Maybe this is Lounge material - but some things I haven't seen on TRMS for a LONG time ...

[eppur_se_muova]

6. (Counter)point well taken ! But ....

... the whole reason the coverage of COVID is so dominant is that THIS MALADMINISTRATION IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT !! With a responsible, competent adult in the OO we would never have reached this point. I hope -- really hope -- that one of the first things Biden does is a national lockdown for 2-3 weeks. That wouldn't get rid of COVID, but it would greatly ease the death and suffering that is wracking this country. Then the fight could continue as a much less disruptive, low-level maintenance effort. Flareups would occur, contact tracing would track down the carriers, and we would start to look more like Canada. And then maybe we could enjoy some lighthearted diversions again, even if we couldn't indulge in social mingling as much until a cure or vaccine is found.

And then Rachel won't be moved to tears or outrage so much, and we can enjoy her lighter side again.