--- title: What You Missed At The End Of The Year | Five To Save description: It's a new year, and we figured you might need a break. image: https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/FTS%20-%202021%20blog.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/what-you-missed-at-the-end-of-the-year-five-to-save#main-content) [![Group 1211](https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/Group%201211.png)](https://www.z5inventory.com) - [Solutions](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions) - [Z5 Count](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-1) - [Z5 Fixed Asset](https://www.z5inventory.com/solution/fixedassetcount) - [Z5 Analytics](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0) - [Z5 Optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-0) - [Who We Serve](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2022) - Company - [About Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact-2021) - [Contact Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact) - [Careers](https://www.z5inventory.com/careers) - [Blog](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog) - [Login](https://prod.z5development.com/) # What You Missed At The End Of The Year | Five To Save [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) 1/5/2021 ![The Z5 Piggy Bank is wearing 2021 New Year's glasses.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%202021%20blog.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%202021%20blog.jpg) If you're like us, you hit Mark Read on all the news emails that came in while you were out - whether you were out the entire holiday season or just over the weekend. So we've got you covered. No need to waste time wading through the news you've missed because you've been busy taking care of the whole world (and occasionally yourself). We found the five articles that you'll need to catch up this week. (Technically that's what we do in every Five To Save, but this time it feels special.)  1. While we [won't have super accurate COVID-19 case numbers](https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/deadliest-month-yet-pandemic-regional-again-dec-23) for a while - other than knowing that they're high, even compared to the rest of 2020 - the Washington Post does, at least, have a [constantly updated counter of vaccinations](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/). 2. Speaking of vaccinations, they're going to be difficult to find in areas where [pharmacies are not within walking distance](https://www.businessinsider.com/poor-communities-of-color-worry-being-overlooked-covid-19-vaccine-2020-12). That usually means poorer areas. 3. And rural areas are going to have a hard time finding healthcare this year, partially because [rural hospitals closed at an alarming rate](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/32-hospitals-have-filed-for-bankruptcy-this-year.html) last year, and partially because [rural healthcare workers are leaving](https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950861977/toxic-individualism-pandemic-politics-driving-health-care-workers-from-small-tow). 4. On the individual healthcare worker level, a few stories jumped out: 1. A Black doc died of COVID-19 because of, she claimed, [racism in the administration of healthcare](https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90412). 2. A Beth Israel [nurse tried to source PPE](https://www.propublica.org/article/a-nurse-bought-protective-supplies-for-her-colleagues-using-gofundme-the-hospital-suspended-her) for her colleagues. She was suspended.  3. A pharmacist [purposely damaged doses of coronavirus vaccines](https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/prosecutor-advocate-aurora-pharmacist-thought-vaccine-was-unsafe) because of a conspiracy theory.  5. And (as if you needed more to worry about) the WHO says that [the coronavirus crisis isn't "the big one."](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/world/who-covid-pandemic-big.html)  - -   Part of us wishes we'd just stayed home. And, literally, as many people as possible should still be doing that. Metaphorically, though, if we check out, that doesn't help anybody stay safe or get better.  So let's make 2021 the year of showing up.    [new year](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/new-year) [2020](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/2020) [coronavirus](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/coronavirus) [covid-19](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/covid-19) [vaccines](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/vaccines) [healthcare supply chain](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-supply-chain) [medical supply chain tracking software](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/medical-supply-chain-tracking-software) [service system for hospital inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/service-system-for-hospital-inventory) [inventory management system](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/inventory-management-system) [management of hospital inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/management-of-hospital-inventory) [2021](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/2021) ## Leave a Comment ## Related Posts ### [11/24/2020 News To Be Thankful For | An Only-Good-News Edition Of Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/news-to-be-thankful-for-an-only-good-news-edition-of-five-to-save) ### [8/17/2021 Statistics You Can Use To Stay Positive During a Prolonged Pandemic | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/statistics-you-can-use-to-stay-positive-during-a-prolonged-pandemic-five-to-save) ### [5/25/2021 Masks, Vaccines, and Remote Work: Who Needs Them? | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/masks-vaccines-and-remote-work-who-needs-them-five-to-save) ![Group 1212](https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/Group%201212.png) Z5 Inventory was founded with the purpose of saving health care providers nationwide from expiring product, empowering them to Count, Reallocate, and Buy their inventory all in one place. - [Solutions](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions) - [Z5 Count](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-1) - [Z5 Analytics](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0) - [Z5 Optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-0) - Company - [About Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact-2021) - [Contact Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact) - [Careers](https://www.z5inventory.com/careers) - [Blog](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.z5inventory.com/privacy-policy) - [Get The App](https://www.z5inventory.com/platform) - [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/z5-count/id1557711721) - [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.z5inventory&gl=US) - [Dashboard Login](https://prod.z5development.com/) © 2026 All rights reserved. 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