Last year I wrote a post entitled Climate Grief. We don’t talk about climate grief. It’s nearly impossible not to experience climate grief. Finally, the nation will deal with pandemic grief.

In less than a year, there have been more than 24 million cases of COVID-19 and in excess of 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the United States. World wide there have been more than 96 million cases, and 2 million deaths.

At the reflecting pool at the National Mall, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris paid tribute to those who lost their lives to the coronavirus. With very few words but with powerful images, he led the nation in grieving the loss of so many people.