It won’t be long, March to be exact, and we’ll be a full year into the nightmare known as COVID-19.
Yet the looming 12-month anniversary comes with some of the most promising news yet that the nightmare is nearing its end.
Across the board, locally, within St. Louis County and the entire state, the numbers as they relate to COVID are rapidly improving - and we agree with a prominent legislator who this week predicted that the end is near.
The cause for optimism? Actually, there are many.
Let’s start with vaccinations, with more and more Minnesotans getting their COVID shots each day, particularly in the 65-plus demographic that is most susceptible to dire COVID circumstances.
And overall, about 700,000 Minnesotans have already received one dose of vaccine. Even a modest goal of 20,000 shots per day would bring that number to 2.2 million by May 1.
As vaccinations go up, the COVID numbers are ramping down, and not marginally.