787 - Are you still blaming the pandemic?

In May 2020, I attended my first live event since the Covid lockdown in March of that year.

People were hesitant but 100 people gathered for a networking luncheon here in Texas.

A few people wore masks that day.

No one got sick. I am not trying to downplay the pandemic or make light of those who died.

It's a fact that we lost far more people than we needed to.

The Texas Hill Country is not as congested as New York City. I completely understand the circumstances varied, depending on where you live.

But here we are, 3 years later, and I still hear people talking about how the pandemic caused their anxiety.

We have a self-inflicted epidemic on our hands because many people won't or can't accept that they can have control over their fears, especially self-induced fear.

The first mistake people made was to tune in 24/7 to mass media like Fox News, CNN, and all the other networks that ran terrifying stories 24/7.

They made it political and people bought into it. If you wore a mask you were this, if you didn't you were that.

If the rhetoric aligned with a person's personal beliefs, they fell for it, never questioning its validity.

Have you seen the YouTube compilation of mass media rhetoric? It displays multiple news sources all playing at the same time where every newscaster is saying exactly the same thing.

It's also called propaganda. But most Americans think only other countries use propaganda...certainly not the USA!

The pandemic isn't the last event that will ever throw us off track.

The question is, how long will people use it as a crutch, an excuse to remain stuck?

How can we help people move away from the pandemic mindset and start moving forward again?