* Only 0.3 percent of the vaccine doses administered globally have been given in the 29 poorest countries—home to about 9 percent of the world’s population.
* The CDC reports only 9,200 infections in 95 million fully vaccinated people—an infection rate of less than 0.01 percent.
* According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 1.4 million state and local government workers—many of them employed by schools—have lost their jobs since the beginning of the pandemic.
*4 million: The number of people in the U.S. who say they face eviction or foreclosure in the next two months, according to the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey.
* People going maskless because they’ve been fully vaccinated: It’s the honor system. What could go wrong with that?
* The virus can trigger diabetes.
* Flight patterns. The number of people who traveled on airplanes on May 7 over the last three years: 2019-2.6 million; 2020-215,000; 2021-1.7 million.
* These pandemic times have seen a surge in street racing across America—prompting police crackdowns and legislation aimed at harsher punishments in several states.
* Publix, Trader Joe’s, Costco, Walmart: No longer requiring customers and employees who are fully vaccinated to wear masks.
* 82 percent: Pinellas County hotel occupancy in April. That’s 4 percentage points higher than April 2019—the highest-performing year on record.