Another college student dies from COVID-19, a freshman from La Grange, Illinois. Despite this constant drumbeat from the Trump administration that young people are safe from harm — and yes, so far, the probability of a serious outcome is much lower for those in the younger age groups — it is not true that they are immune. Yet too many either ignore how dangerous this disease is or don’t hold Trump responsible for the continuing disaster COVID is inflicting on our nation.

Tonight, a friend sent an email to our group that included a link to a CNN video of Anderson Cooper interviewing Fareed, and Fareed expressing his hope that this time Trump is going down; another friend and I both responded that we are not so optimistic — as she said

when Trump won in 2016, we were in shock … how could our country have really done this… Many of us have learned that our country is not what we thought. Yes we will be horrified if he wins again, but not shocked.

Another friend, a Bernie fan in 2016, who had expressed a belief from February 2016 (or even earlier) that Trump would win, replied

I’ll be shocked if Trump loses. The writing is on the wall

Meanwhile, I sit in disbelief that a monster who is responsible for the deaths of 100’s of thousands of Americans retains a popularity of 40+%. If this country re-elects Trump, it deserves to die.