It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
Those words by Charles Dickens in his French Revolution masterpiece “A Tale of Two Cities,” seems to sum up 2021 without ambiguity.
It was a good year.
It was a bad year.
In one way or another, nearly all out lives have been changed by the events of 2020-2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees.
In many respects, the world remains on its knees with the future is as uncertain as any time in modern history.
Many terrified by the changing environment are mentally frayed by the results of the pandemic and of its continuing hold on our lives.
Wishing it away does not work.
We must follow the science of medicine but a large part of the American population does not wish to make their decisions according to science.
These free thinkers reserve their right to live or die or to become ill by not vaccinating.
Following science for these people is akin to giving up their personal freedoms as Americans.
Science has been replaced by politics and mindless debate by conspiracy addicts, right wingers, fiscal degenerates and the left who appear to want everything their way, or no way.
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