WHO says an estimated 750 million people worldwide have contracted Covid-19. We just passed 1 million deaths. Set aside for a minute how many of those deaths were incorrectly labeled as caused by Covid, a few 750,000,000 / 1,000,000 = 1 death in 750 or 0.13%.

Flu vaccines need to be adjusted every year so I tend to think respiratory viruses are easily transmitted worldwide. This disease was particularly harsh on those with specific health issues, but for the average person, little more than flu. I personally know half a dozen who’ve gotten it and recovered fully. I also know (knew) two people who committed suicide who struggled from the forced isolation of mandated lockdowns.

Politics will get in the way for another couple years at least when it comes to analysis of Covid. But there are some bottom line facts that are disturbing when compared to our responses to this virus.

Early on it was known young children are virtually immune and had teachers and staff been treated as first responders with the proper masks, schools could have maintained their schedules. As it is, poor black children (extra points to those who get the Joe Biden reference) will fall further behind rich white children with involved parents.

But seriously and setting aside racist Biden, many families were able to create pods and some form of school kept going. Many families weren’t able to and those kids suffered. And honestly from a big picture point of view, all for political reasons because some in power saw this as a way to harm Trump.