it may seem like an altruistic act to care for your five Gold label people, it isn't at all; you're protecting yourself, because you know that by taking care of them, you're minimizing the risk or possibility of contagion, you need to create safe environments for yourself. Some of those Gold tags may not live with you and are far away from your lovely self; but you want to keep them healthy because they're an emotional, economic or whatever support for you.

At this point in the text, there is no space for drama. Don't forget that they think the same or relatively similar, they're also their own priority and also have their five Gold tags for their own benefit. Don't want to beat your chest, for those who are left out of your labeling, you aren't the savior of the world. Remember that they're part of the labeling of others; you may be the gold label of many, which is good, there're people who care about you and more specifically about them, you being a safe environment for many.

The thing is, we all take care of each other, not only because we love each other, but also because it suits us; if a single golden label gets infected it puts you and the people you love at risk, and in turn, your value as a golden label diminishes and devalues; the chain goes on, it can become cyclical, it all depends on the wonderful world of human relationships. Do you realize how fragile we are? Well, that's the answer, our fragility turns us into a potentially lethal weapon.

Our fragility turns us into a potentially lethal weapon

So, we're in this together, each contagion is a golden label that weakens or loses its value, or we go out together or we sink together, although rephrasing it better: WE SAVE OURSELVES TOGETHER OR WE SINK SEPARATELY.

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