I got tested for Covid last week because I came into contact with someone who subsequently tested positive. From firsthand experience I can say, when it’s you and your loved ones, it gets real real quick. It’s naturally hard for humans to extrapolate to other people’s feelings on such a large scale—millions of people infected worldwide, 120,000 deaths in the United States—how difficult is it to resonate with those arbitrary numbers? Having gone through this, I can confirm that the virus has not gone away, that you can still get infected, that it can potentially change your life. The symptoms are so wide-ranging, you really don’t know how your body will react. I’m not writing this to scare people, but to illuminate what it’s like to go through testing, to wonder whether you’re positive or negative, to exhale when learning you’re negative. This disease is still new. There is so much we don’t know. And so I appeal to everyone to please wear a mask, to socially distance as much as possible, to be smart and stay safe. We as citizens need to continue to implore our leadership to continue testing and more intelligently consider reopening. Results should take hours, not days. Testing methods vary widely—I know 4 sets of people who have been tested, and each testing procedure was different. We must continue to conduct studies on this disease and break the results down into terms that laypeople can understand. We have a long way to go, regardless of whether the Denny’s or local pub is open in your neighborhood. If we remain vigilant, we will get through this quicker and more safely. It’s actually a very simple choice, despite its difficulty. What will you choose? What will we?