I sincerely hope and pray that we will all be spared those horrifying scenarios.

[and off topic because it's not kid related, but today's locker room overheard was the all too common "So and so has covid." "Is she vaccinated and boostered?" "Yep" - but the subtext was definitely NOT "aw, heck, what are these dumb vaccines anyway" it was more like "well that's a relief that she is --- say the words..." and "oh thank goodness she's not one of THOSE people." Obviously I keep my mouth shut. :D]