re: #17 Belafon

4-year-old Texas preschooler dies of COVID within hours of first symptoms https://t.co/JLpLsam3ne

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 11, 2021

What is truly terrifying is that this is reminiscent of the second wave in 1918: the disease struck the young (young adults — not necessarily this young) and took many in a day. We are not prepared for a variant that moves so quickly. This may be a fluke rather than a harbinger — perhaps this child was particularly susceptible for some undetermined reason.