Michael Bloomberg’s 2021 Johns Hopkins University Commencement Address

The following is an adaptation of Michael Bloomberg’s commencement address to Johns Hopkins University’s class of 2021.

The pain and loss that America and the world — and you — have felt this year has been unfathomable. Isolation has made it even harder.

One of the reasons this time has been so challenging is that before the pandemic, when we were physically around each other, we fed off each other’s energy. That energy was food for the soul. It made us healthier and happier. But since the pandemic began, instead of having that nourishment,…