That Damned Delta

It looks like the post-Thanksgiving disease rush has started in earnest. Covid cases zoomed 62% in the past week - the fastest percentage increase of the entire pandemic! The northern tier is bad: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. New England is bad: Vermont, New Hampshire, with increases moving into the urban northeast too (particularly Rhode Island). New Mexico is bad. I'm hoping the mass inoculation of school-age kids will blunt Delta's impact, but despite that, it looks like we'll see a bad winter after all.