Hi there!
So glad to hear an update from you, despite the crummy circumstances. I'm confidant to speak on behalf of our community to say that we miss you while you're gone, but we know that you're busy with the most important work.
I saw [link|https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/22/1039272244/is-the-worst-over-modelers-predict-a-steady-decline-in-covid-cases-through-march|a projection from NPR] yesterday that is giving me hope. The short of it is that if childhood vaccines take off and there are no new variants (which is likely, but not definite) the “Deaths from COVID-19 would fall from about 1,500 a day now to fewer than 100 a day by March 2022.” Any death is too many, but with this reduction the healthcare system could stabilize. Keeping my fingers crossed!
