Our good luck as applied to COVID-19 is remarkable

As I am writing this on Thursday, May 14, there may be changes in the COVID-19 situation in the District of Algoma by the time you get to read this.
But at the moment I think we are remarkably lucky to have gotten to this point with only 17 of 5,524 tested showing positive results and none of the 17 being required to go on ventilators, self-isolation doing the job.
However, I should note that of the 5,524 tests administered, as of this writing 341 results are still pending.
And I also should not