Today, I will compare three space-related series that are about as different as you can get:                                                  Rotten Tomatoes                          Channel       Reviewers  Audiences  My Grade                                            The Expanse     Prime*                94            95             B Moonbase 8        Showtime          62            61            C  The Astronauts   Nickelodeon       ?              ?             A- The Expanse is the senior citizen of this group, with five seasons.  *However, it started at SyFy, and was picked up by Amazon Prime in season 4.  While the ratings are fabulous, the first year only received a 77% rating by Rotten Tomatoes Reviewers.  However, audiences liked it with 94%.  Then, season 2 got 95/97, followed  by, seasons 3, 4 and 5 all with 100% reviewers scores, with 97%, 94% and 94% from audiences.  This is about as good as it gets.  However, I'm still in season one, and I stopped watching some m

The New York Times this morning indicated that cases and deaths from this pandemic have both dropped since Thanksgiving.  But this is probably because of fewer tests and laxity in reporting.  In April, the one-day high for deaths was 2,752.  If expected fears materialize, daily deaths by the end of the year or early next year could reach 3,000.  Vaccines are on the horizon, but the worse is yet come.  In the meantime, wear a mask wherever you go and avoid crowds. At last report, up to 48 staff and associates in the White House, including the President and First Lady, were infected with COVID-19.  Governor Jared Polis of Colorado and his partner just learned they tested positive.  That brings it up to seven state governors.  Polis' family with two children to the left Here is something somewhat new.  A COVID-19 infectee will be most contagious  2 days BEFORE showing any symptoms, to five days thereafter.  I keep shaking my head, but there remains, today, no consensus of how many c