From Worldometer (new deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
Sept 9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82
Oct 21 1225 6849 571 703 85
Nov 11 1479 10178 564 550 60
25 2304 12025 620 518 118
Dec 1 2611 11891 697 500 109
29 3398 13791 1075 285 497
30 3880 14748 1224 299 465
Jan 5 3499 13106 1186 265 513
6 4100 14581 1266 221 392
7 4207 14812 1455 234 441
Summary:
- Well, the COVID-19 numbers reached another all-time high.
- World:
- new cases 833,856
- new deaths 14,812
- U.S.:
- new cases 279,154
- new deaths 4,207
- with 4% the global population, the USA had 33% of all new cases
- with 4% the global population, the USA had 28% of all new deaths
- China had 63 new cases and no new deaths.
- Singapore had 33 new cases and no new deaths.
- Australia had 10 new cases and no new deaths.
- Taiwan had 3 new cases and no new deaths.
- New Zealand had 2 new cases and no new deaths.
- The Diamond Princess had no new cases and no new deaths. Of course, the passengers and crew left the ship in March.
- The pattern of cruise line announcements has been updates, which keep delaying scheduled departures.
- Some lines are planning to resume in the Spring, many by the Summer, and the rest that remain solvent in the Fall.
- Last time I checked, the Diamond Princess was moored off Singapore.
- Best for these companies to only allow cruises to begin after the crew and passengers all have a certified card showing the completion of two vaccinations 14 days before boarding.
- But back to the pandemic, next week could actually get worse because the holiday stimulus penalty will reach a maximum.
- There will hopefully begin to be a decline by the time Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20.
- After that into the summer the vaccinations should kick-in to approach ultimate herd immunity.
- The pandemic should be over by the end of the year, if not earlier.
I got a scare last night.
- To begin, I took my Moderna shot at 10AM on Wednesday.
- Ten hours later, my body temperature rose to 99F, which on the surface looks almost normal.
- However, these thermal scans they use these days tend to read at least 1.5 F too low. Therefore I could well have had a temperature elevation of close to 2 F.
- By 10AM Thursday morning, my temperature dropped to 97.2 F, where it normally is, using the 15 Craigside infrared thermographic system, as I've now been doing daily for 10 months.
When I went to sleep at 10PM last (Thursday) night, I felt fine.
- I awoke at midnight with a serious sore throat. This would be 38 hours after inoculation.
- My fear was that this was the onset of a cold or flu...or this novel coronavirus.
- Some of us think worst case scenario when totally unwarranted. After all I just took the vaccine the day before.
- After going to the bathroom, I had difficulty sleeping.
- An hour later it seemed that the soreness of the throat had declined, but I fell asleep not really sure what was happening.
- I woke at 5AM and the sore throat was gone. There might have been a slight fever, but that could have been imagined.
- I did try to get my temperature taken, but my thermometer apparently has a battery, and I need a new one.
So I'm writing this at 8AM, 46 hours after taking that shot. I don't feel 100%, but am fully functional.
This has been a memorable weak, but even more so when you consider that the 30-year mortgage rate yesterday dropped to an all-time low of 2.65%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been flirting with exceeding the 30,606 set on the final day last year. However, this won't happen today, as it appears that the U.S. Congress won't be adding any more stimulus funds at the time.
Let me end this Friday with a few interesting tidbits one person in particular sends me still on my desktop, starting with a moving sculpture:
Conformation of a human skeleton:
Bonsai with relaxing sounds to end your week:
-
Comments
Post a Comment