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
June 2 216 1413 130 10 31
July 7 320 1958 297 38 9
Aug 4 311 2138 258 70 ?
10 429 2400 254 53 ?
11 290 1994 173 49 ?
17 461 2502 246 72 ?
18 264 1950 202 ? ?
24 369 2140 190 36 2
Summary:
- Our pandemic is not improving.
- Worst new deaths/day (new deaths/million population in parentheses)
- #1 USA 369 (1.1)
- #2 Japan 317 (3.0)
- #3 Brazil 190 (0.9)
- "Only" seven countries had at least a hundred new deaths, three of them from Europe: Germany, Italy and Hungary.
- Worst new deaths/day per million population.
- #1 Island of Man (23)
- #2 Barbados (17)
- #3 Hungary (11)
- #7 Japan (3)
- #8 New Zealand (3)
- #11 UK (2)
- #13 Australia (2)
- USA (1.1)
- #23 S. Korea (1)
- #31 Taiwan (0.8)
- #38 Thailand (0.4)
- #43 Singapore (0.3)
- #52 Sweden (0.1)
- #58 S. Africa (0.03)
- World (0.027)
- #109 China (0.0003)
- Worst new cases/day per million population
- #1 Marshall Islands 7145
- #2 Montserrat 2801
- #3 S. Korea 2709
- #9 Japan 1546
- #10 Hungary 1534
- #11 Taiwan 1193
- #16 New Zealand 655
- #18 Australia 587
- #19 Germany 583
- #24 Singapore 445
- USA 243
- #63 UAE (Dubai) 59
- #73 Thailand 28
- World 10
- #88 S. Africa 4
- #108 China 0.3
Oh well, Hawaii's outbreak seems now to be on the decline, for until recently, we were the worst state in the union. Now, we are only a bit above the national average in both new cases/day and new deaths/day. Otherwise, we are among the most healthiest states.
For example, according to the World Health Organization, Hawaii is the third healthiest state, next to #1 Vermont and #2 Massachusetts. We are also #3 to #1 Colorado and #2 Massachusetts in obesity rate. Colorado is at 24.2%, still kind of high, but Mississippi, the worst, is at 39.7%.
- But it can be worse, with the top ten sites all Pacific Islands, Nauru at the top with 61%.
- The U.S. average is 36%, the #12 highest in the world.
- Vietnam is the lowest at 2%, a representation more about culture than economy. Many of the bottom ten are poor, like #2 Bangladesh and #3 Timor Leste. However, in this list is Japan at 4.3% and South Korea at 4.7%.
In a recently released poll by Boston University, their well-being index showed Massachusetts at #1, with Hawaii at #2. Mississippi was at the bottom, with Trump-states monopolizing them.
The Commonwealth Fund analyzed how the U.S. did during the pandemic. Using 56 measures, they placed Hawaii and Massachusetts at the top, with Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia at the bottom. Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor Josh Green was the local voice of this disease, and his reputation was built to become our next governor. While he spent full-time as LG, he also worked as an emergency room doctor.
Finally, want to live a long life? Come to Hawaii, for we have the highest life expectancy at birth of 80.7 years. #2 was Washington at 79.2 years and #3 Minnesota at 79.1 years. Lowest? You guessed it, Mississippi at 71.9 years. Further, in the first year of this pandemic, our national life expectancy declined in all states, with Hawaii the lowest with 0.2 years and New York the highest with 3.0 years. Further, For those 65 years old, you would be expected to live 16 years if you live in Mississippi, but 21 years for those in Hawaii.
Interestingly enough, more recent data show the following in life expectancy:
- #1 Hawaii 80.9
- #2 California 80.9
- #3 New York 80.7
- #50 West Virginia 74.5
- #51 Mississippi 74.4
So come to Hawaii if you want to live longer.
What about some other categories? I made a quick search, and noted that Thrillist ranks Hawaii as the second most beautiful state, to California at #1. Actually, Mississippi only ranks #45. The worst? Kansas at #50. Next? Indiana at #49. Other sources had states like Utah, Florida and Oregon at the top. Hawaii is always soon to follow. Of course, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so variation would be expected. I didn't try this but if I take the top ten reviews and averaged where each state placed, I would be surprised if Hawaii did not end up #1 in beauty.
Well, what about weather? World Population Review has California at #1 and Hawaii at #2. However, The Hill has Honolulu at #1, Los Angeles #2, Long Beach #3, San Diego#4, Lihue #5, Kahului #6 and Tampa #7.
I now travel only to safe places. I have written off Paris, Milan, anything in Africa and just about all of Central and South America. Where do Hawaii cities rank? Well, don't see any.
On the other hand, these are boutique places, and throughout the world you will find havens of safety. From Wikipedia, I saw a list that has the following in crime rate/100,000 people. New York City a safe 1987 and San Francisco a dangerous 6917?
- #1 Irvine, California 1381
- #5 Plano, Texas 1892
- #6 New York City, New York 1987
- #10 Tampa, Florida 2218
- #11 San Diego, California 2220
- #20 Boise, Idaho 2742
- #27 Honolulu, Hawaii 3054
- #29 Los Angeles, California 3332
- #33 Las Vegas, Nevada 3405
- #42 Reno, Nevada 3767
- #57 Chicago, Illinois 4382
- #71 District of Columbia 5102
- #76 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5442
- #81 Seattle, Washington 5912
- #86 Portland, Oregon 6240
- #94 San Francisco, California 6917
Finally, YouGov recently asked 77,000 people whether they think the people in their state tend to be more rude or more polite than most Americans.
- The rudest is Rhode Island, where 42% said they were the worst. Only 9% said their population is unusually polite.
- Massachusetts was the second worse, where 40% thought the people in their state were Massholes.
- Hawaii was easily the best.
A few years ago, Travelzoo Inc. indicated that Florida and California beat out Hawaii as the friendliest destinations for travelers. However, Honolulu was ranked as the friendliest city, with New York City #2, New Orleans #3, Las Vegas #4 and Boston #5.
WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN HAWAII
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