It's hard to have much faith in humanity these days

As the U.S. goes from one COVID-19 milestone to the next, I can't help but wonder why we do this to ourselves.

Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium, home to the school’s football team, can hold 65,632 people. I looked this up earlier in the month after the ACC Network posted a video of a jam-packed crowd at the school’s first game of the season.

“ABSOLUTE CHILLS,” reads the caption as students jumped up and down to the beat of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” while the player…