Sometimes we are not able to perceive the dimension of the current tragedy.

Suddenly, a piece of information paints you the reality of a brush stroke.

It happened to me reading a David Brooks column in

The New York Times

about Biden: “The US spent 4.8 billion fighting in World War II (in today's dollars).

Last year, the US spent 5.5 billion in the fight against the pandemic, highlights Michael Hendrix of the Manhattan Institute.

That is the measure of the economic crisis.

Ditto for cost in lives: 2.7 mi

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