Sickness

This week everyone has been sick. My sister-in-law's family, my best friend's family, and now, my family. I am the only one I know who has not fallen ill. [Side note: Other than because of the Lord's grace, I have been wearing a surgical mask and washing my hands very often. Do I usually do this? No, this is the first time I've tried and I haven't become sick as of yet].

It's fascinating to me how sicknesses, specifically viruses in this case, pass from person to person. A wonderful but terrible invention would be a sickness radar or tally that can connect to our fitbits or cellular devices (don't we love when technology can sync to one other?). So this is how it works. Every day when you're walking down the street, the people that you meet, have been exposed to particular illnesses...and I say HEY, what a wonderful device I have... that can tell me what I've been exposed to....aaaaand more words can be inserted here...that match the Arthur theme song.

In all seriousness, the invention would be a particle counter. With most sicknesses, we have this threshold of exposure that is met and consequently, we become sick. [Disclaimer: The science behind my reasoning originates from my undergrad science courses so if I am not completely sound in my science, it's because my information about the subject is a little rusty.] In any case, as you get exposed to more particles, your fitbit (or cellular device) informs you of all the particles you have been exposed to and where the threshold is for you to get sick, which is personalized based off of your immune system.
Why is this a wonderful invention? Well, for the obvious reason of keeping people healthy and staying away from viruses and bacteria which lay dormant; we don't even realize we are being exposed to them. Why is this also a terrible invention? People would probably get paranoid and slightly crazy because, quite frankly, we are exposed to a LOT of illnesses each day. We may not realize this but our immune systems are good at what they do to identify disease and eradicate it from the body.

But here I am. Without that technology. Wearing a mask and sometimes gloves, trying not to get sick.