There's more good news on the Covid-19 front as new cases in the U.S. are down 73% since the peak on January 11 and cases in Canada are down 67% since the peak on January 9.
The Canadian cruise ban was retaliation for the Biden administration shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline project on the president's first day in office, prompting Alberta's premier, Jason Kenney, to call on prime minister Justin Trudeau to enact "proportional economic consequences" for the decision. A columnist for the Toronto-based National Post even suggested Canada "kneecap the Alaska cruise industry" by forbidding them from making stops in Canada, which would "decimate whole swaths of the American cruise industry."
The new, one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson was approved by the FDA this past weekend and will be put to use immediately alongside the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Merck will help produce the J&J vaccine and the expectation now is that every American adult who wants a vaccine will be able to get it by the end of May.
My Mid June the US could possibly be 100% Mask-Free.
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