How bad are the  numbers in the U.S . for new cases/day and new deaths/day?  World Bank information for 2022: January 10  1.4 million new cases and 2,014 new deaths March 31        12,000    new cases and    516 new deaths May 11         163,335    new cases and    949 new deaths May 13           95,937    new cases and    393 new deaths From  Worldometer :  for the U.S. Total cases two weeks ago      546,732 Total cases the past week        498,640 Weekly case % change           -9% Total deaths two weeks ago        2,225 Total deaths the past week          1,544 Weekly death % change         -31% Other interesting info from that  Worldometer  site: #2 in cases was Germany.  They d...

You know how the U.S. has reacted to this Pandemic.  How do we compare with other parts of the world?  Let's look at  New Zealand, Japan and Australia , where they all initially well-handled this COVID-19 virus. New Zealand closed its border to non-residents and went into a protracted lockdown, eliminating COVID-19.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been praised for her leadership. It went months without a single locally spread case, and life returned to normal. But this month the Sydney outbreak spread to New Zealand by just one returning traveler Cases spread to 72 and 10,000 people exposed people were identified.   A total national lockdown was instituted, and widely supported by the populace. During the past two days they have had 24 new cases/day but no new deaths. Total deaths since the beginning amounted to 2873, or  5 per million population . Vaccination rate is only at 20%. Japan initially was successful because its citizens, mostly because o...

From  Worldometer :            DAY   USA    WORLD    Brazil       India     South Africa June     9     1093    4732        1185       246         82 July    22     1205    7128         1293     1120        572 Aug    12     1504     6556       1242       835        130 Sept     3     1094     5886        830    1083        174              9     1208     6222       1136     1168         ...