I cannot comprehend the level of selfishness needed to see 100,000 people in your country dead from something in 3 months and call it "nothing" or a "hoax" so you can go to the beach or get a tattoo, and I cannot comprehend the volume of people capable of such selfishness.

I thought we had seen the limits of American tribalism for the last few years before COVID.

I legitimately did not believe it could extend to a 6-figure death pandemic. I& #39;m blown away by our collective ability to sink ever lower. Keeping people alive is now a political stance.

The horrible events of 9/11 killed about 3,000 Americans - and the unified reaction led to maybe the most bi-partisan cooperation in recent American history (including several terrible decisions, but the point remains).

Look how far we& #39;ve devolved in two decades.

A death toll 30x worse hasn& #39;t brought unity. One side has decided that since decimals like 0.5% or 1% look small to them, 100,000 dead people isn& #39;t actually a problem and certainly doesn& #39;t warrant incredibly minor sacrifices like wearing a mask or not going into huge crowds.