From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
2020
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
2021
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
2022
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 6 316 1627 335 35 12
Aug 4 311 2138 258 70 ?
Sep 1 272 1732 174 ? ?
Oct 6 281 1305 119 9 ?
Nov 3 167 980 16 ? ?
25 88 985 71 3 ?
Dec 3 149 1029 131 3 ?
8 194 1320 104 6 86
15 147 1295 124 4 ?
22 289 1637 165 9 ?
28 296 1768 337 2 ?
Jan 4 346 1534 207 ? ?
5 220 1611 183 ? ?
12 270 1470 128 ? ?
19 225 1775 480 ? ?
Summary:
- China probably had more than half the new COVID-19 cases yesterday, but their reportage is spotty and much too low when leaked. For example, Airfinity of London speculates that China AVERAGED AROUND 100,000 COVID DEATHS PER WEEK FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS!!! This would be around 14,000 deaths/day.
- Otherwise, Brazil led the world yesterday with 480 new deaths. This is 30 times less than China, as speculated. Japan was #2 with 451 new deaths and USA #3 with 225.
- Interesting that Japan was #1 in the world with new cases at 96,392 and South Korea #2 with 29,816, but both countries yesterday declared an intent to in the spring downgrade COVID-19, Japan to the same level as the seasonal flu.
- Compared to the previous week, new cases for the week in Japan dropped by 36%, and S. Korea by 31%.
- The USA was #3 in weekly cases, and our count dropped by 46% from the previous week, but hasn't hinted about any similar downgrade of this pandemic.
- South Africa, though, doubled their new case count this week from the previous week. This is scary, for this country has in the past served as a harbinger of worse things to come.
- In Africa, Zambia went up 71%, Namibia up 72%, Botswana up 121%, South Africa up 101%, Libya up 300%, Sudan up 2300% and Tunisia up 2862%. Definitely not a good sign.
- In South America, Venezuela went up 154% in new cases compared to the previous week.
Today, I continue my China series. Polls show that more than a quarter (27%) of Americans believe in astrology. You would think younger people are more skeptical, but no, 37% of those under 30 believe.
I don't know why, but I thought people in China would be more doubting. Nope. According to woshipm, 82% of Chinese believe in astrology, or, more directly, Zodiac signs. Cheetah Mobile provides the following pie chart, which reinforces that poll.
For example, the zodiac is used to find a suitable spouse.
The Chinese Zodiac has 12 signs:
But there are five elements to each sign: gold, water, wood, earth and fire. So a new cycle starts every 60 years, not 12.
2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit. This complicates things because your year gets adjusted every 12 years. David Beckham and Angelina Jolie are rabbits.
Of course each animal provides certain personality traits. Most of you might not know that your zodiac animal year is your BAD LUCK year! You can neutralize this misfortune by wearing the color red. However, you can't just buy something like red underwear. Someone has to give this to you. Wearing jade also works. You can bring luck by facing in the opposite direction of planet Jupiter. Well, it's more complicated than that. Anyway, surely, you can't possibly believe all this. But most in China do. Today.
Is there, nevertheless, a best and worst animal. The goat is the unluckiest zodiac sign. They are especially destined to bring bad luck. Watch out in 2027. Many in China actually think that those born in that year will not become a leader. Births are lowest in the year of the goat.
Conversely, the Dragon is the most coveted sign. In China, births will peak in Dragon years. 10 amazing facts about Chinese Dragons. Here are a few:
- Dragons control weather.
- Emperors descended from dragons, and many historic leaders were born in a year of the dragon, like Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King and....Vladimir Putin.
- China is home to the most places named after dragons.
Of course, I was born in the year of the dragon, 1940, the year of the Metal Dragon. Just saw that reference and learned that:
- My lucky numbers are 4 and 9. I can't remember anything good happening with those.
- My good luck color is white. I've always sort of liked aquamarine.
- I would be kind-hearted and develop noble ideals. Pretty accurate.
- But I would be unpredictable and have many ideas, so much so that I would have difficulty performing them well. Yup.
- I will have a lot of achievements in my career. I think so.
- Would be very healthy, and should exercise every day. Mostly right, but I don't exercise daily.
- The prophesies were:
- I would not become rich. True.
- But, will have good fortune in my old age. Great.
- Watch out for respiratory diseases. Oh, oh, covid still a pandemic.
- I would live a carefree life with a partner. Yes.
- Next year, 2024, now being alerted of the above, I will need to take advantage of my luck in the year of the Wood Dragon.
I woke up to Johnny Get Angry. I'll end with a story that is 61 years old. It was 1962, I had recently met my future wife Pearl. I was a trainee with C. Brewer at the Hutchinson Sugar Company in Naalehu, the southernmost community in the USA. I was living with another trainee, from the Sudan. His name was something like Joe Abuzhed. In those days we could not receive even radio signals, for Hilo was too far away, and the volcanoes blocked stations from Honolulu. So one Saturday, the three of us drove to Kona, where, after awhile, the first song that came on was Johnny Get Angry., by Joannie Sommers. Joe said this was his favorite song. Her only hit.
Here is a list on one-hit wonders. Just in the '50s: Gene Vincent (Be-Bop-a-Lula), Mickey&Sylvia (Love is Strange), Buddy Knox (Party Doll), The Teddy Bears (To Know Him is to Love Him--Phil Spector was in this group, playing the guitar), The Kalin Twins (When), The Poni-Tails (Born Too Late), The Champs (Tequila), Dodie Stevens (Pink Shoe Laces),...two seas songs, Sea Cruise by Frankie Ford and Sea of Love by Phil Phillips...plus a lot more.
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