The first case in the U.S. was reported on Jan 21, 2020, but wasn’t until mid to late February that COVID-19 became part of the public consciousness. This time last year, the world was preparing for a possible pandemic, with nearly a dozen confirmed cases in the United States and cases in China topping 20,000.
Today, in the U.S., the CDC reports 27,229,862 cases and 473,699 deaths. Their COVID-19 summary is: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to trend downward. But even with that progress, the daily numbers of new cases and deaths remain much higher than the first two peaks of the pandemic in the spring and summer of 2020. Source: CDC
As the COVID-19 vaccine continues to be administered around the world, many people are wondering when life will return to normal. You might also recall the shut-downs were supposed to be temporary as a way to flatten the curve. You can add that to the list of things the so-called experts got wrong or gave mixed signals.
Still here in Kansas we can count our blessings. The virus toll is on a per capita rate is average with the entire United States. So there are reasons to be optimistic that spring is just around the corner.
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