Ridley’s Believe
It Or Not August 10, 2021
CV World Cases: The CV pandemic
across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now
over 204 million at 204,535, 846 cases
(204,089,191 yesterday); 16,529,692 of which are active, 188,006,154
closed with 183,683,597 recoveries (97.70% and 97.70% yesterday, and 4,322,557
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 but which has been stuck on the same death rate
for many weeks until the drop to 2.30% from 2.31% on the 5th.
CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 36 million at 36,814,480 (36,771,525
yesterday) with 6,243,307 active cases
of which 16,339 are serious or critical, (16,055 yesterday and 8,599 on
3/25/2021) (now on a serious upswing due to Delta virus up to .026% 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 13,216, 30,571,173
closed, with 634,046 deaths (2.07% and 2.08% yesterday) and with 29,937,127
recoveries (97.92% and 97.92% yesterday). Our death rate percentage is no
longer stuck at 2.08% since July 12, 2021 and now .23% lower than the world’s
death rate.
Standing: On a
deaths per million population measure on a steady but slow climb to 1903 the U.S. ranks behind
Peru (5885) 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 9.31% 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 3.86% of its
closed cases have died (3118), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths
Bulgaria (2653), Brazil (2631) which has been hit with a rapid
rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Columbia newly added to the
list (2381), Argentina (2365), Belgium (2170), Italy (2125),
Poland (1992), and the UK (1911) which had passed us despite leading world in
testing and now has new deaths barely increasing), and slightly better
than Mexico (1876), Chile (1873), Romania (1797), Ecuador newly added to list
(1772), Spain (1758), Portugal (1722), France (1717), Bolivia (1520), Sweden
(1438) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1251).
Tests: We have
now conducted 544,935,537 tests (1,635,726/M) just passed by France at
1,669,024 who is now 1st 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
3,680.883/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 has been passed by Argentina and newly added Columbia
to move down to 12th on my list of deaths from the
pandemic at 1873M with a fatality rate
of 9.54% 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: 37.121 Deaths/M 591
Honduras: Active Cases: 197,391 Deaths/M 814
El Salvador: Active
cases: 8,677 Deaths/M 420
US
Vaccinations: As of 8/10/2021 352.6 million doses, up from .716 million per day to .739 million
per day (down to 6 months to go for 75% of population vaccinated) and in
California 88,607 per day (88,495 yesterday) which means if the rate does not
increase it will take us still some 4 months to have 75% of the population of
California vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop herd immunity
(other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe that 90% is required). In California 46,003,535 total doses have
been given (89.0% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 86.5%), but
even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully
end Newsom’s term, California has moved down
from 14th tied with Utah to 19th of the 50 states in
terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses
delivered to the states and at 53.7% of its population fully vaccinated
compared to the U.S. average of 50.3% has not
moved from 17th 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: Andrew
Cuomo finally came to his senses and resigned today after his lawyer
extensively attacked the AG’s Report’s bias and selective inclusion of
witnesses’ testimony; after ignoring SCUTUS’s ruling that he did not have
authority to extend the eviction moratorium, the CDC ordered an extension
through October in areas of high COVID-19 infection (let’s hope that SCOTUS
does not take kindly to having the Executive Branch thumb its nose at); Abbot’s
threat to arrest fleeing Texas Representatives was put on hold when a Democrat
district judge issued a TRO banning any arrests which TRO was lifted by the
Texas Supreme Court and the Speaker of the Texas has executed arrest warrants
for these scofflaws; Gary Maynard who taught courses at Santa Clara University
and Sonoma State University has been arrested for setting an arson fire near
the Dixie Fire that is still burning massive amounts of timber, totally out of
control; Oregon will require state employees of the Executive Branch to be
vaccinated will again require masks for indoor events; as real concerns are being raised over the
runaway deficit caused by Biden’s tax and spending increases with the $1.1
trillion “infrastructure” bill that 19 Reds were foolish enough to vote for,
paving the way for the $3.5 trillion social infrastructure bill that with an
open border will also create pathways to citizenship for illegals already here,
leave it to the political cartoonist to graphically displays the disastrous
results of the spending of trillions on the lives of our children and
grandchildren:
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a video musical link to “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, that you enjoy using risque words like scortation that most people do not know the definition of, and a quote by Norm Mineta on the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII , 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 unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. Please contact me for details on pricing.
1. International Vlogging Day—created by David Bullas and Thomas Burns, organizers of the video sharing conference Summer in the City on February 19, 2018 and first celebrated on this day in 2018 to promote the sharing of creative videos by vlogging them.
2. Smithsonian Day—celebrating the creation of the Smithson Institute by Act of Congress in 1846 and the funding of it to restore the initial bequeath of James Smithsonian, a British scientist who bequeathed a gift of $500,000 to for an establishment to create and diffuse knowledge in Washington, D.C. if the sole heir of his estate died without heirs which he did in 1835 but sadly the funds were invested in state bonds that ended up in default. It has grown to become the largest museum complex in the world and a must see site top visit if one is in Washington, D.C.
3. 1983 Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1983 on this day was “Every Breath You Take” by The Police on a run of 8 weeks in that position to join 16 other songs that achieved number 1 status and join 8 other acts that achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a video recording of “Every Breath You Take” by The Police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs This British rock band was formed 1977 and performed until disbanded in 1986 for the members to pursue solo careers. They came together for a reunion tour in 2008 that sold out in 30 minutes.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “scortation” which means lewdness or fornication which enables you to use a word that may be inappropriate but meriting no shame because most people will not know what it means.
5. Music Is the Bread of Life—celebrating the birth on this day in 1943 of noted songwriter, singer and guitarist James Griffin, a co-founder of the soft rock band Bread sadly was a smoker and died from lung cancer at the age of 61 on January 11, 2005.
On this day in:
a. 1948 Candid Camera, starring Allen Funt debuted on television
b. 1961 the test run of spraying herbicides in South Vietnam began on this to evolve into Operation Ranch Hand in early 1962 which would result in the spraying of some 20 million gallons or herbicides and pesticides to eliminate jungle cover and food sources from the Viet Cong but having long term adverse health consequences for the millions of South Vietnamese who were exposed to the spraying along with the soldiers who delivered them .
c. 1978 3 girls of the Ulrich family were killed when the Ford Pinto they were riding in was rear ended it near Osceola, Indiana with the fuel tank bursting into flames. For the first time in history a defendant was charged criminally for a defective product; in 1980 the civil suits filed by the Ulrich’s were settled for $7500 per plaintiff.
d. 1988 President Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which provided payment of $20,000 to those Japanese Americans who had been interned or relocated by the United States during World War II.
e. 1999 Buford Furrow, a white supremacist, anti-Semite walked in the North Valley Jewish Community Center and opened fire with an Israeli made Uzi submachine gun, wounding non fatally 5 people, 3 of whom were small children and fled the scene stopping in Grenada Hills to kill a mail carrier who had just delivered mail. After an $800 cab ride to Las Vegas, he surrendered to police, pled guilty to murder and attempted murder and was sentenced to 2 life sentences plus 19 years.
Reflections on The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: "Today I just feel that Congress is so polarized that I'm not sure a grassroots movement like this would have the kind of impact that we see resulting in the signing of the bill by President Reagan in 1988. There is a saying in Japanese culture, 'kodomo no tame ni,' which means, 'for the sake of the children.' And for us running this campaign, that had much to do with it. It's the legacy we're handing down them and to the nation to say that, 'You can make this mistake, but you also have to correct it — and by correcting it, hopefully not repeat it again.' " Norm Mineta, former 10 term Congressman, only Blue to serve in George W Bush’s cabinet. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet, and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.
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