Collierville, TN
U.S. infections: 102,513,690
U.S. deaths: 1,117,983
U.S. hospitalizations: 43,547
U.S. serious/critical cases: 4,455
Worldwide infections: 665,018,467
Worldwide deaths: 6,697,442
Shelby County infections: 290,036
Shelby County deaths: 3,546
Hello again, and Happy New Year. May 2023 be everything you dream.
In our house, the spaghetti sauce and meatballs are simmering on the stove, and we’re about to open a bottle of wine. Now that’s Italian.
Today will be the last day of this journal, which began on March 19, 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic.
The experience of writing this journal over the years has taught me much. But now the pandemic is over, as COVID-19 has become a virus that few fear. While COVID is not totally preventable, it is treated fairly easily, and that makes all the difference. Still, it’s nothing to take lightly. Note that there are currently over 43 thousand Americans hospitalized with the disease.
Thanks to all the people who read these journals and were so encouraging. It felt good to know you enjoyed my work. I may upload more journals in the future, but without the focus on COVID.
It’s a beautiful January 1st in C’ville, sunny and 74 degrees.
Comments invited below. Take care.
