By Samuel Strait – December 21, 2020 – Cartoon credit to TOM JANSSEN, THE NETHERLANDS It might seem that the Grinch has stolen Christmas in the year 2020, but all is not as bad as it might seem in this year of COVID 19. While the Media, Politicians, and Public Health Autocrats continue to bleat about the horrors of the virus we currently are experiencing, a bit of genuine good news has surfaced in a number of places, abet briefly, before being suppressed by the usual suspects. To begin, it seems that medical researchers had discovered very early in the game, March/April, that the virus, COVID 19, was known to be a weaken virus unlike the Common Flu, but a virus that the human body's own defense mechanisms could easily defeat. This fact had shown up early in the research due to large numbers of those infected by the virus had few if any symptoms. There were a number of papers published in reputable medical journals in the spring of 2020 that were largely ignored, but have recently surfaced noting that fact. Now that we have dealt with this virus for nearly a year, certain other bits of information have come to light that cast doubt that we are really dealing with the kind of virus being reported. A recent report by an economist out of John Hopkins found that there was no increase in the numbers of elderly that died during the height of the pandemic and up to September of 2020. She also noted that when increased numbers of deaths by Covid were reported, there was an equal decline in numbers of deaths in ten other common morbidities. The paper has since been removed by John Hopkins and the data on the CDC web site that the report was based has also vanished. Funny thing about that. In October, a report that came from the CDC seemed to indicate that fewer than 6% of COVID 19 deaths being reported were actually from Covid and not the one or more comorbidities far more likely to have been the cause of death in 94% of the remainder. Several State Public Health Departments reported similar findings. Finally in a little reported offering, the CDC reported that only about 9100 deaths could be conclusively connected to a COVID 19 only cause of death, not the close to 300,000 currently being reported. And last but not least, the current over all death toll in the United State for 2020 has declined below the numbers being reported for the last three years. For most thinking souls, this all appears to be good news at the end of a miserable year, just in time for Christmas. A virus that is not nearly as lethal as we have been told, some thing most healthy people will hardly feel the effects of being infected. No more need for mandates. A Vaccine in the process of being distributed to those few that need the protection it offers if they wish to partake. What more could we ask for at this time of the year. The only thing I would want to ask is why this information not common knowledge? Must we continue to bow to the "Medical Expert" that is on his way to vaccinate Santa at the North Pole? With that, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year