At this point in the pandemic, there is more good news than bad. Yet, our leading health officials are doing everything they can to convince the public otherwise.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study late last week that says almost half of all U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine shot. More than 80% of vulnerable senior citizens have received one vaccine shot, and more than 65% of seniors have been fully vaccinated. In other words, herd immunity is well within reach — if we haven’t reached it already — and the most at-risk population is now safe from this virus.