Covid is the corruption of kavod (honor in Hebrew). Counting people diminishes human honor. Only God can count human beings. When people count people they turn kavod (honor) to Covid, they diminish the other and invoke harsh judgments. This makes us vulnerable to plagues, as we see repeatedly in the Tanach...Lets learn. 

R' Shira shares some insights post Tisha B'Av on the destruction of the Temple and the rebuilding of the third Temple that we are all waiting for.