Thank you for this essay. You articulated so much of what I've been feeling, especially in recent months, as the optimism and hope I'd been feeling after my daughter and I got vaccinated and life seemed to be returning to normal has been subsumed by the new uncertainty and fear around the Delta variant. (I live in Florida, the new center of the plague.) I've been depressed and dysfunctional most of the summer. I shared on FB, and a number of friends had the same reaction: this is what I'm feeling. I'm inspired by your turning your sadness into inspiration for understanding; I hope I can do the same.