Well, well, well.

At the time of writing, the two leading states in deaths per capita remain New Jersey and New York.

Florida is 27th.

Not to mention, Florida has a higher percentage of elderly citizens.

And with a flourishing economy, Florida is better set for the long-run than Democrat-controlled, pro-lockdown states.

So.

See also Wash Examiner:

If you blinked while watching CNN this morning, you might have missed it, but the cable news outlet has finally come around to admitting what so many of us have known for months: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican (AHHH!!), was right.

CNN’s Jeff Zeleny went to Florida, no doubt on a mission to see just how badly DeSantis was screwing up. He was left with no choice but to report a segment Wednesday with the truth. Florida, all things considered, is a model state for how we should have handled the…

Revving up for a biggie, when he explains why Hunter has moved to China.

Being a climate czar gives you certain freedoms. E.g, —vvvv

The heck of it is, people like me take comfort from this, emboldens us, you might say, in our devil-may-care habit of walking the mean streets of Bowmanville — not kidding, it’s the ‘hood right next to ours — with mask at the ready (in pocket) for whipping out and putting on when we buy coffee or enter church.

Winding up his list of anomalies, James Kunstler asked about President Joe:

Speaking of Joe Biden, alleged to be president, he was oddly absent altogether on the front page of Monday’s New York Times, leading the curious to wonder if last Tuesday night’s Coronavirus Action speech drained his dwindling mojo for the rest of the month.

Joe, we hardly knew you.

The curious might also seek to know why Mr. Biden’s “team” is still so wound up about eradicating Coronavirus, yet eager to let tens of thousands cross the border illegally from Mexico, many of them live vectors of the virus, who are then bused all over the USA under the revived “catch-and-release” policy.

Does he know about this?

Mr. Biden’s “honeymoon” period is about over. The country had not quite discovered just how leaderless it is. Will it come as a shock to find out? After all…

Many traditions hold that Joseph died in the arms or presence of Jesus and Mary.

It’s a consoling image that has led the Church to proclaim him the patron saint of a happy death.

Here is a prayer that recalls this image and can give comfort while we await death. We never know when God will call us home. In the meantime, let us prepare for that day, looking on it as a day of great joy.

Blessed Joseph, who died in the arms of Jesus and Mary, obtain for me the grace to breathe my last in praise, saying or thinking, “Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give Thee my heart and my soul.” Amen.

Take that, turncoat.

Count not the cost for others.

The highest-cost deaths . . . were likely those not directly caused by the illness. In separate studies, U.S. government and Virginia Commonwealth University researchers say a third of “excess deaths” might fall into this category—delayed medical care, unemployment stress, substance abuse, suicide, depression, etc. One study looked at the effect of unemployment and predicted 30,231 additional deaths over a 12-month period.

Variation of old theme comes to mind: No such thing as a free lunch.

Ebb and flow of liturgy over the centuries.

Mask madness.