You have pretty much spelled out my thinking as well regarding hopefulness, esp. concerning things that involve systems of power, which, as you, I, and Chris Hedges know are presently beyond the control of peons like us, short of some kind of revolution to right the power imbalances.

Just curious, are you predicting over 1 Mil deaths in the US, or worldwide?

@TomMcGiverin The US.

@CuddyCruiser Then I really do hope you're wrong.

@TomMcGiverin And I certainly hope I am. But COVID is still raging and your always going to have the religious fuckwads crying about the same shit they’ve always cried about. So in those parts of the country infections will be higher.

@CuddyCruiser I hear you, and I live in a red state. The latest I heard, tho, is that Iowa is up to about 50 or 60% of adults vaxed. The case numbers are now so low that the state is shutting down its drive thru testing sites about a month from now.

@TomMcGiverin That’s an exception because most southern states, most notably Georgia, only about 36 percent of the population there is vaccinated.

@CuddyCruiser I wish states like that would just secede.

And strangely enough Republican

@oldFloyd Great isn't it

Good, as long as the vaccinated are protected against these idiots, I say let them get sick and die. My only fear is if they produce variants that I am not protected against with my current vaccination or my future vaccinations.

@TomMcGiverin very true