To quote a 2020 book by Tedd Levy:   Donald Trump is the Worst Person in the World .  He has discombobulated the world on just about everything.  Have you looked closely, for example, on how your personal health will be affected? First, Trump selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become your Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Through intense pressure from the White House, the Senate begrudgingly confirmed him. Trump likes non-threatening types who once opposed him, but now worship him.  RFK Jr qualifies for that alone, certainly not his sterling background in this field.  Further, Trump enjoys the company of successful people.  RFK Jr is the the son of Robert F. Kennedy, and nephew of JFK, POTUS 35. RFK Jr has a law degree, but no medical or public health training and experience. Furthermore, he is a vaccine disbeliever and promoter of medical misinformation, as for example,  Wi-Fi causes cancer, childhood vaccines makes them autistic and c...

We all have been in the dumps.  When things go bad, other negatives seem to pile up too.  Take President Joe Biden as a good example.  He is now given little chance to beat Donald Trump on November 5.  Then,   he yesterday found out he has contracted COVID-19 .  Also,   two-thirds of Democrats said President Biden should step aside and allow the party to select a different nominee . There seems to be a sense that Biden will soon decide not to run.  The likely candidate will then be Kamala Harris.  I have long thought that the best Democratic presidential option was Michelle Obama.   Polls also seem to point in this direction.   Michelle, however, seems disinterested in this prospect.  Now that Republicans are confident that they will sweep the White House and both houses of Congress, with Democracy truly threatened, perhaps Michelle can be convinced.  Biden's greatest contribution to the future of the USA would be to ...

In May of 2021:  The CDC said fully vaccinated individuals can, in most cases,   drop protective face wear   and no longer need to stay six feet apart. Unvaccinated people still need to follow stricter guidelines, as they remain at risk . Then a few months ago,  mask mandates began returning .  The new subvariants seemed to infect those who already had suffered from this virus, or even if you were vaccinated, so the vulnerable, like 80-year old Joe Biden, were advised to wear masks. There are those who don't fear much getting respiratory infections, and there are those who do.  The latter wear a face mask just about anywhere.  The former, just the opposite.   As of September of this year , only 12% of Americans said they wore a mask outside their home always or most of the time over the past seven days.  That's down from 27% in January of this year and 60% in January 2022. So this posting is for those who don't know whether to wear a mas...

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...