This damn virus overwhelmed Trump, and his people, and it now appears to be in process of overwhelming Biden and his people given the delta variant. I give Trump credit for realizing vaccine was the only possible antidote, and for pushing hard so we would have vaccines. But they did not materialize in time to save the lives of over 600,000 Americans. This virus is the quintessential, prototypical, force majeure!
A great many people who played an important part in my life had already passed away prior to 2020. You never wish for anyone to be dead. But I am grateful those people do not have to be living through this pandemic. In an odd and special way, their timely deaths were a blessing.