Ready For This to Be Over

Cases of COVID-19 continue to increase rapidly in the United States, especially in several large southern states.  Sometimes just looking at the numbers is completely overwhelming.  The President and Secretary of the Department of Education have demanded that schools open this fall or lose federal funding, but with the rise in positive cases it almost feels reckless for this to happen.  The Big Ten announced today that they will only be playing conference games this fall in an effort to limit players exposure.  That makes Doug and I wonder if in the end college and/or high school sports will be cancelled all together.   Meg keeps saying, if everyone would just wear a mask than we could be done with this virus.  So many other countries have had better testing procedures, more restrictions, stricter mask ordinances and larger contract tracing resources.  I am embarrassed that the US has not done a better job with handling the pandemic.  I am also extremely concerned as locally Elkhart County has not seem much of a decline since the mask order was issued.  In fact eleven people have died in the county just since Monday.  That doubles their death count since I first started checking in early June.  With all of the protesting surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, I am starting to wondering if anyone's lives matter anymore.  Everything feels so out of control and everyone seems extremely angry.  I read this meme on social media today and thought it best described how I felt at this moment in time.  Everyday I pray for a quick end to this current situation.