Philip Hergel
Senior Quantitative Analyst
2020 Can't End Fast Enough
Imagine if the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s, the 1930s Great Depression, the nightmarishly messy U.S. presidential election of 2000, as well as unprecedented devastation from global natural disasters all occurred in the same calendar year — well, they just did.
2020 will be remembered as the year to forget. It will be remembered for the 1.4 million people (and still counting) who died globally due to COVID-19. It will be remembered as the year of brutal economic turmoil for millions of people who lost their jobs during the pandemic. It will be remembered for the immeasurable anguish of Black people being killed by police officers and the increasing awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement across America. It will be remembered for the uncontrollable raging wildfires around the world and the most active hurricane year on record. It will be remembered for the attack on American democracy as the presidential election results were disputed, litigated, and doubted by millions of Americans. There is no negative adjective strong enough to describe how bad 2020 was. If 2020 were a drink, it would be a colonoscopy prep. Good riddance 2020…bring on 2021!
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