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It was December 2020, and we were all looking forward to putting behind us a year that was one of the most turbulent in recent memory. COVID not only shutdown the United States, but essentially shutdown the world as the best minds of science began to seek out a solution. All of the sporting events, concerts, social gatherings that we took for granted was suddenly taken from us. We couldn't gather in crowds, and a great deal of time went before we could actually see loved ones in the flesh. And as 2020 drew to a close, we tried to be optimistic. We were finally feeling that a new year would bring us good fortune. And we could not have been more wrong.
Just days after the new year began, something that had never happened before occurred. A sitting U.S. President, who'd just lost his re-election bid, gathered a flock of his followers. He whined that the election was stolen, and that he and only he was the rightful president. Despite zero factual evidence, Donald Trump whipped a frenzy among his devoted followers. What happened next was something that for the longest time, no one could envision happening in America. It only happened in other countries, countries that don't have a strong, stable central government. There was an attempted overthrow of the American government. As Trump's followers stormed the castle, elected leaders were forced into hiding. The very people that in the previous year had "backed the Blue" was now attacking police officers, with the full intent of harm, possibly deadly if the need arise. They even chanted "Hang Mike Pence" as they roamed the halls. They wanted to have a public execution of the Vice President of the United States, because Trump lied when he told his followers, Mike Pence could overturn the election if he saw fit.
When that was said and done, the U.S. Capitol lay in chaos. A Trump supporter was shot and killed after she failed to comply with the lawful order of police. One officer that day had a heart attack and died, and several have since taken their own lives, unable to move past the trauma from that day. We're not even a week into the new year, and already we've had an attempted overthrow. One could only wonder what was next.
A few weeks later, Joe Biden is sworn in as President, with security enhanced. Meanwhile, Covid cases surpass the 100 million mark. However, it wasn't all doom and gloom. Vaccines were being given, the U.S. returned to the Paris Agreement. By March 2021, over 500 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. However, close to three million had died from CVOID.
The world watched as SpaceX took its baby steps. Blue Origin would conduct a human test flight, aboard the craft was former NASA Astronaut Wally Moon, who at 82, became the oldest person ever to go into space. Albert Einstein's theory of General relativity is confirmed when light is detected from a Black Hole.
We learned that our impact on the climate is only getting worse, and sadly, those warnings weren't heeded by a group beholden to companies that play a role in damaging the environment. New Orleans in struck by Hurricane Ida, causes damages and claiming many lives. Meanwhile, COVID cases increases. After a brief grip was made on the disease and certain restrictions relaxed, the variants of the disease appear, setting back much of the progress.
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