Scared Straight

Years ago there was an experimental program that the school system used for teenagers. It was called "Scared Straight". It took teenagers into a jail to see what the reality of incarceration was. They saw inmates caged like animals, yelling vile things to them. Each child was then put into a cell and the door was slammed shut. They felt the horror of what they could expect if they did not abide by society's rules. We now need a program called "Scared Smart". It should be directed at the ignorant people who do not listen to the government's guidelines for Covid 19. If you drive into the boroughs of New York City, many people in certain areas are not listening. They are congregating in the streets, unmasked, partying like nothing is going on in the world. Other groups are having funerals with hundreds of people, ignoring the police who are trying to break it up. The scared smart program needs to have people watch a mandatory documentary of one day in the ER and one in the ICU. They need to see the horror of death and suffering to understand that their actions can lead to this for themselves and other people. They need to see the reality of their unconscionable behavior. Most people are giving up their jobs and freedom to keep the numbers down, while these dimwits are undoing what we are trying so hard to achieve.