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
31 1115 12301 3950 458 58
April 6 906 11787 4211 631 37
May 4 853 13667 3025 3786 59
26 607 12348 2399 3842 101
June 1 287 10637 2346 3205 95
30 249 8505 2127 991 383
July 7 251 8440 1595 817 411
28 483 10136 1366 641 520
Aug 3 516 10057 1238 561 555
4 656 10120 1118 532 423
10 657 10078 1183 468 189
11 1055 10574 985 511 384
Summary:
- Oh my, the USA is going off the charts:
- We had 158,127 new cases yesterday, with #2 Brazil at 41,017.
- Highest number of new deaths since March.
- Israel had 7943 new cases, but that calculates to 854/million. The USA? "Only" 475/million.
What's happening to Israel? First, their policies seemed to be working,
so they loosened up social restrictions. They have a vaccination rate of around 80%, and we just recently reached 50%. Second, they were early with vaccinations. But they found out that the Pfizer vaccine's efficacy dropped in half in a few months, then down to
39%. So they became the first to start booster injections. It's becoming clear why the White House suddenly ordered the same. We don't want to become the next Israel.
Three fears are growing.
- These vaccines might need to be regularly taken, and annually is not enough.
- Plus, it would be ideal to have them taken nasally. For one, this virus spreads through the nose. People are more apt to get boosted if it is not another injection.
- We will never reach herd immunity with the Delta variant unless medical science can find a better vaccine.
Ray Kamada sent me a link to
Michael Tsai (
left), a retired virus researcher who blogs through
Quora. Whether the following is medically sound is not known, but Tsai's citing of valid sources indicates that the information he provides is worthy of note.
Read the entire presentation here, beginning with the most recent:
Virus researcher at Harvard Medical School in 1980s5h ago Vaccine effectiveness in preventing both infection and symptomatic disease fell to 64% since June 6, the Health Ministry said. At the same time the vaccine was 93% effective in preventing hospitalizations and serious illness from the coronavirus.
Here are are a couple of graphics which sort of explain themselves:
Also, Israel has developed a COVID-19 rapid recovery drug.
One item of entertainment you've all seen before:
You say, must be some video editing involved. Nope, read this.
Finally, as you know, I have been eating a lot of vegetables. Yesterday, I walked on the Ted Makalena Golf Course. On the way home, to celebrate the success of my diet, I dropped by Zippy's to get their chili-rice bowl, then did something I've been planning to do for decades...try Jollibee's chicken. I've passed that restaurant on North King Street a thousand times and never stopped. At home I weighed myself and for the first time in a third of a century saw a number below 150...149.6. So this zany fast food shopping extravagance was justified. My meal was international: chicken from the Philippines, chili-rice from Hawaii, Tabasco from Louisiana and beer from Japan.
Note that I added a salad and threw away the french fries. I did consume more rice than I normally do in one week. I might finally add that the Jollibee gravy is exceptional.
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Fred is dissipating; Grace is now a hurricane, today made landfall over the Yucatan, and will re-become a hurricane in the Gulf, then make a second hit between Tampico and Veracruz; while Henri seems poised to become one, but should remain at sea.
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