The bad news is that China is winning the war they started with that virus of theirs. Kind of sad with automation so close to the point where space commerce can really become profitable. The ChiComs figured out RATs were our greatest weakness.
It seems to have known that world dominance required the negation of Americas industrial power (and moral standards). And with the help of US pols, the former was ceded to the Chicoms as we lost our moral fortitude.
See How ridiculous was American production in World War 2? [images at link] Only China is in the position to fulfill such today.