I did a tour of the eastern shore to the Great Lakes and with my penchant for talking to strangers I had more than one covid widow tell me their tale of woe. I have seen the actual cross section of Americans
minus the media interpretations.

Survival with a vaccine isn't remarkable but some experts say there may be a vaccine resistent varient just waiting to emerge. M rna techniques will be invaluable and a new protein folding technique makes the impossible possible. So excluding human irrationality, things are looking hopeful.

Going from sitting for a year to walking 10 miles a day was agonizing at first but the hip and back agony has finally passed so quickly it was like I wore down a spur and woke sleeping muscles. Use it or lose it.