Just a few weeks ago, The Journal Sentinel placed an editorial titled "Worst of COVID-19 may be over." Well, by the end of that week, the CDC was releasing information that the virus is ramping up once again, and now the new variant, BA.5, is the one that is escalating. In fact, in just one week in July, BA.5 was reported to comprise 80 percent of all new infections, up from 67 percent from the week before.