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3 Tactics in My Battle Plan to Combat COVID-19
Debbie’s Defense Plan is active and engaged on the front lines of my household.
I remember July 3, 1996, sitting in my lawn chair at the local drive-in movie theater enthralled by the film Independence Day. Aliens were surrounding our planet, ready to invade without regard to country or nationality.
The countries of the earth united as one to battle the invasion. America’s leaders, namely the president, led the fight. Lives were lost, but with the ingenuity and persistence of humanity to survive, the world was saved!
After the movie ended, we sat and watched the stars, wondering if any of them were moving? Fear of a real invasion hung in our imaginations and in the sky. My friends and I finally shook it off and laughed as we drove home. However, everyone kept looking up at the twinkling lights through the car windows.
Even though the movie was a work of fiction, it is surreal that humanity is facing an unseen threat from the outer space within our atmosphere. Instead of the earth as the target of the invasion, our bodies are the vulnerable entities. The alien is COVID-19.
Unlike the President portrayed in the movie, our leader’s lack of response has hastened the spread of the invasion. I know some people may…
