A Look Back on 2021

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At the end of 2020, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, like “thank God we survived that year,” while ignoring the very obvious fact that New Year’s Day looks and feels a lot like New Year’s Eve if you’re not prone to sentimentality. 2021 was, in many ways, a continuation of 2020 as far as pandemics go. But aren’t we all tired of talking about it? Aren’t we all exhausted…