I feel like the timing of the election couldn't have been worse - it has taken so much focus off of Covid (and continues to do so as Republicans claim it's not

I feel like the timing of the election couldn't have been worse - it has taken so much focus off of Covid (and continues to do so as Republicans claim it's not over) at the worst possible time. The whole Midwest is in terrible shape and rapidly getting worse, but they're still slow to implement serious restrictions. Meanwhile, unlike the earlier surge in NY (and the one in AZ that came later), these are nationwide, so doctors and nurses can't be brought in from elsewhere. It feels like we're at the point where no one's going to declare a lockdown until people start dying while they wait in line for a hospital bed, and by that point it's going to be way too late and cost thousands and thousands of lives.