An Untallied Covid Casualty

Americans from the president on down may be over the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it’s done with us.

The pandemic will change the world permanently in both predictable and unforeseen ways. Covid’s effects are forging new geopolitical realities, fundamentally altering the economy both domestically and globally, reshaping workplaces and having a devastating impact on our education system. Things aren’t getting back to normal. A new normal is in the process of being established.

Viruses don’t discriminate, they just aim to stay alive and aren’t choosy when looking for living organisms to infect. They don’t care if the host is rich or poor, sinner or saint. But without intending to take sides politically, Covid is doing just that. Its effects in the early acute phases of the pandemic advantaged big-money interests by disrupting grassroots involvement by citizen volunteers. While we were all admonished to avoid public gatherings and keep our distance from each other, the meticulously craf…