Mask

In the first ten months of 2020 about 265,000 died from Covid or 26,000 per month. Since the election 235,000 or 58,000 per month have died. Several polls taken at the time of the election showed that 90% of people were wearing mask. While mask are important there must be other more important factors to consider. More investigation is needed in this and other areas of Covid. Why did the number of Covid cases double when 90% of people were wearing masks? Some feel the statistics are overlooked because the mask issue became political. While this may console some it may well interfere with investigating the real reasons. The future looks promising. In the past month new infections have fallen 70% and hospitalizations have dropped 60%. The vaccine is helping to bring an end to this scourge but the nation must prepare for next year. Under normal circumstances there would not be a vaccine at this point and probably not for many years. In May of last year the NY Times laid out a time line for a new vaccine and predicted it would take 12 years to get it into the arms of Americans. Here is their report. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html