Note to self: Google says the last guaranteed upgrade for your Pixel 4a is in August 2023. I think this means that you will get one more full upgrade of Android but that you won't get any security updates for it after August 2023. In other words, you probably need to replace the phone next year.#

I am looking at the COVID transmission rates for Oakland County in Michigan and observe that the daily new cases in July 2022 were not as low as in July 2021 or 2020, and I don't know what to make of this. It could be that better data is being collected. It could also mean we are getting closer to a new normal. New cases will never be zero for long. It feels like most everyone has accepted where we at is the new normal except, although it also feels like for some people that will never happen. Technically, I think an epidemic is not considered over until the R(0) is consistently below 1. I also note that the vaccination rate has plateaued and is not really going to improve. #