Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not July 3, 2021
CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across
the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases
now over 184 million at 184,211,460 cases (183,249,484 yesterday), 11,630,602
of which are active, 172,580,558 closed with 168,594,518 recoveries
(97.69% and 97.69% yesterday), and 3,986,743 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 34,588,043 (34,562,735 yesterday) with 4,879,370
active cases of which 3,803 (3,871) yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now down
to .078% of active cases and now back to a 68 serious or critical cases decrease
to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 25,468, 29,708,673
closed, with 621,255 deaths (2.09% and 2.09% yesterday) and with 29,087,418
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 1866 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5770) 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 (2622), Brazil
(2446) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us
and Italy, Belgium (2164), Italy (2114), Argentina (2096), Poland (1986), and the
UK (1879) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new
deaths barely increasing), and slightly better than Mexico (1792),
Romania (1775), Spain (1730), Chile (1710), France (1699), Portugal (1683), Sweden
(1436) that never closed its economy down like we did, Bolivia (1427) and
Switzerland (1250).
Tests: As more and more of us are
being vaccinated we are testing fewer each day and we have now conducted 507,590,331
tests (now at 1,524,547/M) compared to number 2 now France at 1,436,896/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 3,147,387/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 1792/M with a fatality rate of 10.42% 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: 23,870
Deaths/M 516
Honduras: Active
Cases: 165,470 Deaths/M 702
El
Salvador: Active Cases: 4,100
Deaths/M 368
US
Vaccinations: As of 7/3/21 330.0 million doses with after 5 days of increasing
finally a slight drop from 1.12 million per day to 1.09 and increase back up to 1.12 million per day which
means if the rate does not increase it will take now take us some 4 months to meet
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 42,976,116 total doses have been given (87.3% of doses
received to exceed the U.S. average of 86.1%), 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 50.2% of its population fully
vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 47.3% 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: Reds continue
to push the idea that Biden is mentally flawed and should take a cognitive
awareness test like Trump did and passed with flying colors which as of yet
Biden has refused to do and will be used in 2022 to encourage voters to replace
Blue reign in the House and Senate to curtail a dementia impacted
president; in Miami the search for
survivors has resumed with the death count rising to 24 with the confirmed
number of missing now dropped down to 124 as Governor de Santis announced that
contracts will be signed to demolish the portion of the South Tower still
standing due to its perceived imminent danger of collapsing; while Blues have
their heads in the sand claiming that there is no crisis at the board and
biased leftist hacks like Joyless Reid are claiming there is no crime spike, latest
reports from the CBP are that with 4 months remaining in the 2021 Fiscal Year,
6918 criminal illegals have been arrested crossing the border; e-mails released
show the South Tower Condominium Building Manager complaining to the city about
delays in getting building permits so construction could be started
(bureaucratic delay and ineptness at fault?); Khaled Awad, originally here on a
student visa but then illegally here when it expired has been charged with
attempted murder of a Jewish rabbis in NYC and is being held without bail and hate
charges are being considered; reality has hit Andrew Cuomo finally in the face
as only 1/3 of voters think he should run for another term and 62% think he
should not (hopefully he will spare us another run but if his ego will not
permit him from bowing out, great chance the new Empire State Governor will be
a Red); Blues have introduced legislation that would severely curtail the
ability of a state where a company is located to tax the telecommuting
residents of another state being employed by that company (could very well be another
incentive to move from have tax Blue run states to low tax states and telecommute);
the 17 year cicadas have come and gone and are burrowed into the ground after
their parents have died to reappear in 17 years or perhaps sooner due climate
change; after a never ending stream of
vitriol on “White Supremacists” real and imaginary finally a heavily armed group
of African Americans who view themselves above the law and superior to whites making waves as the heavily armed group in a routine traffic stop in Massachusetts
have been arrested with fortunately no shots fired; Amy Gutmann, President of
Penn that is in hot water for accepting millions of undisclosed donations from
China has been appointed to serve as Ambassador to Germany; as Biden and his policies are
raising havoc in this nation, leave it to the political cartoonist to exemplify
the Biden Ball and Chain:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show
that through July 2, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of
color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 1996
persons shot of whom 342 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 “Here in My Heart” by Al
Marino, the fact that you enjoy a great sack, and a quote by Col. Doug Douds, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), U.S.
Army War College on the
Gettysburg Battle site, secure in the knowledge
that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like Fourth of July,
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1. National Independent Beer
Run Day—created by the Brewers Association on June 26, 2019 and first
celebrated on this day in 2019 to promote the brewing of craft beers and their
consumption and celebrated on the last day before the 4th to stock
up on craft beers before one’s barbecue or 4th celebrations.
2. International Day of
Cooperatives—celebrated on the first Saturday in July since 1995 to
commemorate and honor the efforts of some 1 billion members in cooperatives in
a broad spectrum of our economic and cultural activity around the globe.
3. 1952
Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1952 on this day on a run of 3 weeks non continuous
in the position was “Here in My Heart” by Al Martino to join 10 other songs in
the number 1 position. Here is a recording of “Here in My Heart” by Al Martino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMD-k0C1AM8.
Martino was known as one of the great Italian American pop singers and also
remembered for his role as Johnny Fontaine in The Godfather.
4. Word of the Day—the word
of the day as we leave words starting with “r” and move to those starting with “s”
is “sack” which also means a dry white wine or sherry from Spain.
5. One Two
Punch Is Too Deadly--celebrating the birth on this day in 1930 of noted guitarist
and studio musician who was probably the most recorded musician of the 20th
Century Tommy Tedesco who was a heavy smoker throughout his life and had his career
ended by a stroke in 1992 that left him partially paralyzed; years of smoking
caught up with him and he died of lung cancer at age 67 on November 10, 1967.
On this day in:
a. 1775
General George Washington took command of the Continental Army such as it was.
b. 1886 the New
York Tribune became the first newspaper to start using linotype ending the
time consuming practice of setting type by hand.
c. 1938 President Franklin Roosevelt
dedicated the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lit the Eternal Flame at the
Gettysburg Battlefield.
d. 1979 President Carter authorized Operation Cyclone, a program of
secret military aid to the opponents of the Pro Soviet regime in Afghanistan,
which grew significantly under Reagan including Stingers which made it very
costly for Soviet helicopters and airplanes to fly missions.
e. 1988 the USS Vincennes in a
real oops moment thinking it was being attacked shot down Iranian Flight 655,
an Airbus 300, over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 persons aboard which
ultimately resulted in a construed U.S. apology and a payment of $61.8 million
to the victims.
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Quotes on the Gettysburg
Battle site: “On this ground occurred the end of the beginning of the Battle
of Gettysburg and the beginning of the end of the Civil War. The scene of the
last stand of Union troops on the first day fighting and the location of
General Robert E. Lee’s headquarters for the next two, this land has tactical
through strategic importance. To preserve it is an act of faithful
stewardship. It preserves another link for future generations to understand
the Battle of Gettysburg, and the great sacrifices made by earlier citizens
on our behalf.” — Col. Doug Douds, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), U.S. Army War College ©
July 3, 2021 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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