This Is Fun! Let's Do It Again Next Year!

This isolation, this keeping at least six feet apart, this wearing masks in public to keep from spreading particulate...

Let's do it again next year. Seriously, let's make this an annual, worldwide event. 

But without the virus, without the sickness and death.

I mean, look around you - the stay at home mandates are doing wonders for the environment, doing wonders for the atmosphere. Have you seen the before and after pictures of the Los Angeles skyline? Incredible.

I know what you're thinking - "But look how it's destroying the economy, millions of people are out of work, people are being threatened with eviction, people are being made destitute."

So, we plan for that. We modify the global economy so that it only requires 11 months of activity to sustain people for 12 months.

If you think about it, it's actually been that way for quite a few years now. A large percentage of the world's workforce already gets 30 days of annual vacation.

Let's just make it a mandatory thing that everyone has to vacation in place for 30 days for the same exact period of time.

Without losing their jobs or benefits or seniority, etc.

Maybe we could modify it a little, divide the mandatory 30 day period by hemisphere, so everyone can get an optimal month weatherwise - It could be August in the northern Hemisphere, February in the southern Hemisphere.

That would prevent a worldwide recession, and material and food shortages - one half of the world could provide for the other half - hell, it would be great for global trade, eh?

No air, sea, or ground travel would be allowed, unless it's 100% human powered - if you want to see Yosemite and you live in Denver, you have to either hike there or maybe ride your bike. If you want to visit the Bahamas you better have a longboat and a few good rowing buddies.

You're probably thinking I've gone full twist, but I'm serious. I know the past 4 to 6 weeks of mandatory quarantine has been hard for literally hundreds of millions of people, but what if we take the lessons we have all learned while living under quarantine and applied them? What if we did this thing when we were all well prepared for it?

Surely the vast majority of the population of this planet must be learning the valuable lesson that it is absolutely necessary to have enough saved up to be able to pay all of one's bills for at least thirty days, and surely the vast majority of the population of this planet must be learning the valuable lesson that it is wise to not be dependent upon a bureaucracy to provide for your basic needs.

Someone lie to me and tell me those lessons are being learned.