Let us begin at the beginning, noting with uncertainty that the curse of the virus envelops humanity like an invisible fog and all numbers are impermanent. As of this writing, covid deaths in the US have passed 300,000 and covid infections number is more than 17 million. These are the highest numbers for any country in the world. (By way of comparison, deaths per 100,000 of the population are: 91.44 US, 96.66 UK, 10.60 India. Fatality/case ratios are: 1.8% US, 3.5% UK, 1.5% India.