When SARS-CoV-2 (#coronavirus, #COVID19) was unleashed upon the world from Wuhan, China, few could have predicted the unprecedented worldwide response, yet fewer could have predicted that the ongoing extraordinary response could be driven by such meager evidence and willful ignorance of emerging data. Thousands gathered for the 2021 New Year celebration in Wuhan, China. Despite calling itself “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” the United States of America's sch