This is the message that I intended to send shortly into this new year. My wife is great at helping me stay grounded and she always encourages me to try to look at the silver lining when bad things happen. The unwillingness or inability of those in charge of our public health policies to follow the science has prompted me to repeatedly try to correct their disinformation. This has generally made me feel very pessimistic for much of the past two years. However, when I look back over this time period there are some great things that have happened that I feel are worth celebrating. Here is the partial list that helped me usher in 2022 on a much more positive note than 2020 and 2021.