Who’s to blame for the ongoing covid epidemic: individuals who haven’t been vaccinated for whatever reason? Or the leaders of the most powerful nation in history refusing to do a damned thing about it? We contemplate these and other questions, talking a surprising amount about dread goddess Rona, for a podcast that took her name out of the title. Jason’s back with more Rants on Rantz, Ethan deep dives the metrics, and we shill for Andrew Grant Houston for Seattle mayor. Plus: is Seattle still safe for beat-up cars?