Monday's Opening (Year-Closing) Thought: December 27, 2021

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I wasn't going to post a final opening thought for 2021 because, well, I'm chillin' at the crib and felt that I'd said all I needed to say this year. But then I saw that Dr. Fauci and the CDC admitted that they shortened the COVID-19 isolation guidelines to get people back to work faster. While hearing the CDC share their "reasoning" wasn't even remotely surprising, it did prompt me to give y'all one last opening thought. Consider this my ending thought for 2021.

Ending thought for 2021: your value to your family, your loved ones, your community, to humankind is much more than a job or career that is pushing you to put yourself and your community at risk during a global pandemic. Just because the government has given your employer the power to expect you back to work in a matter of days after testing positive for a contagious virus doesn't mean that all you are is a series of tasks you perform for financial compensation 5-7 days a week. Capitalism or not, you matter beyond the boundaries of a workplace and its culture and pressures.

I'll see y'all in 2022. Take care of yourselves and each other.