Some facts and who deserves credit

 On December 1, 2020 the number of people in the world diagnosed with Covid was 63,396,852. In the United States the number was 13547,090, 21.3 percent of the world’s total.

Today, December 12, the world the number of people with covid increased to by 8,034,033 to 71,430,885 and the the number of U.S. persons with it increased by 2,419,496 to 15,966,496,.

The United States is now 22.3 percent of the world's total. Since December 1, the country is 30.1 percent of the world's increases.

By December 1, 1,471,152 people had died of Covid

By December 1, 268,129 U.S citizens had died of Covid

As of today: 1,600,995 people have died globally, an increase of 8.6 percent

As of today, the number of dead U.S. citizens reached 296,997, an increase of 10.7 percent

United States is responsible for 22.2 percent of the people dying of covid since December 1. 

 Clearly, something is not working. Thanks Trump.

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Fortunately, the world is getting some vaccines that look promising. England has already started vaccinating senior citizens. Oddly enough, the first man to get the Pfizer vaccine was named William Shakespeare. He received the shot in a hospital just 20 miles from Stratford on Avon. 

In our country, the FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use. I suspect that other vaccines will meet similar approval as they become available. 

The vaccine is good news, but the key to its effectiveness globally and in the country is getting enough people to get innoculated. It will take time and effort to distribute the vaccine. It will also take a massive public relations campaign to convince people to take it.

Clearly something might be working. Thanks, all you scientists, researchers and thousands of people who volunteered for studies around the world who are responsible for this vaccine and all the others that are being developed.