Yes, sometimes it feels as if I'm a stranger living in a crazy world where people don't even have the same view life and science as I do.
Even in our RPG group we have one individual that sometimes goes on rants at us. The rest of us keep the peace (so, there's at least 4 others who seem to think like I do, vs. the one who rants at us) so we can just keep gaming, but that one individual doesn't seem to share the same views as we do (they want to meet up in person again rather than meeting electronically...which, while it would be nice, is not really keeping in the idea of safety in today's pandemic environment).
I just wish we'd get a vaccine or something soon so that at least I could get vaccinated against this thing and have a little less worry about all those who want to go infect me that are carrying on around me without masks in the stores and throwing tantrums about those of us trying to stay at home and stay safe.
I have a kid at home and it seems our school district (regardless of the fact that we have record numbers of rising cases in our area now) is going full steam ahead with full time school starting up in less than a month. At this point I think it's almost guaranteed I'm going to get it because no one really cares about the science or anything else about it in our area.
I feel trapped and given no options. They have to go to school (or we could get jailed for keeping them home), and the school districts don't want to listen to science (which is odd, considering that they are supposed to be educated). People talk about freedom, but I feel distinctly that my freedom to choose is not available at this point in time. I actually feel trapped into a situation because of the actions of those around me.
I've tried to do my part (as I said, still meeting electronically with the gaming groups I'm meeting with. Used to do a group at the local library for kids and any other who wanted to join, but we stopped that months ago, now go out to the store and stay home for the most part, and even that isn't enough for these people who want to make sure I get this disease!). I really feel trapped...and I'm not a rogue so no idea how to remove it.