* Reminder: “Although omicron is four times more transmissible than delta, it is less virulent.”–Dr. Charles Lockwood, dean of USF’s Morsani College of Medicine.
* The FDA has authorized booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year olds.
* “Our warnings have proved sadly prescient and continuously compelling. Time for the CDC and cruise lines to protect consumers, again pause—docking their ships.”–Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
* “Incidental positives”: Those who were admitted to a hospital for reasons other than COVID symptoms and then tested positive upon admission.
* More than 12,000 U.S. flights have been canceled since December 24.
* 4.2 million: The approximate total of COVID cases in Florida since the first cases were reported on March 1, 2020.
* 6 million: The number of Floridians—ages 5 and up—who remain unvaccinated.
*Florida is now averaging more than 30,000 new COVID cases a day. However, deaths continue to decline in Florida—an average of 18 per day.