Depending on when you define the point in time where SARS-CoV-2 entered the population of humans, the COVIDcrisis has extended for about three years- in contrast to the two year long “1918 Swine Flu” epidemic involving a different RNA respiratory virus attributed to causing over 50 million deaths world wide. As of January 31, 2023, there have been 6,812,798 cumulative deaths from COVID-19 per the WHO.