No one would claim that the pandemic is something to celebrate. But in the long road out of its darkest days, there are glimmers of hope for a post-pandemic world. In the spirit of capturing a sense of optimism while it lasts, we asked members of The Drum Network about what’s given them hope over the last two years, and what makes them optimistic for the future.
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Mid-April doesn’t exactly have the happiest reputation among times of the year. The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland, claiming the lives of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. President Lincoln died of his gunshot wounds in the early morning hours of April 15, 1865.
The litany of bad stuff happening mid-April is downright unsettling if not eerie: San Francisco earthquake (April 18, 1906); Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995); Virginia Tech shooting (April 16, 2007); Boston Marathon bombing (April 15, 2013); the fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris (April 15, 2019).
And then, of course, income taxes are due April 15 except that they aren’t. The IRS pandemic-extended deadline for filing returns is now May 17.