*We desperately need a government who will say it: Britain is still reeling from Covid.*

The US is, too -- but not in one uniform, simple way. The policies for dealing with Covid-19 were different from state to state. At the start, some big cities were hit worst. Later, for many months, Republican states were hit worst, because Republicans seized on Covid-19 as an opportunity for disinformation and sabotage, especially after they realized that blacks were more likely to die from it.

One harm that most people don't recognize as one is that many activities and institutions in our society have imposed the use of nonfree computing technology. This includes most schools at all levels. Most talks at MIT still require using Zoom to listen. Whether you want to listen at the time of the event, or listen to recording later, the only way is through Zoom's nonfree surveillance system.