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 ?
Sep 1 272 1732 39 ? ?
Oct 6 281 1305 119 9 ?
12 322 1254 60 12 ?
Summary:
- The USA had the most number of new COVID-19 deaths yesterday, followed by Germany, Russia, Hungary and Italy.
- In new deaths/million population:
- #1 Hungary 11
- #2 Martinique 8
- #3 Germany, Taiwan, Czechia, Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania 2
- #9 Italy, USA, Hong Kong, Slovenia, Serbia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Slovakia 1
- Germany had the most number of new cases with 145,213, followed by France 67,948, Taiwan, Italy, Japan and the USA 35,331.
- In new cases/million population:
- #1 Martinique 3235
- #2 Taiwan 2189
- #3 Austria 2029
- #4 Germany 1721
- #5 Singapore 1614
- #11 France 1036
- #16 South Korea 594
- #17 Japan 362
- #31 USA 105
- #37 Australia 50
- #41 UAE 33
- #59 South Africa 6
- #80 China 0.3
- World 66
- Mortality rate yesterday:
- World 0.24%
- USA 0.9%
- Germany 0.12%
- Japan 0.12%
- S. Korea 0.05%
- Why is the USA' mortality rate so high?
- Deaths generally come around two weeks after being infected, so to just use the new deaths and new cases of yesterday is not quite correct.
- Two days ago, the USA mortality rate was 0.6%, so for some reason, we seem to be much higher than other countries.
- In the 2018/19 flu season, the U.S. had a mortality rate of 0.1%.
- The mortality rate of COVID-19 is nearly the same of the flu in Japan and Germany, while S. Korea's COVID mortality rate is half that of the seasonal flu.
- I don't know why our COVID-19 mortality rate is so high.
- The New York Times showed the following graphs, with the USA being the dark line, where details can be found HERE.
- One speculation is that our mortality rate is so high is that we have fallen behind in vaccinations and boosters. Again, the dark line is us, and details HERE. And, yes, you can blame Republicans for this. Plus, compared to other countries, our elders and those obese especially fall in this category.
- If you divide the total COVID deaths by the total cases, the mortality rates are:
- World 1.0%
- USA 1.1%
- Brazil 2.0%
- Germany 0.4%
- Japan 0.2%
- S. Korea 0.1% (in other words, from the beginning of this pandemic to today, the mortality of rate of COVID and the seasonal flu is equal in this country)
- My sense of what has happened is that someday, the mortality rates of the seasonal flu and COVID will be about equal once people are vaccinated and boosted. The annual flu shot from next fall will incorporate this coronavirus.
- Why Japan and S. Korea have so low a COVID mortality rate is that they were able to prevent infections during the first year, and got caught by the more contagious Omicron variant and subvariants AFTER VACCINATIONS became widespread.
- Should you be worried? Not really.
- Less than 100 total cases in 2022.
- Only one case so far this year in U.S.
- Females don't seem to get infected.
- Most of the cases are men who had sex with other men.
- Is not as contagious as COVID.
- While there are no treatments if you get it, there are two monkeypox vaccines.
- I showed a couple of photos that were difficult to view, and I think more than anything else, similar hideous graphics had an effect. Here is final mild one.
- As of a week ago there were 14,000 world cases and 5 deaths from monkeypox.
- In the past monkeypox had a 5% mortality rate. However, this time it was only 0.04%.
So what has happened since then? The New York Times this morning showed the following graph:
- The demographic was limited to gay and bisexual men with multiple partners.
- The world numbers confirmed 28 deaths, with more than 72,000 cases, a mortality rate of 0.04%, about half that of the seasonal flu.
- The big jump in the U.S. occurred soon after the world celebrated LGBTQ pride parades and rallies in June.
- While vaccines helped slow the spread, those vulnerable mostly reduced their sexual activities. Plus no more parades. Also, only close contact spreads this virus, while COVID infections are airborne.
- One lesson is that something like monkeypox can be contained by specifically indicating who is at risk and that behavioral changes can work. However, the media was mixed on what to say to not antagonize the LGBTQ community, and it was more word of mouth that worked, plus quite late in the outbreak the World Health Organization became more specific, which was echoed by the CDC and New York's health department.
It all began in Africa...not China.
Oh, one final item, the House Special January 6 committee this morning voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump. Will he...and when? Well, the reality is that this committee will expire at the end of this congressional term, and Trump will surely challenge it. In the past, subpoenas have been served to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Gerald Ford. No future hearing has been schedule, but committee vice chair Liz Cheney did say that they also may ultimately decide to make a series of criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. Plus, former Veep Mike Pence might yet decide to appear before the committee.-
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