Thursday has served as Covid day since the pandemic.  No more, but here is an update, for I keep knowing of people who are still getting infected. What to know about the FLiRT variants of Covid-19 .  New variants are distant Omicron relatives from JN.1, which was responsible for the surge of cases this past winter. FLiRT because mutations include the letters F and L for one, and R and T for the other. KP.2 in particular is rising, now accounting for 25% of new cases at the end of April.  However, KP.2 is less infectious than JN.1. Current vaccines protect against FLiRT variants. Here is the  latest summary : Total cases. #1  USA  112 million #2  India  45 million #3  France 40 million #4  Germany  39 million Total deaths. #1  USA 1,219,487 #2  Brazil  711,380 #3  India  533,570 Of course, India significantly under reports.   One WHO report estimates that their death toll is 10 times higher than reported. For political reasons, WHO tends to protect China.  Chances are overwhelming that

  Two days ago I posted  The Story of Netflix .  For those who read it--as, for some reason, there were a lot of readers--here will be the  new 2024 programs  on this streaming channel, courtesy of  Time  magazine.  Also, to aid in your watching plan, what series and films will be departing.  One series in particular caught my attention, starring Michelle Yeoh in eight episodes of  The Brothers Sun .  Who is she? Best Actress Oscar for  Everything Everything All at Once . Also in  Crazy Rich Asians ,  Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon  and  Tomorrow Never Dies . Was Miss World Malaysia 1983. She's 60 years old. I was planning to spend today doing my prediction of what would be occurring next year.  I got depressed, for it looks like Donald Trump will dominate.  So my choice of this posting today came only after I stayed in bed all morning to watch  Radio Days , a 1987 film written, directed and voiced by Woody Allen.  The story itself was nothing much, but the cast was noteworthy. Dann