Italians Release Video Of Themselves Telling Their Week-Ago-Selves What They Should Do Right Now.

Watch.

It’s time to take this seriously, y’all.

One of the typically calming docs who appears regularly on Fox was decidedly NOT calming yesterday on Tucker’s show. BEHOLD:

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The bottom line is that we need to stop bitching about isolating ourselves, and just isolate ourselves.  Daisy and I are, for better or worse, considered part of the essential media team who has to show up at our studio every day, and I know we’re not alone in having to leave home for jobs that keep basic societal functions moving.  And we’re not anywhere NEAR as “essential” as the folks who really matter – healthcare workers, first responders, farmers, truck drivers, and the like.

I get that there’s a tendency for folks to get all “HOW DARE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN PRIVATE BUSINESS” right now because it’s unnerving to see restaurants and bars and other retailers forced to shut down.  I totally get it.  I hate it too.  But NO ONE wants to do this.  It’s not like our state governors are EXCITED to shut down their economies. We are up against a pandemic that will not go away unless we collectively do our part to minimize the spread of the virus.  So if your libertarian streak is raging right now, ease up. This too shall pass.

But in the meantime, hunker down.  Help flatten the curve.