COVID is inevitable everywhere. It only takes one person to start. I remember on 03/01, New York reported its first case, there were only around 65 new daily cases in the US with two known COVID-related deaths. Fast forward 3 months and we're at >5 million cases and 162,000 deaths with >50,000 new cases daily.
The spread is amazing. One can only imagine where we will be this winter. Good news is that it seems to have plateaued, but I suspect another spike.