* “We all share the same goal: to get to a point where COVID-19 is no longer disrupting our daily lives, a time when it won’t be a constant crisis.”–CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
* 69,000: total pandemic deaths in Florida.
* Positivity: 8.2 percent in Florida last week. It was 14.3 percent the week prior.
* About half of eligible Americans have received booster shots.
* “I think it’s safe to say that infections will return to pre-omicron levels by early March.”–UF research scientist Thomas Hladish.