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From Worldometer (new  COVID-19 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    25     2304    12025        620        518      118
Dec    30     3880    14748      1224        299      465
Jan     14      4142     15512        1151         189      712              
Feb      3      4005    14265       1209       107      398
          25       2414    10578        1582       119      144
Mar     2       1989     9490        1726        110      194
          17        1289      9736        2736       171       74
          24         936   10206        3158       277       55
          25        1405   10470        2244       249     121
          26        1165   10331        2639        257     163 
          30          873  10854        3668       355      78
          31         1115   12301         3950       458      58
April   1           952   11772         3673       468       51

Summary:  

  • No doubt now that the World has entered into a fourth wave of new deaths/day.
  • Interestingly enough, while new cases per day has risen a bit in the USA, most of these new cases are not any longer old people, who got vaccinated.  Thus the daily death rate has remained somewhat constant.  Still too high, but not a fourth wave.

From the New York Times:

Good morning. Travel is ticking back up, and “vaccine passports” could play a big role.


Countries are approaching travel differently. The Biden administration has said that it will leave the development of a vaccine passport in the U.S. to the private sector. At least 17 initiatives are underway, The Washington Post reported.

What a shame.  The World should agree to a universal travel passport to totally replace those booklet passports, driver's license, etc.

China has already introduced its own digital certificate, which shows a person’s vaccine and testing history, and South Korea recently announced it would issue vaccine passports to immunized citizens using a mobile app.  

In Israel, a possible vision of the postpandemic future is on display. More than half of Israelis have received both vaccine shots, and cases have dropped by 90 percent. The economy has reopened with help from a “Green Pass,” an entry ticket to society.

If you’re looking for more answers about vaccine passports, read Tariro’s article. And here’s what you need to know about the simple white cards you get after receiving a vaccine.  

Why is the USA always so far behind these days?  Do you know what the Biden Administration is doing about getting more people (at this point 30% still won't) to get vaccinated.  They are using TV ads to encourage citizens to be inoculated.  They should work closely with churches, restaurants, the sports/travel/entertainment industries and such to together indicate that those who don't get vaccinated won't be allowed into their temples of worship or enjoyment.  Yes, this is almost un-American.  But a pandemic is like war.

Wait a minute!  Amazingly enough, the CDC just announced that fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested or enter quarantine.  However, in their current state of abundant caution, they still don't know what to do about international travel.

I'm again either deleting or including here everything I have on my desktop in anticipation of a new home computer next week.





In addition to Germany, six other European countries pretty much subsidize college costs, mostly Scandinavian, which is socialistic.  However, the average cost of college in the U.S. is $25,000/year.  Who can afford that?

Did you know that the Hubble Telescope, the one that found all those extrasolar planets, is as big as a bus?


Did you know Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?


Also:
  • The longest street in the world, 1,178 miles.
  • The largest coastline in the world, 125,567 miles.
  • Their police gives out "positive tickets," and cut down youth crime by 41%
  • The people eat more donuts/capita.  Kraft Dinner is the top-selling grocery item.
    • But they are not doing too well in terms of obesity, at #26 and 29.4%
    • However, the USA is #12 at 36.2%.
    • Worst?  Nauru at 61%.  The top ten are all in Polynesia.
  • Their official phone number is 1-800-o-canada.
  • Santa lives there, and the country responds to all letters sent to the North Pole.




If you got this in your e-mail and believed it, nope, turns out that this acronym is fake news:


I also doubt Obama actually said this:




What if Peak Oil suddenly came?


How close is this future take-out restaurant?


Each item costs $7.50, and there already is a restaurant in Boston, Spyce.  Three years ago they got $21 million in funding from investment funds and chefs.

From Sweden, the future of stairs:


For old people like me:


Haircuts:



Dekanta just announced its Whisky of the Year...Hibiki 30.  Of course, you need to be fairly wealthy:
These two remind me of my life today:



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