Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not May 16, 2021
CV World Cases: The
CV pandemic across the planet continues the new year with cases now over 163 million at 163,583,358 cases (163,016,995
yesterday), 18,188,946 of which are active, 145,394,412 closed with 142,004,239
recoveries (97.67% and 97.66% yesterday ,and 3,390,173 deaths (2.33% and 2.34 %
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 33 million at 33,701,226
(33,650,248 yesterday) with 5,993,687 active cases of which 7,999 (8,293) yesterday
and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now down to .13% of active cases and now another blip
down to decrease the number of serious or critical cases to increase the
reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 21,272), 27,707,359 closed,
with 599,982 deaths (2.17% and 2.19% yesterday) and with 27,107,377 recoveries
(97.83% and 97.81% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly
improve and after many months is now .16%’ lower than the world rate.
Standing: On a
deaths per million population measurement on a steady climb to 1804 the U.S.
ranks behind Hungary the new number 1 which has had a huge continuing surge in
deaths with the increase barely slowing down and 4.46% of its closed cases have
died (3027), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (2499),
Belgium (2122), Italy (2056), Brazil (2037) which has been hit with a rapid
rise in deaths and cases and passed us, Peru (1975), Poland (1895)and the UK
(1872) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new
deaths barely increasing), and slightly better than Spain (1696), Mexico (1694),
Portugal (1672), France (1646), Romania (1544), Argentina (1542), Chile
(1445), Sweden (1406) that never closed its economy down like we did but
has recently been experiencing a steady rise in deaths, Switzerland (1232), and Bolivia (1139.
Tests: We have now conducted 465,995,777 tests
(now at 1,400,687/M) compared to number 2 now France at 1,242,205/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 2,478,248M.
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 has
moved up to 11th on my list of deaths from the pandemic at 1694/M
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: Activecases: 12,184 433Deaths/M
Honduras: Activecases: 137,449 593Deaths/M
El
Salvador: Active cases: 2,389 336
Deaths/M
US Vaccinations: As of 5/16/2021
273.5 million doses and finally after a third day dropping a small increase to 1.98
million per day in the last week sounds impressive but if the rate does not
increase it will take us now back to some 4 months to have 75% of the
population vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop herd immunity.
In California 35,114,892 total doses have been given (79.4% of doses received to
equal the U.S. average of 79.4%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be
scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term, California has not moved
from 27th out of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses
administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 38.4% of
its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 37.1% has moved down
from 23rd tied with Alaska to 24th among the 50 states. A long way to go 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: As Israel is being subjected
to Hamas rockets in a deadly massive rain, CNN proves once again its acronym is
not misnamed as freelance CNN poster Adeel Raza’s pro Hitler vitriolic
anti-Semite tweets have surfaced; Sanders a frequent critic of Israel is demanding
foreign aid including the moneys spent of Iron Dome which has been intercepting
90% of the rockets aimed into Israel (as the Squad pipes in castigating Israel
for defending itself a Jewish voter voting Blue in 2022 should be a highly
endangered species); the CDC’s latest flipflop on mask wearing for fully
vaccinated people which came without any waring or advance preparation has the
nation’s largest nursing union up in arms and the public somewhat confused and
skeptical that the person on the honor system not wearing a mask has been fully
vaccinated; for Cuomo, whose office is scandal central and facing criminal
probes, impeachment rumblings and growing demands that he resign the flip flop
is probably manna from Heaven distracting and deflecting the wrath targeted
against him; the NYC Subways continue to be a dangerous place to be as 3 more
riders were viciously assaulted while the transit district’s please for more
transit officers addressed to Mayor De Blasio fall on deaf ears; the hope of
Bill and Melinda Gates for an amicable divorce may be facing some issues as
reports continue to leak out on Bill Gates behavior during their marriage that are
not complimentary and reveal his pursuing other women working for Microsoft and
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation during their marriage; it looks like the
censorship excesses of Twitter is not just confined to the U.S. as a
conservative politician in Spain was banned for 12 hours for “hate speech” by
tweeting that men cannot get pregnant because they “lack a uterus and eggs”
(the idiots at Twitter writing the algorithms must believe that the movie Junior
was more than just a movie and that transgender women who identify as men
can still keep their female organs and bear children); Young Kim, a newly
elected Korean-American Red in the House has visited the border to see firsthand
the chaos of the surge in illegals that Biden and his Blues have ignored and had choice words for
the Where’s Waldo czar who has been MIA for 53 days “Get Your Butt Down There!”;
leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal what the teachers’ unions are
teaching our children to our dismay and disgust which should create more
charter schools:
Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is back to show that through May
14, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly
persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 1236 persons shot of whom 212
have died.
As always, I hope you
enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in
history, a video musical link to “This Is How We Do It“ by Montel Jordan, the
fact that you were able to practice retrenchment during the pandemic and a
quote from Space Shuttle Commander Bob Crippen on the Columbia, secure in the
knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like Father’s
Day, college graduations, birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know
that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a
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2. Stepmother’s Day—created in 2000 by 9 year old Lizzie Capuzzi to honor her stepmother Joyce and who sent a letter to Senator Santorum indicating stepmothers should be honored which the Senator placed in the Congressional Record. Being a stepmother is a difficult position to step into and those children who have been blessed with loving and caring ones are very lucky indeed.
5. Depression Trumps Even the Enforcers—celebrating the birth on this day in 1984 of Rick Rypien, who played for the NHL for 6 seasons and who despite his size was a fierce hitter and enforcer but could not body check successfully depression that he suffered for 10 years even after taking 2 periods of absence to try to treat it and after signing as a free agent with the Winnipeg for $700,000 on July 1, 2011, committed suicide on August 15, 2011.
On this day in
a. 1929 the first Academy Awards Ceremony took place at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
b. 1988 the U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in a report announced that nicotine from cigarettes had the same addictive quality as heroin and cocaine although many smokers would claim from experience the addictive qualities were much worse.
c. 1991 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address a Joint Session of Congress.
d. 2005 in a what took you so long moment, Kuwait in a 35-23 vote in its National Assembly voted to allow women’s suffrage.
e. 2011 the Space Shuttle Endeavor was launched on its 25th and last mission and the penultimate one for the Space Shuttle Program.
Reflections on the Space Shuttle: “This
vehicle is performing like a champ. I’ve got a super spaceship under me.” Bob
Crippen, STS-1 astronaut,
regarding the Space Shuttle Columbia, 12 April
1981. Sadly, that designation was retired on February 1, 2003 when the
Columbia disintegrated on reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all 7
aboard.
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