This is so well written, Denise. You make all your points perfectly.

Yesterday I read a piece in the NYtimes about the horrors of being a flight attendant these days. The woman interviewed said the actions of people in covid times is 100% opposite to how people acted during 9/11.

What a horrible thought about how much worse covid has to get and how many people still have to perish before “we REALLY are in this together”. Today, we are not.