42 Million Cases

At this moment, the coronavirus tally is already past 42 million cases! For now, it looks like nothing is going to stop SARS-CoV-2!

France is the seventh country in the world to record one million Covid-19 cases. 

And Switzerland and Costa Rica are countries #47 and #48 to have reached 100,000 cases or more. FYI, these forty-eight countries combined to account for 93.4% and 95.5% of cases and deaths respectively worldwide.

I’m digressing – but I wish to point out that Jacinda Ardern (right) won a second term, marked by a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election on October 17, 2020 because she focused on her “success” with Covid-19. 

If you had been following the news, the tone has changed somewhat – it used to be that she defeated the cursed coronavirus; nowadays, it’s about her accomplishments in battling the pandemic. 

I’m not trying to take away her victory – my point is just that Covid-19 is here to stay. The sooner we accept this, the better it is for all of us!

In case you're interested to know, New Zealand's current situation is still good. There are only a smattering of cases here and there. Nothing to worry about.

  

Really, we shouldn’t allow a virus to bring life as we know it to a screeching halt. 

Get real. We have faced viral threats before, including pandemics – yet the world does not shut down for every new infection or flu season. Life does not work that way.