Pandemic 9/11 Remembrance

Today is a day of remembrance of a terrorist attack on the United States.  It was a shocking act of aggression that rocked our national psyche.  We had had some warnings that it was coming and we ignored them, and several thousand people lost their lives this day 19 years ago.
Now we are in the midst of a pandemic.  We have lost 200,000 Americans to COVID.  That is more than three times the troops lost in the Vietnam War.  Almost twice the troops lost in World Wart I and half the troops lost in WWII.  We had warnings that it was coming and yet, once again we ignored them.  Even today, months into the outbreak, a thousand Americans are dying each and every day, unlike almost every country on earth.
Unfortunately, the current administration does not see it as a war, nor do they see a national response as being indicated.  They are hanging their hopes on a vaccine.  A vaccine will help, but it will not be the end.  There is so much more that needs to be addressed, and this administration cannot and will not help.