And it is terribly sad that those less privileged in our society are once again paying the highest costs. However, I think some of those costs you mentioned have just been exacerbated by our inability to control the spread. Kids now can't go to school in many areas because we haven't controlled the spread. Teacher's don't feel safe going to ill prepared schools, parents and grandparents with pre-exisiting conditions don't feel safe bringing their children home from school. Parents are unable to work because their children have to stay home. That affects not only the children but the families in many ways. We are certainly dealing with these issues in my state.

I am not asking for perfection. I am asking for simple reflection, honest conversation and analysis of the data. I am asking for politicians to stop muzzling public health officials (on either side of the aisle) and allow them to do their jobs. I am asking for unity in a time of crisis to be able to adequately solve problems instead of devolving to personal attacks and hunkering down in our echo chambers.

I guess that is probably too much to ask but one can hope. It has been a spirited debate and I appreciate your dialogue. But now I need to go to bed. Hopefully a year from now we can have a viable vaccine, get back to watching football and look back in wonder at how crazy 2020 was on so many levels.