The time is surely ripe for a return to my topic.
We now have Corona mutations that have indeed once again placed the virus further steps ahead of mankind's attempt at eradication, and in 10 day's time I am scheduled to receive my first vaccination.
But the 'What ifs' loom large in my fears.
What if just one recipient, or one administrator of the vaccine, has recently unwittingly contracted the virus, and triggers off an enormous explosion of infections throughout the constant procession of recipients?
If that were to happen then might not the heralded solution turn out to to be the most tragic victory of a virus designed to always lift itself ahead of eradication?
Again I am reminded of Genesis 6:6 "it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart".
At least, this side of the pond, we do not have the added warning of the last "Trump"et having been sounded.

We may indeed have rainbows to remind us that God will never again destroy the 'world' (as it was thought to be bounded at the time) by flood, but who's to say what alternative God might choose to use to vent his displeasure on all who are not within 'the ark'?