As written by Alan Smith, from  biglaps :   COVID Is Likely Back with Current High Levels in These States: Check If One of Them Is Yours The Centers for Disease Control can determine if any viruses are circulating and spreading various locations by testing sewage water.  Thirteen states in particular show very high COVID activity. The five highest levels of COVID is now  Ohio, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Nebraska . The next 8 are  Montana, Maine, Arkansas, West Virginia, Michigan, New Hampshire, Kansas and Indiana. Whew, Hawaii is not included.  In March, we  begin another adventure through Las Vegas, Denver, Memphi, so that we can catch an American Cruise Line ship to New Orleans, then New York City, where we will board a Viking ship to Toronto, rail to Vancouver, and get back home to Honolulu.  Don't see any state on the above two lists.  Whew.  However, COVID has a way of suddenly appearing, so we'll need t...

But first, something more about  gold,  a metal I featured yesterday in this blog.  Well, after hitting an all-time high of $5,594.82/ounce, settled at $5,149.99/oz, 4% lower today.  However, spot prices still up 19% for January and 3.6% this week. I should add that silver is also jumping high, then similarly dropping 6% to $108.84/ounce, after reaching $121.64/oz.  This metal has surged more than 50% this year.  Finally, platinum, too, is following the same path, hitting a record high of $2,918.80/oz on Monday, then falling 1.7% to $2,650/oz. We are 10 days to the start of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.  Everything you need to know about these Olympics : Will run from February 6 through 22. Venues will include Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Valtellina, Val di Fiemme and Anterselva. Remember that Italy is 6 hours ahead of New York, 9 hours from Los Angeles and 11 hours from Honolulu. Opening Ceremony. February 6. Milano San Siro Olympic Stadiu...