From  Worldometer  (new 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     3      1094    5886        830     1083         174             9      1208    6222        1136      1168          82 Oct      8        957    6420         730       967        160           20       952     6169           662       714       164           21     1225     6849            571       703         85           27     1039      7023          530       519         45 Nov     4      1199      8192          276        511          74             11       1479    10178            564       550         60            12      1190       9659           926       521         65           13      1297       9951            614       539         77           14      1260       8823   

I'll continue the Worldometer data tomorrow.  For now, this morning The New York Times reported that Europe is doing something better about this Fall/Winter COVID-19 wave.  They are keeping schools open but shutting down bars, restaurants and any kind of congregation: My venerable bathroom bluetooth speaker playing songs from my iPod broke down.  But it was 10 years old, so, being functional in that high moisture environment that long was good service. I actually wanted my speaker to show me what song by whom was playing.  So I checked into this and stumbled across a showdown rating among Amazon Echo, Sonos One, Google Next and Apple HomePod.  For the record, here is how they ranked: Best overall Amazon Echo (4th gen) Jump to details $100 AT BEST BUY Best sound quality for the price Sonos One Jump to details $199 AT AMAZON Best budget option Google Nest Mini Jump to details $29 AT TARGET Best sound overall Apple HomePod Jump to details $300 AT BEST BUY What do they do? Play speake