This is the time when pundits and pranksters remind you of milestones you would rather forget. The same group, queens, presidents and popes usually take a minute to scold you for your failings, as if this would get you to mend your ways and skip.
Just for the record, we, that is, those of us who live in Lincoln County, seem to be doing pretty well in the pandemic department. Almost 68% of our friends and neighbors have gotten both shots of vaccine. More than 70% of us had one, as of Aug. 1,.