Where to Look First!

It's hard to figure out where to look first.

Wildfires that are forcing thousands of people to evacuate and to lose their homes and businesses.

The damage caused by Ida in Louisiana and beyond.  No power.  No potable water.  No homes.

The flash flood drownings in New Jersey and New York.  Death in stranded vehicles.  Death in basement apartments.

Afghanistan where tens of thousands of people who worked for the US and who we didn't get out are threatened by the Taliban.

Places around the world where tens of thousands of Afghans who did get out are being housed and processed on the way to who knows where under conditions that are barely tolerable at best.

The jobs report for August, which shows that the job market has slowed and new jobs are down by hundreds of thousands less than predicted.  The "experts" are blaming the Delta variant.  Maybe they're right.  Maybe.

The virus itself.  New cases up to where they were earlier this year.  Hospitalizations also up.  And deaths the same.

Political battles about masks and vaccinations.  Following the science?  Ha!

Confusion about booster shots.  Get one?  Don't get one.  Get one after six months?  After eight months.  Get a dose that is less than the first two doses?  The same as the first two.  Don't get a booster while less than 2% of the world haven't yet had a first shot?  And so on . . .

Like I say, it's hard to figure out where to look first!