Have we learned the lessons of 2020, and are we using those experiences to help guide us as we near the end of 2021?The question is about how we as a country manage our desire to enjoy the traditional year-end celebrations and to do so in a way that is safe and allows us to be alive and healthy in 2022.There has been subdued celebration of the fact that the island’s positivity rate for COVID-19 infections was in the four-percentile range.We at Barbados TODAY, like every citizen and entity in this country, are breathing a sigh of relief that our COVID-19 infection rate seems to be heading in the right direction. Though it is not at the level of single digits we experienced in the early part of the last quarter of 2020, it is still welcome news, nonetheless.We are pleased with the falling incidents of confirmed infections. We, however, cannot but feel a bit of anxiety despite the reassurance that the country’s infection rate is on a downward trajectory.