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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> spike@rainier66.com <spike@rainier66.com> <br><br><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…Now that we know pharma companies don’t do testing, we get a perfect test lab for omicron: the state of Florida. There the new covid rate is thru the roof. So far the fatality rate hasn’t responded. In that sense it looks like South Africa’s data.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/">https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is the South Africa data. Their omicron case rate took off about 26 November and has peaked about a week ago. Their fatality rate rose some, but didn’t do what previous outbreaks did.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I see this as good justification for optimism in Florida. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Side note, the Florida data has definitely become once again a political football. The outcome in the next few days could very well determine the political future in the USA. If the death rate in Florida skyrockets, the governor is likely finished as a political leader. Otherwise, the rest of the states will likely follow his example and he will be carried to Washington on the shoulders of the wildly cheering masses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stand by for NEWS!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=715 height=446 style='width:7.4479in;height:4.6458in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D7FA63.7D339DC0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=724 height=452 style='width:7.5416in;height:4.7083in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D7FA63.7D339DC0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>