The original COVID-19 is deadly compared to the seasonal flu.  The   mortality rate of flu is 0.1% , or one in a thousand who contract this ailment dies.    This pandemic virus has a rate of 2% , or is   20 times more lethal   than the flu. However, the Delta variant apparently is worse.  Might well be 40 times more according to the graphic on the left. While vaccinations are protecting more and more, there is no question the world is now in its fourth wave: The current U.S. daily cases per million people is slightly under 100. But with all those vaccinations, why is the daily count rising?  Out of India   (above is an aerial photo of a New Delhi funeral pyre for victims of this pandemic ) came the  Delta variant .  Here is how Delta took over in the UK: 99% of cases from July was caused by the Delta variant.  In the U.S. this strain is around 50%.  Even then, with the vaccination rate nearing 50%, those negligent Trump states ( which are being inoculated at a lower rate ) are sufferin

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          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     9     1208      6222       1136      1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703       85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224        299      465 Jan      14      4142     15512        1151         189      712                  Feb      3      4005    14265       1209       107      398           25       2414    10578        1582       119      144 Mar     2       1989     9490        1726        110      194           17        1289      9736        2736       171       74           24         936   10206        3158       277       55           25        1405   10470        2244       249