Written and published on 5 July 2021
By Alice B. Clagett

Image: “Policemen in Seattle wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic. December 1918,” author unknown, December 1918, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spanish_flu_in_1918,_Police_officers_in_masks,_Seattle_Police_Department_detail,_from-_165-WW-269B-25-police-l_(cropped).jpg … public domain

Image: “Policemen in Seattle wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic. December 1918,” author unknown, December 1918, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spanish_flu_in_1918,_Police_officers_in_masks,_Seattle_Police_Department_detail,_from-_165-WW-269B-25-police-l_(cropped).jpg … public domain

Dear Ones,

It appears to me that the COVID delta variant has taken over COVID cases in CA, and because it is very infectious, infections with COVID are increasing. But from the statistics I see that daily deaths from COVID in California are holding steady.

If that is true, then the COVID epidemic, which has so far lasted 14 months in the United States, is falling in line with the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, which lasted 15 months. Could be the worst is over.

In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

Citation: “Delta Is Now State’s No. 1 Variant,”  by Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money, 5 July 2021,  in Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2021, pages A1, A6

Link: “Local News: As delta variant grows more prevalent, L.A. County reports largest daily increase in coronavirus cases since April,” by Erika Martin and Carlos Saucedo, 1 July 2021 … https://ktla.com/news/local-news/as-delta-variant-grows-more-prevalent-l-a-county-reports-largest-daily-increase-in-coronavirus-cases-since-april/ ..

Link: “Tracking the Coronavirus in California,” by Los Angeles Times Staff, in Los Angeles Times … https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/ ..

Link: “COVID-19 Pandemic,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic ..

Link: “Spanish Flu [1918 Influenza Pandemic],” in English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu ..

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