Checking in with the Virus

Time to check in on everyone's favorite virus. Rates of new infection are declining over big swathes of the world, including the U.S. (The South is finally doing better; Alaska and the northern tier of states, like North Dakota, are the problem places now.) 

Rates are still sporadically high on certain Caribbean islands, like Barbados. The troubles that were apparent last month in eastern Europe are continuing, and spreading across northern Europe as winter creeps closer and people retreat indoors. Covid rates in the UK remain stubbornly high.