On the one hand, we have appeals, recommendations and calls from various services and authorities to act sensibly and exercise caution—for example, not leaving home unnecessarily, avoiding crowds and not meeting up with friends. On the other hand, we hear and see what is happening. The media are reporting continuously: in Poland and around the world, the number of people infected with the coronavirus. Some of those infected are dying or have already died. But for some people, it is as if this is not getting through: It won't happen to me; it doesn't concern me. They think: I am healthy and strong; it is happening somewhere abroad, or even in Poland, but far away—just isolated cases, and it does not affect me.
Of course it does. By going to meet your friends, going out to have fun, training with others, attending a party, laughing and relaxing, you may contribute to someone becoming ill because of you—and they might even die. It could be someone close to you in your own home. All because you went out partying or met up with people earlier... that one time, one time too many.
Perhaps it is at that very meeting or party that you will accidentally and unknowingly become infected by someone who showed no signs of being ill. Imagine bringing the virus into your home. It may even be that you have no symptoms at all, or only mild cold-like symptoms. After some time, others in your home may become ill—perhaps your siblings, perhaps your parents? If you still have grandparents, they too may become infected by you, fall ill and, in the worst-case scenario, die. Their lives and health may then depend on... your behaviour and sense of responsibility.
Are you responsible or not?