COVID-19 is not behind us. Omicron is a reminder that COVID-19 is not only spreading faster than Delta, but that this virus is another mutation as it continues to infect populations around the world. More than 300,000 people a day in the US are getting infected. In fact, the Omicron variant has overtaken Delta in the number of infections each day in most of the world.
The Delta variant is exploding across the United States. Ignorance and callowness is spreading the virus. In Georgia, the situation is serious in all but two counties. What should schools do given what we know?
The anti-science attack leveled at Dr. Anthony Fauci by Representative Jim Jordon of Ohio is part of a Republican attack on science that has gone on for decades. Today it raged in the House of Representatives. The chair of the Committee, Maxine Waters (D-CA) had to intervene to tell Jordon to “shut your mouth.”
On January 28, 2020, in a meeting in the Oval Office, Donald Trump was told by National Security Advisor Michael O’Brien that the virus outbreak in China “will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency.”
At the reflecting pool at the National Mall, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris paid tribute to those who lost their lives to the coronavirus. With very few words but with powerful images, he led the nation in grieving the loss of so many people.
