I'll continue the Worldometer data tomorrow.  For now, this morning The New York Times reported that Europe is doing something better about this Fall/Winter COVID-19 wave.  They are keeping schools open but shutting down bars, restaurants and any kind of congregation: My venerable bathroom bluetooth speaker playing songs from my iPod broke down.  But it was 10 years old, so, being functional in that high moisture environment that long was good service. I actually wanted my speaker to show me what song by whom was playing.  So I checked into this and stumbled across a showdown rating among Amazon Echo, Sonos One, Google Next and Apple HomePod.  For the record, here is how they ranked: Best overall Amazon Echo (4th gen) Jump to details $100 AT BEST BUY Best sound quality for the price Sonos One Jump to details $199 AT AMAZON Best budget option Google Nest Mini Jump to details $29 AT TARGET Best sound overall Apple HomePod Jump to details $300 AT BEST BUY What do they do? Play speake