Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not July 19, 2021
CV World Cases:
The CV pandemic across the planet continues on a slowing down basis the
new year with cases now over 191 million at 191,712,967 cases (191,273,508
cases yesterday); 13,032,941 of
which are active, 178,680,026 closed with 174,567,234 recoveries (97.70%
and 97.70% yesterday, and 4,112,792 deaths (2.30% and 2.30% 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 35 million at 35,018,600 (34,994,334 yesterday) with 4,987,415 active cases of which 6072 are
serious or critical, (5922 yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now on a serious
upswing due to Delta virus up to .012% of active cases and now a steady increase
in the number of serious or critical cases to decrease the reduction from the
29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 23,199, 30,031,185 closed, with 624,683 deaths (2.08%
and 2.08% yesterday) and with 29,406,202 recoveries (97.92% and 97.92%
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 1877 the U.S. ranks behind
Peru (5837) 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 9.36% 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 3.89% of its
closed cases have died (3116), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths
Bulgaria (2637), Brazil (2535) which has been hit with a rapid
rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2234), Belgium
(2165), (Italy (2118), Poland (1990), and the UK (1886) which had passed us
despite leading world in testing and now has new deaths barely
increasing), and slightly better than Mexico (1814), Romania (1793),
Chile (1791), Spain (1734), France (1704), Portugal (1693),Bolivia
(1468), Sweden (1437) that never closed its economy down like we
did, and Switzerland (1250).
Tests:
We have now conducted 517,892,496 (now at 1,554,859/M) compared to number 2 now
France at 1,515,257 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 3,419,282/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 1814/M
with a fatality rate of 10.32% 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: 31,240 Deaths/M 544
Honduras: Active
Cases: 175,272 Deaths/M 734
El Salvador: Active
cases: 5,217 Deaths/M 383
US
Vaccinations: As of 7/19/21 338.2 million doses at .521 million per day and in
California 76,224 per day which means if the rate does not increase it will take
us now some 6 months to have 75% of the population vaccinated which many
believe is necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may
believe that 90% is required). In
California 44,195,184 total doses have been given (88.5% of doses received to
exceed the U.S. average of 86.8%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be
scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term, California
has finally has not moved from 18th of the 50 states in terms
of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to
the states and at 51.8% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S.
average of 48.6% has moved from 18th to 17th tied with Delaware 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: Bezos’
New Shephard’s fully computer controlled space ship New Shepard will follow in
Branson’s footsteps but will be launched tomorrow from the ground instead of being dropped from
a plane; the search for bodies from the Champlain
South Tower collapse is nearing an end with 97 confirmed deaths, 95 of whom
have been identified and 22 million pounds of concrete having been removed; the
50 Texas Blue Don Quixote’s are still in the Swamp organizing a flurry of
publicity events which given the fact that 5 of them have tested positive for
COVID-19 and are in quarantine are being held virally (empty jail cells await
their return to Texas); good news for Harris is that after being exposed to the
5 infected Texas quorum scofflaws she has tested negative; Governor De Santis
is warning Floridians that being 1000 miles away from an open border in Texas
offers no security from the mass of illegal aliens that are heading to his
state; Black Lives Matter which supports Cuba’s communist government is going
to have a permanent Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C.; David
Johnson, a black packaging engineer on contract with Hasbro blown the whistle
on CRT trying teach that by 3-6 months babies are on the path toward being
racist and parents should not be surprised to find those beliefs in the packaging
of Hasbro toys they buy for their kids; after the Hunter Biden corruption cow
has already left the barn, WAPO is slamming Hunter Biden’s art quid pro scam
with a hysterical scathing OpEd but since the election is over a day late and a
dollar short although it might surprise us by being a step in the right
direction for the biased rag calling itself a newspaper; VW is terminating Passat in the U.S. to focus
on SUV’s and electric vehicles; while Cubans are protesting in the streets over
the tyrannical policies of the communist party there and an increasing number
of Blue leftists seem to be supporting them, leave it to the political
cartoonist to link the danger from the pandemic to the dangers of socialism:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show
that through July 14, 2,021, gun violence involving mostly persons of
color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 2320
persons shot of whom 400 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in
history, a video recording musical link to “Easier Said Than Done” by The
Essex, the fact that you have access to
sapid cuisine and a quote by Senator Ted Kennedy on Chappaquiddick, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any
memorable events like Labor Day, college graduations, birthdays, weddings,
or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a
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1. National Flight Attendant Safety Professionals Day—created a Senate Joint Resolution on July 13, 1990, and first
celebrated on July 19, 1990 to honor the professionalism of flight attendants
whose professionalism given the mask mandate has been sorely tried by far too many
violent passengers.
2. Global Hug Your Kid Day—created by Michelle Nichols in 2008 a decade after her 8 ½ year
old son Mark died of brain cancer and celebrated on the 3rd Monday
in July to advance the cause of parents hugging their children not just on this
day but on each and every day of the year.
3. 1963
Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1963 on this day was “Easier
Said Than Done” by The Essex on a run of 2 weeks in that position to join 20
other songs that achieved number 1 status and 18 other acts with their first
number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a recording by The Essex of “Easier Said Than Done”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=466Y-5dPtBQ
The Essex was an African-American R&B band who were all active Marines who
had a short career that was impacted by having members deployed on Okinawa and
one member being killing in a mugging attempt.
4. Word of the Day—the word
of the day is “sapid” which means having a pleasant agreeable taste which
always warms the cockles of a gourmet’s heart.
5. Two Crash Survivor--celebrating the birth on this day in 1952 of noted guitarist
and performer Larkin Allen Collins, Jr. better known to his fans as Allen
Collins and a founding member of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd who survived a plane
crash that killed 3 Lynyrd Skynyrd band members and severally injured him. Sadly,
he was driving his new Ford Thunderbird on January 29, 1986 intoxicated with
his girlfriend and was involved in an accident that killed her and paralyzed
him from the waist done with damage done to his hands and arms such he would never
play the guitar again. He died from pneumonia aggravated by his paralysis on
January 23, 1990.
On this day in:
a. 1969
Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into a bridge and into a tidal pool at Chappaquiddick,
Massachusetts causing the drowning death of his passenger and campaign
volunteer Mary Jo Kopechne.
, b. 1977
the world became an easier place to navigate with the first Global Positioning
Signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite to be received at Rockwell
Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
c. 1980 the Summer Olympics opened in Moscow, boycotted by 66 nations
led by the United States due to the invasion by the Soviets of Afghanistan
which the Soviets would return the favor by boycotting the 1984 Olympics held
in Los Angeles.
d. 1982 David S. Dodge, the President of the American University of Beirut,
was kidnapped by Hezbollah extremists and flown back to Tehran where he spent a
year in captivity and then released in part due to the efforts of Syria.
e. 1983
the first 3-dimensional representation of the human head was constructed in CT
scan was published.
Reflections
on the Chappaquiddick from the man driving the car that caused Mary Jo Kopechne’s
death: That will
remain with me for my whole life. And I've
indicated before, you know, that I've accepted responsibility for it. That
doesn't change now. [That] won't change in the future. And it's something that
I have to just live with." Senator Ted Kennedy
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