The   New York Times   this morning showed a graphic that, surely, got to influence anti-vaxxers to get vaxxed. Also:   Once you get a booster, your risk of getting severely ill from Covid is tiny. It is quite small even if you are  older or have health problems . Further: The average weekly chance that a boosted person died of Covid was about one in a million during October and November (the most recent available C.D.C. data). Since then, the chances have no doubt been higher, because of the Omicron surge. But they will probably be even lower in coming weeks, because the surge is receding and Omicron is milder than earlier versions of the virus. For now, one in a million per week seems like a reasonable estimate . Plus: That risk is not zero, but it is not far from it. The chance that an average American will die in a  car crash this week is significantly higher — about 2.4 per million . So is the average weekly death rate  from influenza and pneumonia — about three per million . Part

I've long been expressing huge concern about at least four groups most responsible for spreading COVID-19: The unvaccinated. Asymptomatic people who innocently pass on this virus.   Said to spread 59% of all cases . Trump states. Because of schooling, children, who bring home this disease. From the  Sunday New York Times : According to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, only 18.8 percent of children in the 5-to-11 age group are now fully vaccinated and only 28.1 percent have received one dose. The disparity among states is stark. In Vermont, 52 percent of young children are fully vaccinated; in Mississippi, it is 6 percent. More and more, as I get older and older, I splurge on a meal, for I don't have all that much time left.  What are the ultimate eating pleasures?   CNN last year had a list of 50 world's best foods: #50  Buttered popcorn, U.S. #48  Potato chips, UK #47  Seafood Paella, Spain #45  Chicken rice, Singapore #43  Tacos, Mexico #39  Ketchup, U.S. #