“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf,

“and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

I wish COVID-19 did not happen in our times, and so do many other people who live to experience this pandemic. But this not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.