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VERI PERI: Color for 2020

                               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
Mar     2        1989      9490        1726       110      194
April   6          906     11787         4211       631       37
May    4         853     13667         3025     3786      59 
June   1         287    10637         2346      3205       95
 July   7          251      8440        1595        817      411
Aug    4          656    10120        1118         532     423 
Sept   1        1480    10470          703        505      235
        22       2228      9326          839        279      124
        29        2190      8859         643        309      108
Oct    5        1811       7495          686        285     103
          6        2102       8255         543        315       59
        12        1819       7544         201        249        37 
        19        2005      7528         401        160        80 
        27       1594       8671         433        734        62 
Nov   3        1436       7830        186        458        23
        10        1493      8366         264        362        48
        17        1416       8440         374        470         11
Dec    1        1633      8475         266        477        28 
          8        1324       7894         231        159        36
        16         1690      8233         227        343       54

Summary:

  • Wow, the highest number of new deaths in the U.S. in two months.  Russia had 1142 new deaths as #2 and Poland #3 with 669.
  • We also had 136,590 new cases.  #2 was the UK with 78,610 and #3 France with 65,713.
  • However, in terms of per million population:
    • New deaths
      • USA  5.1
      • Russia  7.8
      • Poland  17.6
    • New cases
      • USA  409
      • UK  1149
      • France  1003
  • Thinking of going to Europe on a river cruise, or maybe in March for the Dutch tulips?  Don't.  Europe is now the pandemic epicenter.  Of course, the middle of March is still three months away, and Crystal river cruises from Amsterdam are available for about 50% off in April.  The Netherlands yesterday had the following numbers:
    • New deaths/million  2.4  (lower than the U.S.)
    • New cases/million  792  (much higher than the U.S., and growing)

From the New York Times this morning:  South Africa had 26,389 new cases yesterday, so the exponential rise is continuing:

According to Dr. Muge Cevik of the University of St. Andrews:

One reason that Omicron seems to spread so quickly is that it causes more cases among the vaccinated than earlier variants, although they are likely to be mild. “There will be a lot of breakthrough cases,” Dr. Jennifer Lighter (left), an epidemiologist at N.Y.U. Langone Health, told me:  The only thing I am sure of is that Omicron will spread so quickly through the population, making it likely impossible to contain even with the most stringent measures and giving us very little time over the next few weeks. So get your vaccines and boosters!

About 15% of adult Americans remain unvaccinated.  More and more evidence is beginning to appear, though, that Omicron is less likely to cause serious illness.  One study showed that Omicron replicated itself less efficiently than Delta inside the lungs.

Cancellations and postponements are increasing:

  • Broadway shows:  Hamilton, Harry Potter, Tina, Mrs. Doubtfire, Ain't Too Proud and Freestyle Love Supreme.
  • Events on college campuses.
  • Schools are more and more returning to online teaching.
  • Professional sports are postponing games.  So far the Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns NFL game tomorrow is still scheduled to go.  Browns have at least 8 players with a positive test.  Important for me because I selected the Raiders defense for the first week of the ESPN Fantasy playoffs.  No game, no points.

Now to more important things.  The Pantone Color of the Year for 2022 is Very Peri, a periwinkle blue, supposedly to inspire confidence and curiosity.  From Conde Nast Traveler, Veri Peri can be found in Icelandic lupines, Johannesburg Jacarandas, French lavender and the Grand Sand Dunes of Colorado:




From the Huffington Post, Veri Peri attire.  Some were more provocative.  Above, a Camila Coelho Paulina Top, reduced from $138 to $97.

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Typhoon Rai (interesting that my hurricane section uses a color close to Veri Peri) made landfall over Mindanao as a Category 4 and will continue to Vietnam as a Category 2.  However, there will be a northward turn, heading toward Hainan, then Hong Kong:

Why are we still getting major ocean storms and tornadoes in December?  Turns out that the most severe tornadoes in the U.S. occur in December and January.  But hurricanes don't form in cold winter seas.  The West/South Pacific does not get as cold as the Atlantic and West Pacific.  Yet, a Category 4 on December 17 is unusual.
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