Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not July 2, 2021
CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across
the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases
now over 183 million at 183,249,484 cases (183,249,484 yesterday), 11,584,629
of which are active, 172,094,380 closed with 168,118,872 recoveries
(97.69% and 97.69% yesterday), and 3,975,708 deaths (2.31% and 2.31% yesterday)
to continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased recovery
percentages and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips, and rises.
CV USA Cases: Total
cases now over 34 million at 34,562,735 (34,550,460 yesterday) with 4,889,688
active cases of which 3,871 (3,872) yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now up
to .079% of active cases and now back to a 1 serious or critical cases decrease
to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 25,400, 29,673,047
closed, with 620,676 deaths (2.09% and 2.09% yesterday) and with 29,052,371
recoveries (97.91% and 97.91% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues
to slowly improve and after many months is still .22% lower than the world’s
death rate.
Standing:
On a deaths per million population measure on a steady but
slow climb to 1864 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5764) the new number 1 which has
had a quantum leap in deaths previously unmatched which was a change in the
classification to give Peru the a new method of reporting to have a fatality
rate of 9.37% of total cases now; Hungary the new number 2 has had a huge
continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and improving
slightly to 3.90% of its closed cases have died (3113), aping
Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (2620), Brazil
(2430) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us
and Italy, Belgium (2163), Italy (2114), Argentina (2070), Poland (1986), and
the UK (1878) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has
new deaths barely increasing), and slightly better than Mexico (1790),
Romania (1774), Spain (1730), Chile (1702), France (1698), Portugal (1683), Sweden
(1436) that never closed its economy down like we did, Bolivia (1420) and
Switzerland (1250).
Tests: As more and more of us are
being vaccinated we are testing fewer each day and we have now conducted 506,673,442
tests (now at 1,521,818/M) compared to number 2 now France at 1,428,747/M) as
we are conducting more tests in number and on a per capital basis for all
nations (other than those nations that contain small populations like Bahrain,
Denmark, Israel, Malta, Singapore and UAE) other than the U.K. which
remains as king of the mountain with respect to tests at 3,147,432/M.
CV Open Gate:
Lost in the pronouncements by Biden and his lackeys that there
is no crisis of illegals surging across the border is that fact that COVID-19
is alive and well and spreading in the Northern Triangle and Mexico which been
passed by Argentina to move down to 11th on my list of
deaths from the pandemic at 1790/M with a fatality rate of 10.43% of
closed cases and the 3 countries in the Northern Triangle in terms of active
cases and deaths per million are as follows even though the data may be suspect
as underreported (regardless of number we need no more cases):
Guatemala: Active Cases: 21,804
Deaths/M 509
Honduras: Active Cases: 163,874
Deaths/M 699
El
Salvador: Active Cases: 3,807
Deaths/M 366
US
Vaccinations: As of 7/2/21 328.8 million doses with after 5 days of increasing
finally a slight drop from 1.12 million per day to 1.09 which means if the rate
does not increase it will take now take us some 5 months to miss Biden’s goal
of having 75% of the population vaccinated which many believe is necessary to
develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who is suggesting 90%). In
California 42,878,843 total doses have been given (87.1% of doses received to
exceed the U.S. average of 85.9%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be
scheduled this fall which hopefully ends Newsom’s term, California is stuck at 20th of the 50
states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of
doses delivered to the states and at 50.1% of its population fully vaccinated
compared to the U.S. average of 47.1% is still at 18th among
the 50 states (maybe Newsom’s vaccine lottery deserves more
credit). A long way to go still to get herd immunity in terms of
getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully
vaccinated compared to other states which means a great reason to recall this
inept and hypocritical governor.
Non CV News: In Miami the
search for survivors has resumed with the death count rising to 22, including
sadly the 7 year old daughter of one of the firemen searching who at least was not
the person who found the body, and the confirmed number of those missing has
dropped to 126 with Hurricane Elsa, the first hurricane of the season on a
track to hit Florida next week and complicate recovery efforts; Harris
continues to fail to meet expectations and now concern may be rising she could
not win in 2024 and may sink Blues’ chances in House and Senate; Gwen Berry’s
not so stellar past in terms of disturbing and disparaging tweets may be coming
back to hammer the hammer thrower (at least the Olympic Committee has set down
in stone a rule that athletes may express their beliefs prior to the award
ceremonies on the podiums but not during); it looks like the MSM is running out
of Biden praises and is now lauding President XI of China on the Chinese
Communist Party’s 100th year celebration (more troubling that
misplaced and not warranted praise of a human rights abuse regime just as
troubling is the news the YouTube has been blocking videos show human rights
abuses by China of the Uighurs); Psaki in her White House Briefings is more and more the
spinner and deflector in chief ridiculed and mocked when she praises a $.16
drop in hot dogs for barbecues on the 4th showing the Biden plan is
working (with inflation at up 5% in May and gas up well over a buck a gallon 16
cents might by an ounce or too); in addition to bumbling and metal lapses Biden
is getting more and more testy to press questions he does not like (what a
miserable dynamic duo—a testy president and a chuckling vice president); the
victims of the Champlain Tower South may not have died in vain, causing Miami
to begin reviewing all high rise condos over 5 stories to be examined for
structural integrity with the Crestview Towers located 7 miles away having its
residents being evacuated after a structural report showed deficiencies; as
we prepare to celebrate our 4th of July, leave it to the political
cartoonist to remind us what is really important to be celebrated on the 4th
and which too often is not taught in schools focusing on CRT:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show
that through July 1, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of
color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 1989
persons shot of whom 339 have died.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for
this day in history, a recording musical link to “Too Young” by Nat King
Cole, the fact that you do not suffer from rutidosis, and a quote by Sam Walton
on the secret of succeeding in the retail business, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events
like Fourth of July, college graduations, birthdays, weddings,
or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a
unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the
recipient. Please contact me for details on pricing.
1. Made in the U.S.A. Day—created
by Joel D. Joseph in 1989 to promote in the U.S. the purchase of goods made in
the U.S.A. as the right thing to do to reduce our trade deficit and not reward
bad players like China for their IP theft and illegal or objectionable trade practices
to the detriment of American workers.
2. World Sports Journalists
Day—created by the International Sports Press Association in 1994 to
commemorate the founding of the International Sports Press Association on this
day in 1924 during the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and to promote the work of
sports journalists which in recent years seemed to have crossed the line and
entered the field of political commentary.
3. 1951
Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1951 on this day on a run of 5 weeks in the
position was “Too Young” by Nat King Cole to join 9 other songs in the number 1
position. Here is a recording of “Too Young” by Nat King Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaFtsqU2V6U.
4. Word of the Day—the
word of the day is “rutidosis” which means wrinkling which with greater life
expectancy is a fate for most of us for our skin as we age.
5. Full
Throttle--celebrating the birth on this day in 1927 noted tenor saxophonist
Lee Allen, considered by many to be one of the greatest saxophone players of
all time who lived life at full throttle, enjoying music, women, drinking,
smoking and golfing but like many who smoked to much played his last note on October
16, 1994 due to lung cancer.
On this day in:
a. 1776
the Continental Congress passed a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although
the formal wording which became the Declaration of Independence was not
published until 2 days later on the 4th.
b. 1962 the
first Wal-Mart store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas to begin the chain now
known as Walmart that has grown to 10,526 stores and clubs in 24 nations.
c. 1964 after a long filibuster by Southern
Democrats, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banning segregation
in public places.
d. 1966
France intent on developing its nuclear Force de Frappe detonates its
first nuclear weapon on the Moruroa Atoll in the Pacific .
e. 1990 in a walking to Paradise
moment, 1400 Muslims on a pilgrimage to Mecca were trampled to death and
suffocated in a pedestrian tunnel in Mecca.
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Quotes on how to succeed in
retail by the master of retailing: “The secret of successful retailing is to
give your customers what they want. And really, if you think about it from
the point of view of the customer, you want everything: a wide assortment of
good quality merchandise; the lowest possible prices; guaranteed satisfaction
with what you buy; friendly, knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free
parking; a pleasant shopping experience." Sam Walton, founder of
Walmart. ©
July 2, 2021 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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