N95 masks for everyone!!! ...Groundhog Day mutations

 Last update: Friday 1/29/21

President Biden has issued an executive order that requires that everyone wear masks on federal properties and that everyone wear masks during interstate travel. In October 2020, as candidate Biden, he said that if elected he would mandate that all Americans wear mask during the first100 days of his administration. Although his limited executive order is more feasible politically, there is still cause for concern that he may be setting his new administration up for what might be misperceived as an early "failure".

Our war against COVID-19, 2020-2021

 Last update: Monday 1/11/21

Thus far, the U.S. war against the coronavirus has been conducted in two phases. Phase 1 began in early February 2020 and ended in early December 2020. We entered Phase 2 in mid-December 2020 with the approval of two vaccines and with the emergence of significant COVID-19 mutations that were far more infectious than previous versions.

Will we return to normal in 2021?

Last update: Wednesday 1/6/21

There's one thing about which Republicans and Democrats are in unanimous agreement ==> 2020 was a nightmare, so 2021 will bring a welcome return to normal living, right? Well, maybe. It all depends on the answers to a few questions, some of which are not known at this time.