Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not June 22, 2021
CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the
planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases now
over 179 million at 179,932,696 cases (179,917,244 yesterday), 11,340,474 of
which are active, 168,592,222 closed with 164,694,101 recoveries (97.69%
and 97.68% yesterday, and 3,898,121 deaths (2.31% and 2.32% 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 34,434,803 (34,402,047
yesterday) with 4,999,784 active cases of which 3,916 (3,989) yesterday and
8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now down to .078% of active cases and now a significant
reduction to decrease the number of serious or critical cases to increase the
reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 25,355 29,435,009 closed, with
617,835 deaths (2.10% and 2.11% yesterday) and with 28,817,134 recoveries (97.90%
and 97.89% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly improve
and after many months is
still .21% lower than the world’s death rate.
Standing:
On a deaths per million population measure on a steady but slow climb to 1856 the U.S. ranks behind
Peru (5713) 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 9.39% 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 3.91% of its closed cases
have died (3109), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria 2611), Brazil
(2359 which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us
and Italy, Belgium (2160), (Italy (2109), Poland (1980), Argentina (1980) and
the UK (1876) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has
new deaths barely increasing), and slightly better than Mexico (1777),
Spain (1726), France (1694), Romania (1699), Portugal (1679), Chile
(1644), Sweden (1434) that never closed its economy down like we did,
Bolivia (1373) and Switzerland (1248).
Tests:
We have now conducted 500,790,852 tests (now at 1,504,364/M) compared to number
2 now France at 1,396,887/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 2,987,491/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
1777/M with a fatality rate of 10.48% 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: 17,932 Deaths/M 482
Honduras: Active
Cases: 156,356 Deaths/M 678
El Salvador: Active
cases: 3,540 Deaths/M 359
US Vaccinations: As of 6/22/21 318.6
million doses finally after increasing slightly for several days to decrease
from 1.29 million per day to 1.04 million which means if the rate does not increase
it will take us still some 4 months to miss Biden’s goal of having 75% of the
population vaccinated by the 4th of July which many believe is
necessary to develop herd immunity. In California 41,584,951 total doses have
been given (85.6% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 84.1%), but
even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully end
Newsom’s term, California has finally
moved up from 22nd of the 50 states in terms of the
percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the
states and at 48.3% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S.
average of 45.2% has not moved from 18th among the 50
states. 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: The Randolph, New
Jersey School Board after bowing to the cancel culture movement that is killing
this country voted to remove the names of holidays from the school calendar to replace
them with “Days Off” which produced a hurricane of outrage from parents, after
parting shots to parents protesting as “right wing fanatics” reversed itself
8-1 and holiday names will be restored (the lone dissenter’s political career
should end next election and the fellow school board members who originally
voted for this inanity should join him or her); after the Gay Pride Event in
Seattle announced it would charge “reparations” to whites to attend which the
city’s Human Rights Commission actually found no discrimination, 2 members of
the event committee apologized for “reverse discrimination” only to be attacked
and forced to apologize (the organizers of this event seem oblivious to the
inanity of their own discrimination); after the NFL’s first active gay player
came out, Joyless Behar in a typical clueless moment on The View cracked
what if made by a Red would be slammed as homophobic that she didn’t understand
“penetration in the end zone”; maybe Biden has some spine as the U.S. seized 36
Iranian social media sites for disinformation and Iran’s new ruler Raisi
already being condemned for human rights violations flatly rejected any talks
with U.S. on nuclear deal discussions restart as long as sanctions remain; for
Biden in Iowa the rose still is in bloom with 89% of Blues who approve his
policies as opposed to 6% of Reds but among all voters his honeymoon may have
ended as 52% disapprove; bipartisanship may be an endangered species on most
issues but evidently not immigration as a bipartisan troika of legislators
Cornyn, Gonzales and Cuellar are slamming Biden’s border policies and demanding
Harris and Biden come to the border to witness firsthand the chaos; the
chickens are coming home to roost over the Blue’s idiocy of locking down
Washington for weeks with 26,000 members of the National Guard as the Secretary
of the Army is claiming that unless the National Guard is reimbursed $521
million for its costs it will be forced to cut back on training (the number and
duration was sheer 1984 overkill); as crime continues to spiral out of control
and far too many charged are too quickly released, it looks like Biden is still
sticking to his “no cash bail” campaign promise; Portland, racked by riots and
resigning police, now prohibits officers from non-safety related traffic stops
and requires officers to inform those stopped of their right to not consent to
having their vehicle searched (wonder how many felons that would otherwise be
caught in a routine traffic stop will now continue to go free and raise deadly
havoc); as record numbers of illegals flood our border while the Biden
Administration is MIA on trying to secure it, leave it to the political
cartoonist to point out our shortfalls in addressing this very dangerous crisis
that seems to worsen each day:
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a recording musical link to “Daddy” by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye and the Kaye Choir, the fact that you are not cursed with the need of ructation to embarrass yourself and a quote by Michael Somare on the importance or rainforests, 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.
2. World Rainforest Day—created by the Rainforest Partnership in 2017 to create awareness of the critical importance of rainforests to animal habitat and to the elimination of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and to promote efforts to preserve this vital resource. 3. 1941 Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1941 on this day was “Daddy” by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye and the Kaye Choir on a run of 1 week in that position. Here is a recording of “Daddy” by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye and the Kaye Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xY2vd-mNSU Classic song of imagined gold diggers.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “ructation” which means the act of belching which will not endear you to your host in social settings.
c. 1948 in a better late than never moment, King George VI formally relinquished his title as Emperor of India some 6 months after England had granted independence to the country.
d. 1969 in a classic warning of the dangers of pollution to our waterways the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire assisting the passage of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
e. 1990 Checkpoint Charlie on the now erased border of West and East Berlin was dismantled.
Reflections on rainforests: “The answer is simple. If we lose the world's forests, we lose the fight against climate change. Rainforests are our Earth's greatest utility - our planet's lungs, thermostat and air-conditioning system.” Michael Somare, the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea after its independence.
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