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 22 2228 9326 839 279 124
Oct 6 2102 8255 543 315 59
Nov 3 1436 7830 186 458 23
Dec 1 1633 8475 266 477 28
Jan 7 2025 6729 148 285 140
Feb 2 2990 12012 946 991 175
Mar 2 1778 7756 335 173 28
Apr 1 439 4056 290 52 12
May 5 225 2404 151 ? 64
12 222 1995 136 9 21
19 201 1801 115 20 31
26 217 1528 136 14 49
June 2 216 1413 130 10 31
9 195 1526 148 24 24
15 305 1382 289 11 26
23 266 1650 346 ? 7
29 326 1608 294 39 19
Summary: This pandemic is just not going away.
- The USA was back into six-digits for new cases yesterday: 100,257.
- But we are #3 to Germany with 132,671 and France at 124,724.
- Note that on a new cases/million population basis:
- Germany 1574
- France 1902
- USA 299
- Italy 1576
- Greece 1565
- Australia 1489
- New Zealand 1612
- Taiwan 1758
- Singapore 1592
- South Korea 206
- Japan 137
- Hawaii 489
- In the Americas, we seem reasonably okay (compared to last week):
- USA +5%
- Canada +35%
- Mexico +65%
- Honduras +186%
- Europe is still in bad shape, having increased in cases by 43% during the past week.
- Albania +111%
- Bosnia/Hezgovina +89%
- Czechia +89%
- Poland +81%
- Germany +62%
- France +57%
- Italy +52%
- Planning a trip to Europe?
- Even though the Continent is having outbreaks all over the place, just about all travel restrictions have been lifted, and tourism is returning with a flourish.
- There are some vague reservations which you can attempt to understand here.
- Asia actually dropped 6% during the past week.
- Singapore +62%
- Hong Kong +44%
- Japan +11%
- Thailand +8%
- South Korea +3%
- Taiwan -21%
- Planning on a trip to the Orient?
- So far, only tour groups can visit Japan. Japan Times reports that there is anticipation of opening up soon, and there might even be a "revenge tourist" mentality once this occurs.
- For South Korea, you need to be up to date with vaccination. Not much said about boosters.
- Travel to Hong Kong and China not advised today.
- Thailand remains generally open if vaccinated, but visas are required from some countries.
- Singapore is open, but remains iffy on actual entering policy,
- Australia allowed tourist travel from February, and the country is still generally open, except for several local restrictions.
- New Zealand does not allow tourists today.
- Voted 6-3 on West Virgina et al v. the EPA to limit the EPA authority to set climate standards for power plants. This will significant rile up environmentalists and much of the white urban community.
- How many of you knew that the Administrator of the EPA is Michael Regan, like Ketanji Jackson, the first Black person to serve in those roles?
- They voted 5-4 (Kavanaugh and Roberts voted with the liberals) to allow President Biden more flexibility in dealing with immigrants from the south.
- Hurricane Grace.
- A massive low pressure system.
- Causing up to 100 foot waves.
- Sinking the 70-foot Andrea Gail.
I thought it was an eventful film, but Rotten Tomatoes only gave it 47/63 ratings.
- Gun Rights
- Not only did the Supreme Court expand gun rights, but yesterday in a 6-3 vote threw out several lower court rulings that had upheld bans on assault-style and high capacity ammunition magazines.
- The 14th Amendment is the problem, applying what was the situation 156 years ago to what is the reality today.
- Abortion and Women's Rights
- Also a 14th amendment issue, but this one taking back a woman's right to abortion.
- Immigration is also linked to the 14th amendment.
- Green Rights
- By restricting the EPA from combating global warming, the Supreme Court tampered with the Fifth Amendment guaranteeing citizens the right to life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
- What happened was that the Trump administration had restricted the EPA from acting, and the Supreme Court agreed with him.
- First of all, you won't change the minds of most Trump advocates and die-hard Republicans. They watch the Fox News Channel and will merrily march to the poll, almost expecting to win.
- What the above will influence are:
- 2% of Republicans and 5% of independents pissed off about that gun rights issue to switch their vote from a Republican to a Democrat.
- 5% of Republicans and 10% of Independents really ticked off about Rowe v. Wade so that the Congress can pass some abortion legislation to return this form of women's rights. Or maybe fiddle with the filibuster rule to add two more associate justices.
- 10% of Hispanics who now feel better about immigration, which historically has been supported by Democrats.
- 5% of Republicans and 10% of Independents concerned about global climate warming to more seriously think about voting for a Democrat over a Republican.
- 5% of Republicans and 10% of Independents who are patriotic with high morals to vote against any Trump-supported candidate. The Trump more fumes and insults, the more Democrats will get elected. Just look at the Georgia run-off for the U.S. Senate.
- Of course you can't add those numbers up, for some, if not many, happen to support some or all of those categories. However, most elections are won by less than 10% of the votes cast. All Democrats need is for 5-10% of Republicans/Independents to either not vote or vote for a Democrat over a Republican.
I'm showing the following today to help me lose weight. I am served too many cucumbers every day where I live. I'm getting tired of them. But eating more can help control my weight. So for me:
Tropical Cyclone Two still in the Caribbean will cross into the Pacific Ocean and could well become a hurricane:
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