How will COVID-19 be remembered?

I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately, and among the many reasons for that is a question that seems to buzz around in the back of my head before I close my eyes: How will COVID-19 be remembered?

To be frank, I fear the answer.

The United States has been hit very hard by the pandemic with more deaths than any other nation, including those with larger and more crowded populations and less public health resources.

Communities of color, especially Native-American communities, have seen a disproportionately high amount of infections and deaths owing to a confluence of factors, many the result of...