20 MOST RECENT POSTS

Changing view...

COVID-19 Retrospective by Stu Johnson (May 12, 2023)

Now that COVID's status as a global pandemic has ended, I will take a retrospective look at how USA compared to other countries in this three-year-plus ordeal…

COVID-19 Perspectives for February 2023 by Stu Johnson (March 10, 2023)

February 2023 marks the three-year point in the COVID-19 pandemic, as long as 1918, but will it be as disastrous, and will it finally transitio to an endemic in year four?…

COVID-19 Perspectives for January 2023 by Stu Johnson (February 14, 2023)

Threats of a tripledemic and ever-more-contagious variants of COVID keep the pandemic alive, yet as death and hospitalization rates continue to go down, life has taken on a post-COVID tone. Where are we as the pandemic &hellapproaches the three year mark?

COVID-19 Perspectives for December 2022 by Stu Johnson (January 11, 2023)

Is it over? Afraid not. But behind the near-hysteria over a tripledemic and the latest COVID variant with the menacing name of Kracken there is still reason to be watchful. So, what in the world is going on with the pandemic that won't quit?…

COVID-19 Perspectives for November 2022 by Stu Johnson (December 13, 2022)

For most of us in America COVID seems more nuisance now than threat, but it continues to surge in the Far East and with winter approaching there are fears of a 'tripledemic'…

COVID-19 Perspectives for October 2022 by Stu Johnson (November 14, 2022)

Are we there yet? While it seems we have turned the corner from pandemic to endemic, the global situation does not yet warrant that assessment—and the winter cold and flu season approaches in countries most impacted by COVID…

COVID-19 Perspectives for August 2022 by Stu Johnson (September 7, 2022)

We'd like to think it's over, but new variants have led to recommendations for a second booster for many Americans—a tactic that has kept death rates down in other countries. So, no, we cannot dismiss it, nor stop reporting on it…

COVID-19 Perspectives for June 2022 by Stu Johnson (July 12, 2022)

We may think it's over, but COVID continues its relentless spread, with more people becoming infected two or more times, though less likely leading to hospitalization and death as early in the pandemic…

COVID-19 Perspectives for May 2022 by Stu Johnson (June 11, 2022)

COVID continues to shift toward Asia, Europe sees up to half of its population infected, while USA mortality rate stays stuck at 1.2% which is curious compared to falling mortality where surges have been strongest…

COVI-19 Perspectives for April 2022 by Stu Johnson (May 20, 2022)

As more Asian countries face COVID surges, most of us in America know of or are part of the surge in breakthrough infections among the vaccinated, with mild symptoms and very low hospitalizations and deaths…

COVID-19 Perspectives for March 2022 by Stu Johnson (April 6, 2022)

Omicron surge spreads around the world, making return to normal less clear. USA levels off after big spike in January, making a return to normal seem more likely, but are we moving too quickly? …

COVID-19 Perspectives for February 2022 by Stu Johnson (March 7, 2022)

Have we seen the last giant gasp of the COVID pandemic as it morphs into an endemic, or are we rushing too quickly to return to normal? What happens in March will answer that question…

COVID-19 Perspectives for January 2022 by Stu Johnson (February 4, 2022)

Omicron causes seismic surge in cases, raising the societal toll, but the good news is that mortality rates (deaths as proportion of cases) continue to fall&hellip'

COVID-19 Perspectives for December 2021 by Stu Johnson (January 5, 2022)

Like a global game of Whack-a-Mole, omicron hits Europe hard, USA to a lesser extent, with minimal impact seen elsewhere so far in COVID statistics…

COVID-19 Perspectives for November 2021 by Stu Johnson (December 3, 2021)

Europe takes the brunt of the latest surge, just as Omicron, another potentially dangerous variant, arrives to dampen the holiday season…

COVID-19 Perspectives for October 2021 by Stu Johnson (November 4, 2021)

South America shows improvement while USA and most of the world show little sign of flattening the COVID curve…

COVID-19 Perspectives for September 2021 by Stu Johnson (October 9, 2021)

The curve continues to go the wrong way for USA, while globally it is a mixed picture, but COVID is just not going away soon…

COVID-19 Perspectives for August 2021 by Stu Johnson (September 8, 2021)

After nearly seven months of 'flattening the curve' for USA, the delta variant has made its presence known here and around the world, with tightened restrictions…

COVID-19 Perspectives for July 2021 by Stu Johnson (August 5, 2021)

While only a blip at the end of July, the delta variant and high number of unvaccinated are putting a damper on the optimism felt a month ago…

Vaccine Resistance by Stu Johnson (July 17, 2021)

What Gallup polls in the last year tell us about American acceptance or reluctance to be vaccinated, and our ability to reach herd immunity to end to threat of COVID-19…

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