![]() ![]() I was struck at that moment by the fact that this was the first time in over ten months, we had acknowledged, as a nation, through ritual, the incomprehensible loss we have faced. Memorial to Covid Victims, January 19, 2021. ![]() Soon to be President Biden and Vice President Harris, and a few select others, paid tribute to the dead in prayers, songs, few words, and moments of silence. The first indication that things would be different was the night before the Inauguration, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where 400 lights were set up to represent the 400,000 dead from the pandemic. Wil Wheaton, the former Ensign Wesley Crusher of the USS Enterprise, and nerd icon, said it best on a Facebook post: “Having an abuser as president was so hard for me, and millions of other people who are abuse survivors. For many of us, this was the relief of having survived and escaped from an abusive relationship. So this year, as we watched the 2021 Inauguration from our homes, we very cautiously started to breathe a collective sigh of relief, commenting on inspirational moments, stirring performances, or uplifting colors and fashion, and perhaps ready to celebrate. It ended with 400,000 dead of a pandemic worsened by negligence and incompetence on the federal level, and with a violent, failed attempt to overthrow a democratic election, by insurrectionists urged on by a narcissistic, mendacious demagogue. We didn’t know exactly how bad it would get, but we had some idea. ![]()
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