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SHALL WE DANCE: Part 1

From the New York Times : States that supported Donald Trump are the ones hesitant to be vaccinated.   Those who are choosing not : 49% of Republican men and 34% of women. 6% of Democratic men and 14% of women. Why the gender reversal? Both Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have urged all Republicans to get vaccinated. Gretchen sent me the following: PBS national is releasing a three-part, three-hour series:   Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World   on Earth Day, Thursday April 22.   See your local listings. Here in Hawaii, we will see it   Wednesdays at 8:00 pm on 4/28, 5/5 and 5/12 . Sometimes one gets inspired by a conjunction of related events.  I focus on science, technology, cuisine, travel, the environment and a million other things, including music.  So today, dancing. Historical studies show that all cultures have dance in some form , said to be 9,000 years ago in India ( through cave paintings ) and 5300 years ago in Egypt, linked to religious ceremonies.  But more than t