Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The drought that left Southern California a tinderbox and its residents wary of wildfires has given way to steady rainfall and worries of flash floods. Meanwhile, the waves of weather systems from the Pacific have covered the Mountain West in snow and prompted winter storm warnings in Chicago, forecasts of snow showers this evening in Boston, along with icy rain today in New York City and Washington, D.C.
But no matter where Americans live or what the weather -- and whether they voted for Donald Trump or Joe Biden -- everyone is asking themselves the same questions: Where are the promised coronavirus vaccines? Why is this taking so damn long? Here is one attempt to address those questions, although the answers are not satisfactory.