In North Texas local health officials are predicting the Omicron cases will rise until the end of the month. But now that more people are using at home COVID tests, they won't know exactly how many cases are out there. Counties are starting to set up self-reporting websites that give enough information for follow-up and contact tracing. Trouble is, it's only in English. I'm not heading into the fray the day after the peak, but it's good to know there is an end in sight. But during this pandemic in my county alone in Texas there have been nearly a half-million cases and over 5,000 deaths. That's the population of a small town. That's the crash of 10 full super-sized jetliners. If it happened all at once I think everyone would be shocked. It would be nice if the doubters could be shocked into getting the vaccines. That would be 25% of the adult population in the US.