Until now, we've been shielded from the skyrocketing numbers of COVID that we've seen around the world over the past two years, but no longer. Despite there being people in this country who think COVID-19 is not real, and therefore masks are not necessary, 100,143 active cases would beg to differ. The Ministry of Health has noted that about 60 percent of those cases have been under 30 years of age, 12 percent over the age of 50, and that the numbers are really concentrated in our 10- to 19-year-olds, and our 20- to 29-year-olds—25 percent each. However, we're seeing the opposite pattern for those who end up in hospital, where only 20 percent are under the age of 30, but 54 percent are over the age of 50. 