For everyone who is policing people on social media, taking exception to folks posting selfies and travel photos, please back off. People who share daily workouts or coronavirus jokes are not being insensitive, self-centred louts. They are trying to hold on to some semblance of normalcy. It helps them stay afloat instead of drowning in self-pity.
This year, instead of using New Year resolutions to crib about having to include more lauki in our diets, why don’t we do things a little differently: Can we instead all agree to be informed citizens, aware of our rights and responsibilities, and active participants in a functioning democracy?