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“Good read...late reading, but just as informative. I wish we could say at last it's over. But this man (Trump), is like the doggone energizer bunny...he keeps going and going and going! ENOUGH ALREADY.

I am now, more than ever, convinced that what is happening in the United States, under the leadership of Trump is biblical in nature. I believe he has been allowed to cause so much division and hatred, while at the same time dismissing the facts that our climate is being destroyed. This coupled with Fellow Americans dying preventable deaths, systemic racism and lack of humanity, respect and dignity that shouts Black Lives Don't Matter, right before our very eyes.

All this cannot be orchestrated by one man! I believe God is calling on true believers to come together in prayer and pray for our country, our leaders, and ask for forgiveness. God's hand has been on the United States of America from the beginning, and this Country was founded In God We Trust. We have dismissed him in all our ways. God is disappointed, hurt, and angry. His wrath is at work, but this is nothing compared to what could be.

Wherever we are, and whatever we believe...know this, The worst prayer, collective prayer can do, is help! I'm praying for peace and forgiveness for our United States of America, and for both spiritual and political leaders.

“Dear readers, I know I'm all up in my feelings...but I'm just sharing how I feel. This is my stuff, no judgement, no pressures. Just one reader's opinion.”

“And, goodness, what were those parents thinking? We don't go inside places without masks, and we sure don't go into crowded places for a homecoming dance. ... COVID is spreading at such high rates again. Stay safe.”

“While it's too early to know how far this epidemic will spread, one thing is certain: humanity is ripe for a major epidemiological catastrophe. There are many reasons: war, poverty, a changing climate and overpopulation are just some that come to mind.

“The United States is perhaps particularly vulnerable. We've gutted our public health infrastructure in favor of for-profit health care. When people are afraid to seek medical help because they might end up paying for it for the rest of their lives, how are we to keep contagious disease from spreading?”

“‘Human civilization’ is primed for a global epidemic of gargantuan proportions. The Wuhan coronavirus epidemic may be only a harbinger of what is to come.

“The United States, with it's for-profit health industry, is perhaps the least able of all wealthy countries to respond positively to such an epidemic. How do you fight an epidemic when a large part of the population is too poor to afford to go to a doctor? How do you fight an epidemic when a large part of the population is so afraid, that it would not bring itself to the attention of the authorities anyway? How do you fight an epidemic in a society that has become so used to blaming others for everything that goes wrong, that it has lost its power of introspection?”

They [Central American countries] are just recovering from Eta and here comes another today [Iota]. If Eta hadn't wiped out the crops, I can't imagine they will survive this one. ... Frustrates me so much that rich countries take such advantage of poor countries—climate change caused by the rich countries is causing this. I wish our gov't “leaders” could see how we're all connected.