Lausanne is a city that can be quite photogenic, and one of my favorite areas for taking photos is the Ouchy area. This area has stunning views of the lake with the Alps in the background. A couple of weeks ago I took this photo of the Éole sculpture created by Clelia Bettua in 1995.

After a long wait, I was finally able to get an appointment today for the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. I still need to wait another month, but having a spot in the queue is such a relief! I was curious about which countries have the highest vaccination rate (using data from Our World in Data) and I realized that Gibraltar has almost all the adult population inoculated.

I know the situation is bad in India nowadays, so I really hope that at some point most of the countries will be able to have the same numbers as Gibraltar, or the USA for that matter. The new administration definitely did wonders there!

I wish you all a very happy year 2021. I hope that this year comes with good health, vaccinations that will end the pandemic, and a return to that normality where it is possible to travel again.

Last week I went out at lunchtime to do a little walk to the lake that is quite close to my home office setting. Although the day was quite cold, the sun reflecting on Lake Geneva created a beautiful view that I captured in the photo you can see above.

The number of cases of covid-19 in Switzerland increased dramatically in November, reaching more than 10,000 at the beginning of the month, which forced the cantonal and federal authorities to take strict measures to prevent contagion.

One of the main differences with respect to the wave that occurred during the spring time is that the number of hospitalizations has increased significantly as can be seen in the graph above. We hope that those measures taken by the authorities will help to control this new peak. Of course everybody has to do their part: #wearamask.

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