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the population lives in poverty. He founded a group called Balochistan Youth Against Corona, raising money to buy food for 10,000 households each month as well as personal protective equipment for health workers. Ethel Branch, a member of the Navajo Nation in the U.S., quit her job at a law firm to create Navajo Hopi Solidarity, an organization that delivers water, food, and other necessities to people in need throughout the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. She has raised millions of dollars (including through a GoFundMe campaign) and organized teams of young volunteers who have helped thousands of families on both reservations. The stories of other people who are making sacrifices to help others during this crisis could fill an entire book. Around the world, health care workers put themselves at risk to treat sick people--according to the WHO, more than 115,000 had lost their lives taking care of COVID patients by May 2021.5 First responders and frontline workers kept showing up and doing their jobs. People checked in on neighbors and bought groceries for them when they couldn't leave home. Countless people followed the mask mandates and stayed home as much as possible. Scientists worked overtime, using all their brainpower to stop the virus and save lives. Politicians made decisions based on data and evidence, even though these decisions weren't always the popular choice. Not everyone did the right thing, of course. Some people have refused to wear masks or get vaccinated. Some politicians have denied the severity of the disease, shut down attempts to limit its spread, and even implied that there's something sinister in the vaccines. It's impossible to ignore the impact their choices are having on millions of people, and there's no better proof of those old political clichés: Elections have consequences, and leadership matters.