A Humbling Realization

The older I get, the more I realize that I really don't understand people. For someone who for a long time thought otherwise, it is a humbling realization.

The story of  Toronto registered nurse Jess Faraone is a case in point. She

arrived at Pearson International Airport this week and refused to wear a mask, undergo a COVID-19 test or cooperate with the mandatory three-day hotel quarantine period despite legislation requiring all international travellers to do so to protect public health.

Jess Faraone returned to Toronto from a trip to Tanzania on Thursday prepared to fight the COVID-19 airport rules, which have been implemented to protect the health and safety of travellers as well as all Canadian residents, and she shared the unpleasant encounter with airport officials that followed on her Instagram stories. 

Why a so-called health-care worker would behave in such a flagrantly dangerous, contemptuous manner is hard for me to understand. Is it simply a manifestation of the rampant narcissism that the age of social media has made possible, even encouraged?

I really don't know, but I can only hope that she will face sanctions by her professional association for behaving in such a willful, wanton way that will doubtlessly encourage others to follow her reckless example.