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What has changed most about the world since the pandemic began?

I see the true colors of people. In my religious community we talk about "being Christlike." Which means putting yourself third after God, and your neighbors. So many people who, I thought, were examples of Christlike behavior really weren't. They were putting on a show. A year ago, this deadly virus showed up. By the end of April, the doctors and the smart people at the CDC and the WHO had learned that masks could potentially save lives. Many of those people who I thought of as example of being Christlike and who I aspiring to be like started screaming about their "rights" being violated. They started openly defying requests, pleadings, and finally orders to wear masks in public. No amount of explaining that masks protect others would get through to them. I began to realize that these people, with all their scriptural and gospel knowledge. These people with their professions of love for God and their spiritual brothers and sisters are really full of shit. This pandemic has not shaken my faith in God or in Christ, but has very much opened my eyes to the selfish imperfections of us all and especially those who I had looked up to as "the spiritual example."