Who’s Waiting & Why?

Waiting. The word has taken on a whole new dimension for people around the world in the last few weeks. People are waiting (often in vain) to get tested for the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), to get out of quarantine, to get groceries (and toilet paper), to get back to work, to be free of fear… Last week, a COVID-19 test site in Alabama had a 14-mile long line of cars waiting and ran out of test kits minutes after it opened! I’m not writing about COVID-19 today, but this new state of waiting came . . .