Reflections on a Year Past, Looking to the New Year
Where do I start? Since March 2020 nothing has been as it was. Life changed forever that month. By this point I, along with a lot of others, thought that we would be largely beyond the pandemic. But here we are in the midst of another 'surge' with another Greek letter designation. So much division has arisen over this crisis. Vax or not vax. Masks or no masks. Lock downs and quarantines. I think that the COVID crisis has forever changed our culture and society. On a discussion board where I am active I posted the following today: There is a predication that the Omicron "wave" will peak by the end of this month. Although COVID has shown a proclivity toward regular mutations, I think that 2022 will see us moving in the direction of the virus become endemic. Much of the nation has moved on from the draconian lockdowns of 2020, and although there is currently a surge across the nation, I think that it will burn itself out soon...