I'll start today with a concern about how the USA has been invaded by the Delta variant, comparing how many new cases occurred yesterday :                                                New Cases/Million Population #1  U.S.  143,537                 431 #2  India  40,078                 28 #3  Iran  39,049                 648 #4  Brazil  35,891               168 #5  UK  32,961                   483 #6  France  28,554            437 Florida  24,869                  1157 Texas  24,869                     489 #7  Indonesia 24,709          89 Louisiana  5,387                1149 Hawaii  549                        392 Florida and  Louisiana  are particularly suffering.  Both are low in vaccination rate, while  Florida  is especially battered because of a batty governor.  One positive about the Delta variant is that it is scaring the un-vaxed to get vaxed. The mortality rate average for the World is just around 2%, so to predict the new deaths in ten days to two weeks, multiply the new ca

For a very long time I have been lobbying the world to create an electronic universal passport for travel showing that you completed a COVID-19 vaccination series.  Alas, it is more and more appearing that we might well experience the mayhem of a different pass for just about every location on Planet Earth.  Wouldn't be surprised if a million types of systems appear over the next decade to confuse everyone and waste a lot of time and money. Of course there are concerns about sharing of personal and health data, but that is for something delicate and embarrassing.  Proof of COVID-19 security is something strategically necessary.  Sometimes Big Brother can be a helpful sibling. This nonsense of protecting individual freedom makes no sense.  Show of proof for travel is not new.  First, you need a passport anyway.  Then for some countries you must have a certificate indicating you have been vaccinated to prevent the spread of yellow fever.   To begin, I saw Hawaii's Lt. Gov. Josh G