As cases rise again, it's clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to shape American life for years to come

There will be no collective thanksgiving, no elegies, no closure. As we have seen time and time again throughout human history, pandemics do not end—they echo.

The last paragraph of this essay stuck with me so I thought I'd share it. I wish we could collectively grieve over this awful thing that has happened and is happening to us.

  • macabrett
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    1 year ago

    This one doesn't do a ton of that. In the second paragraph, it does the opposite:

    More than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the U.S. in 2023. Somehow, this has come to be seen as almost normal.