Dear COVID-19

Looks like you have been getting around and leaving a mess behind everywhere you go. You may be enjoying the havoc you are creating but your energy will die out soon. Chaos like you’re breeding doesn’t last, especially when confronted with the strength and optimism of the human race. You definitely surprised us though, I’ll give you that much. What you didn’t take into consideration was how much humans loathe surprises, despise change, and we will fight until the end to get our normal back. We are strong. We are stubborn. We are insistent. We are intelligent. WE ARE RESILIENT!

You think going after our weak and old will break us? You just pissed us off.

You think limiting the amount of people working will break us? The rest will rise up and take the lead.

You think separating us from our loved ones will break us? You just made us closer than ever.

You think confining us to our homes will break us? You just made us more innovated.

You think closing our schools will break us? You just made us think outside the box.

You thought you were going to break us.

All you did was piss us off, made more leaders, brought us closer, created innovators, and expanded our ‘box’ of tools.

I believe your plan backfired.

You made a world divided come together to fight one enemy. We will stand with our fellow humans and fight against you. We will make cruise ships into floating hospitals. We will convert anesthesia machines into ventilators. We will find a treatment in record time. WE WILL WIN!

You don’t have long virus. We see you and are coming full force.