96-year old Queen Elizabeth II is dead, long live 73-year old King Charles III.  She reigned for 70 years. An   accession council   of over 700 citizens, including Prime Minister Lizz Truss, voted to proclaim him king.  Did you see Charles shaking hands and getting kissed by some lady?  No one was wearing a mask.  The actual coronation will not take place for months.  Queen Elizabeth II was so honored 16 months after King George VI went.   Longest reigning monarch today is now Hassanal Bolkiah of  Brunei .  He is 76-years old and is soon to reach 55 years in his leadership.  How many of you have been to Brunei?   It is located on the north coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia.  Has a population of just under half a million.  Gained independence from Britain in 1984.  Has vast oil and gas fields, and is next to Singapore in the Human Development Index.  Government has zero public debt. Whether at the national or international level, I long wondered who was the greatest diplomat to engender

Last night President Joe Biden did nothing I suggested, but he did indicate that a vaccine will be available to all Americans by May 1.  How are we doing compared to the rest of the World ?  We are #8 in doses/person: Israel  1.03 Seychelles  0.9 UAE  0.67 UK  0.37 Maldives  0.36 Bahrain  0.33 Chile  0.33 U.S.  0.30 The world average is 0.044 with 3.35 million shots.  The U.S. is just about now up to 100 million, with 10% of the population fully vaccinated.  Israel is at 46%. How close are we to herd immunity?  Assuming those 100 million will soon reach immunity, add the 30 million who have already been infected, plus another 30 million for the asymptomatic cases ( this percentage is supposedly 40% by both the CDC and Dr. Fauci, but I think it is closer to 70%--I used 50% for this analysis ), or 160 million.  Our population is 328 million, so we are just nearing 50%.   According to the Mayo Clinic, we need to attain 94% .  However, Johns Hopkins says 50% to 90% , so maybe we're alr