Today, back to Covid-19.   During the past week , the World had nearly 400,000 new cases with 1830 deaths, dominated by the U.S. at 135,000  new cases and 722 deaths.  Of course, the numbers are considerably higher around the globe for many countries have stopped reporting.  Note, though, that the flu has blown past Covid in deaths, for a bad year produces nearly 1000 deaths/ week, with weekly highs more than 2,000 in those years.  But first, some departures into a couple of newsworthy topics. Chris Christie yesterday announced he is leaving the Republican primary race, and took jabs at all his opponents in the process. This move significantly will impact on the New Hampshire primary.  Nikki Haley now has a decent chance to beat Donald Trump, more so if DeSantis and Ramaswamy also drop out. Trump 39% Haley 32% Christie 12% Ramaswamy 8% DeSantis 5% However,  two days ago  I reported that the third primary on February 24 in South Carolina, where Haley was once governor, still has Trump a