In the United States, as of last week, about 70% of counties in the country have moved to the CDC “low community impact” designation

The greatest unknown at present is the effect of the Lunar New Year regional and global travel on case growth.

A new variant has taken center stage and predictably, mainstream news organizations are saying this is the “most infectious variant ever seen.”

We are at a very different place heading into the holiday season than we were last year, and with some forethought and precautions, we all can have a good end of the year.

This flu season is bad compared to recent years. But it’s not just flu. Thankfully, we are not seeing significant increases in COVID rates.

This may be hard to believe, but the first human infection with SARS-CoV2, probably occurred right around now, three years ago.