I'm skipping the COVID-19 information today, for Monday deaths are always underreported. To refresh your mind, though, typically these days, 6000 people in the world die , 1000 from the USA. The pandemic has entered a dangerous new wave for the USA and World. Yet, to place this tragedy in perspective, on Planet Earth yesterday : 120,595 died, with about 5% being COVID-19 deaths but 287,324 were born the net gain yesterday was 166,389, even with the 6,000 deaths people who died from hunger just yesterday: 23,167 abortions yesterday: 117,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS yesterday: around 4,000 deaths from cancer yesterday: 25,000 traffic deaths yesterday: 3717 More than five times more people died from hunger than from COVID-19. Some other data for your general knowledge, showing that life goes on: TV sets sold just today: half a million cellular phones sold today: 5 million money spent just on video games today: $222 million e-mails sent today: 201 billion blog posts today: 5.5
New SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY: This blog site derives from the original version of Planet Earth & Humanity, but will be more WE than ME. The coverage will remain similar, but perhaps these postings will seem to come from a parallel universe, or maybe even Purgatory. But truth and reality will prevail, with dashes of whimsy and levity to help make your day.