COVID MOSTLY KILLS OLD PEOPLE

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         ?

2023

Jan    4          346       1534         207             ?         ?

         5           220       1611          183             ?         ? 

       12            270       1470         128             ?         ?

       19            225       1775         480             ?         ?

        26           351       1361           92             1         7

Feb    1           221       1261         126              ?         ?

          8          329        999          50             2         ?

        15           211         999         132             1         ?

        22           177       1016         312              1         ? 

Mar   1            119         618           81              1         ? 

          8            116        605          34             0         0

         15           136        564             ?             5         ?

Summary:

• The USA was #1 in new deaths yesterday with 136.  Germany #2 123 and Japan #3 47.
• South Korea was #1 in new cases with 11,401, Taiwan #2 10,080, Japan #3 10,011, France #4 9,937 and USA #5 9,714.
• So far, since the beginning of the pandemic, total deaths.
• World  6,814,025
• #1  USA  1,149,767
• #2  Brazil  699,310
• #3  India  530,789
• #4  Russia  396,664
• #5  Mexico  333,243
• So far, total cases (per million population).
• World  681,821,826 (87,471)
• #1  USA 105,709,908 (315,735)
• #2  India  44,691,956 (604,824)
• #3  France  39,667,102 (456,301)
• #4  Germany  38,276,190 (172,208)
• #5  Brazil  37,085,520 (265,454)
• #6  Japan  33,336,977 (597,124)
• #7  S. Korea  30,650,330 (425,262)
• #8  Italy  25,627,473

U.S. News and World Report had a relatively recent summary:

• 
  The COVID-19 outbreak as called pandemic just about three years ago.
• The Biden administration will declare emergency declarations over in May.
• Globally, nearly 7 million have died, but most reports estimate the number to be at least double that count.
• The following from AARP.

• 88% of all covid deaths were to those 65 and older.  44% were 85 and older.  These percentages are continuing to increase as time goes by.  Only 2% of Americans are 85 and older.

Today, all about Adelaide, an Australian city previously of no significance to me.  Until yesterday.  Why?  I was really impressed at their ability to plan for and build a place that works.  Reminds me of Busan and the United Arab Emirates.  All these metropolitan areas are safe, clean, prosperous and will only get better.

I started with a Bloody Mary, then breakfast.

Then off on a luxury bus to Cleland Wildlife Park, a one hour ride, through Adelaide.

Close by where the Odyssey is berthed is this large white building.  We were told that this is where the $244 billion Australian submarine will be built.  This makes no sense to me because the next American sub will only cost $3.4 billion.  Anyway, this is part of the U.S./U.K./Australian plan to counter China's influence in the Ind-Pacific region.

Adelaide is a spread-out metropolis with a lot of churches, shopping areas and large parks.  Not one block types, but maybe a thousand blocks, and not one or two, but more than two dozen.

Those bottom two photos intrigued me, for they reminded me of Edinburg's Fringe Festival.  Surely enough, when I later checked, the city is in the midst of the second largest festival of this type.  While the banner said 6000 artists, there will be 7,000 of them in over 1,300 events in hundreds of venues.  Founded in 1960.

How large is Edinburgh's version?  Last year (always held in August, when it is not too cold), there were 49,827 performers for 3,171 shows in 250 venues.  Mind you, not only staged things, but a book festival, Royal Military Tattoo, and a lot more.  Much of it free, popping up on the streets.  Tattoo?  You got to go to appreciate, as shown to the right.  I've been to half a dozen, and must return one more time.  The problem is that a $200 Sheraton room costs $700 during this period.

So on to the Cleland Wildlife Park

I think there is a minor scam here to raise funds.  You can get next to koalas, but not cuddle or feed them.  However, they allow small groups to spend more than a few minutes with them, so the line grows and grows to the point where you need to stand in line for an hour and more,  If you pay $31/person, there is no line to cuddle.

I also couldn't get closer to kangaroos and wallabies, but did for these reptiles.

Returned for dinner, which I'll cover tomorrow for a special reason.  I thought I walked a lot today, but only took 5000 steps.  That was disappointing.  Tomorrow two extraordinary suppers.

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