California reached 1 million cases of the virus today, November 12, 2020. And according to most of the national media, things are getting out of control -- again. It's like Joe Biden's long dark winter was a prophecy!

Wait a minute ... let's zoom in on the details. We examine California first. And while we know things can crumble quickly with a contagious disease, the important thing is that intensive care admissions are not spiking. In fact they're quite low. Daily deaths from the virus are at the lowest they've ever been since the pandemic began, L.A. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer was quoted as saying in the 16th paragraph of the Los Angeles Times article.

But she still cautions we're teetering on the edge of disaster, and what we do over Thanksgiving will have a lot to do with the outcome.

15th paragraph: "“While we’ve made impressive strides in caring for people who are ill with the virus, this much of an increase in cases may very well result in tremendous suffering and tragic deaths down the road,” Ferrer said.