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       

Here, three hours of the t op 100 Christmas songs of all time.   #1 is Jingle Bells.  Others: #1  is  The Christmas Song  by  Nat King Cole  ( 1946 ).  It was co-written by Mel Torme. What about Billboard?   #1 is Mariah Carey's  All I Want for Christmas is You  ( 1994) .  #2 is Darlene Love's  Christmas  ( 1964 ) and #3 is that Nat King Cole song.  Must confess...never heard Love's song before. Of course, most lists have Bing Crosby's  White Christmas  at  #1 .  That was the original 1942 version.  Not only is this the best selling Christmas song of all time, but is the  best selling single of all time  with sales in excess of 50 million.  Mariah Carey's track has been around since 1994 and has "only" sold 3.2 million. Okay, but they're all from the USA.  What about the world? This #1 you never heard before:  from France,  Petit Papa Noel .  The original was by Tino Rossi in 1946.  First time for me. #2  UK   Deck the Halls #3  Italy  Tu Scendi Dalla

Before getting into the Pandemic and the science topic of today, here is what President Joe Biden will attempt to do tonight in a national address from the U.S. Congress: Initially, the purpose was to prepare the supportive groundwork for his $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure spending package .   More recently, this has become a $3 trillion " Build Back Better " program.  A good part of the effort is to gain bi-partisan support by including two items that might draw some Republican interest: Free community college and universal pre-K schooling. The second is that obvious infrastructure focus, for everyone agrees that the nation's roads, bridges, airports and just about everything else, are now deficient. 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