Five Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish

09:57

Last flu season in the US, 400,000 people were hospitalized and 22,000 died. This year so far: only 165 hospitalizations. Covid precautions, flu shots, and kids staying home all contributed to almost nonexistent flu season. [npr.org]

There's a pink pineapple now because of Instagram. "'Don't Worry About a Filter,' the Pinkglow(TM) website tells us. 'We Grew It.'" [growbyginkgo.com]

This recent book is right up my alley: Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations. [bookshop.org]

"Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer." Presumably once those trials are done & approved, a large supply of vaccine will be available immediately for them. [nytimes.com]

City Guesser: try to guess the cities in which short video clips were taken. I love these types of games...I played this for way too long. [virtualvacation.us]

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