Let me start with a summary of how the USA is doing with this pandemic.  The following graphics from the New York Times this morning.  We are next to the UK in vaccinations: Why is Japan so laggard, and especially so with the Summer Olympics nearing?  One key factor is that only 30% of citizens think these vaccines are safe !!! New Deaths/Day are dropping and Cases/Day have reached a lower plateau in the U.S.: Tomorrow I'll delve into the matter of communities, like Hawaii, needing to adjust targets to continue re-opening the economy.  While the number of new cases/day has risen a bit, the new deaths/day and hospital occupancy rate are continuing to decrease.  The matter of getting infected today is not necessarily a key factor because most of them are younger people who have one percent the morbidity of elders .  Most of these older people have been vaccinated and are safe.  The herd immunity percentage is increasing and the positivity, while still high, has become dismissible as