A Shocking Death, and a Reminder of Our Vulnerability

If you catch COVID-19, you will probably make a full recovery with no lingering health problems. There’s about a four-in-ten chance that you’ll be asymptomatic and not even know you caught it. But there are those rare, tragic, and frightening exceptions, and the late Louisiana congressman-elect Luke Letlow is the latest one.

Every now and then, as the pandemic wears on, it’s natural to think, “Maybe I should just get it, develop the antibodies, and get it over with, and then I could go on with my life.” Some writers argued that trying to prevent the spread of the virus amounted to “delaying the inevitable.”

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Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.

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If you catch COVID-19, you will probably make a full recovery with no lingering health problems. There’s about a four-in-ten chance that you’ll be asymptomatic and not even know you caught it. But there are those rare, tragic, and frightening exceptions, and the late Louisiana congressman-elect Luke Letlow is the latest one.

Every now and then, as the pandemic wears on, it’s natural to think, “Maybe I should just get it, develop the antibodies, and get it over with, and then I could go on with my life.” Some writers argued that trying to prevent the spread of the virus amounted to “delaying the inevitable.”