The Pandemic is over, and, while covid still lurks, this subject is swiftly becoming a non-newsworthy subject.  Mind you, don't be stupid about this virus, for it will yet return in various ways.  In the future, though, until this happens, Thursdays will thus evolve into my health and medical advances day.  So for today, from   Worldometer : Most cases this week ( 7 day period ): World  161,589  #1  S. Korea  106,642  ( 66% of all cases ) #2  USA  15,918 #3  Brazil  9,297 But many countries don't report anymore. Cases in past week per million population: World  20 #1  Tokelau  22,496 #2  S. Korea  2,078 #3  Barbados  1309 #18  USA  48 #30  Phillipines  20 Deaths this past week: World  577 Brazil  138 Canada  96 USA  81 Deaths in past week per million population: World  0.07 #1  Barbados  21 #2  Norway  6 #3  New Zealand  5 #16  USA  0.2 The  James Webb Space Telescope celebrated its one-year old birthday  by sending us a new photo of the closest star-forming region to Planet Ea