From  Worldometer , total world covid cases and deaths.  Nine waves?  Or ten? Three countries continue to dominate new covid cases/week, with South Korea still #1, by far:                                   This past week   Previous week World                     300,529              490,578 #1  South Korea     216,046              359,479 #2  USA                   56,391                85,783 #3  Brazil                   9,713                10,741 Of course, many countries don't do any reporting anymore. During the past week, South Korea had 72% of all covid cases, USA 19% and Brazil 3%, or these countries had 94% of all the world cases.  South Korea had 4211 new cases/million people, USA 168  and Brazil 45. The grand summary regarding percentage of citizens who were infected with covid, and mortality rate in the right column, which is deaths divided by total cases. S. Korea   66%   0.11% Australia  45%   0.19% Italy         43%   0.74% Taiwan     43%   0.19% USA         32%    1.

Hawaii today celebrates King Kamehameha the First Day as a public holiday.  Next Monday, June 19, or  Juneteenth,  is a Federal holiday.  However, 22 states, including Hawaii, do not recognize this as a public holiday.  Four of these will begin to honor this day next year, not Hawaii.  Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery.  Here are the Hawaii holidays, and note three that only we have: New Year’s Day: 1st day in January Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: 3rd Monday in January Presidents’ Day: 3rd Monday in February Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day: 26th day in March Good Friday: Friday before Easter Easter:   Calculating Easter Memorial Day: Last Monday in May King Kamehameha I Day: 11th day in June Independence Day: 4th day in July Statehood Day: 3rd Friday in August Labor Day: 1st Monday in September Veterans’ Day: 11th day in November Thanksgiving Day: 4th Thursday in November Christmas: 25th day in December There are  11 paid Federal holidays, plus  every fourth year, Janua