RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT September 29,
2021
CV
World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing
basis with cases now over 233 million at 233,994,141 cases, 18,308,089
of which are active, 215,595,204 closed with 210,808,129 recoveries
(97.78%), and 4,787,075 deaths (2.22% )to continue the low trend of increased
cases with increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentages with
some plateaus, dips, and rises.
CV USA Cases: Total
cases now over 44 million at 44,168,010 with 9,864,470 active cases of
which 21,047 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady
decreases despite the Delta variant to .213 % of active cases and to
increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 8,224, 34,303,540
closures with 713,690 deaths (2.08%) and with 33,589,850 recoveries (97.92%).
Our death rate percentage is still .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths
per million population measure on a steady but slow climb to 2141
the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5943) 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 9.26% 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 3.77%
of its closed cases have died (3135), aping Hungary in terms of increase in
deaths Bulgaria (2024), Brazil (2780) which has been hit with
a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2519),
Columbia newly added to the list (2449), Belgium (2195),
and Italy (2168), and slightly better than Mexico (2116), Poland (2001), UK (1998),
Chile (1939), Romania (1932), Spain (1847), Ecuador newly added to list
(1823), France (1782), Portugal (1769), Bolivia (1577), Sweden
(1456) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1270). As
vaccine mandate hysteria grows in the U.S., if you are infected you have a 1.615%
chance of dying and if you are over 65 the percentages of deaths for that group
is 78%.
Tests: We
have now conducted 639,601,967 tests (1,918,330/M) just passed by France at 2,128,349
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 4,423,574/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 but passed the UK to drop to
10th on my list of deaths from the pandemic at 2116/M
with a fatality rate of 8.44% 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: 28,302 Deaths/M 738
Honduras: Active
Cases: 245,552 Deaths/M 966
El
Salvador: Active cases: 14,275 Deaths/M 494
US Vaccinations: As of 9/29/2021
392.0 million doses, .707 million per day (down to 4 months for 75% of
population vaccinated) and in California 87,672 per day (which
means if the rate does not increase it will take us now only some 3 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 50,546,180 total doses have been given (86.7%
of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 82.8%), California has not
oved moved from 7th of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of
doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 58.9%
of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 55.9% and
has moved from 15th
place to 13th place as a percentage of the population fully
vaccinated. 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: Senator
Manchin has indicated in no uncertain terms he will not vote for Biden’s $3.5
to 5+ fiscal insanity plan; Psaki who lies almost of reflex the most recent
being the border is closed (maybe to those crossing legally at Del Rio
International Bridge but a lie for the thousands crossing the river illegally)
has finally walked back her lie that the Biden’s $3.5 million boondoggle will
have zero cost because it will be paid for by the rich and wealthy corporations
that are not paying their “fair share”; MSNBC “journalist” Chris Hayes was in a
major snit fit meltdown over Manchin’s refusal to back Biden’s fiscal insanity
scaring the living daylights over his diminished band of watchers claiming we
are going to die it the bill is not passed; Biden made a surprise appearance at
the annual Congressional Baseball to be booed by many of the fans in attendance
and then named to the games Hall of Fame; in the era of smart phone cameras
politicians guilty of hypocrisy run a great risk as Governor McAuliffe in a
close race and a proponent of mask laws was caught on a Amtrak train maskless
in front of a placard reminding passengers to wear masks; Brittaney Spears
received the great news that her father’s conservatorship over her had ended;
the Biden Administration is dragging its feet again on reinstating the
requirement that asylum seekers remain in Mexico until their cases are heard
(that is too lenient and asylum seekers which are primarily of an economic
nature and will be refused should require the asylum seekers seek asylum in
their own country after filing their petition at the American consulate there); as Biden
thank God appears to be coming up on a stone wall of resistance on his $3.5
trillion plus reconciliation bill, leave it to the political cartoonist to
portray the inability to make a silk purse out or a sow’s ear:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that
through September 28, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color
shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3549 persons
shot of whom 613 have died.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for
this day in history, a music video link to “One More
Night” by Maroon 5, the fact that meteorologists use sferics in their
forecasting work and a quote by Michael Melville on private enterprise compared
to the government, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any
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1. World Heart Day—created by the World
Health Organization and the World Heart Federation in 1999 and first observed
in 2000 to promote awareness of heart disease and the means of prevention.
2. National Women’s
Health and Fitness Day--created by the Health Information Resource Center in in 2001 and celebrated on the last Wednesday in
September since 2002 to promote awareness in women for the need for physical
exercise and healthy lifestyles.
3. 2012 Number 1
Song USA—the number 1 song in 2012 on this day was “One More Night” Maroon 5 on a run in that position of 9 weeks to
join 11 other songs that achieved number 1 status as 6 acts achieved their first number 1 song on
the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “One More Night” by Maroon
5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwK7ggA3-bU.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is
“sferics” which means the study of storms using electrical detectors which
makes weather forecasting and storm
alerts more reliable which in an era of potential climate change is a good trend.
5. Should Have Paid More Attention to the Doctors Played-- celebrating the birth
on this day in 1939 of noted TV actor and big screen actor Larry Linville who
often was cast in the role of doctors and is best remembered for his role as Major
Frank Burns on M*A*S*H who in real life was a heavy drinker and smoker
and who came down with lung cancer and died from complications following surgery
from removing part of his lung on April 10, 2000.
On this day in:
a. 1789 the U.S. Department
of War established a regular army of several hundred men leaving the state
militias to be looked to for the defense of the nation.
b. 1923 the first American Women’s
Track and Field Championships were held in Weeqhauhic Park, Newark, New Jersey
with 11 events with the longest race, one hundred yards, and no basketball or
softball but a basketball toss and a softball toss.
c. 1975 WGPR became
the nation’s first black owned TV
station operating in Detroit until it was acquired by CBS in 1995.
d. 1990 construction of
the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. that started on this day
in 1907 with the laying of the cornerstone was completed.
e. 2004 Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne,
the first privately funded space ship made a successful suborbital flight into
space reaching an altitude of 102.93 km which qualified for the 1st
of 2 space flights needed to qualify for the Ansari X Prize of $10 million
payable to the first reusable spaceship, privately funded capable 3 people over
100 km into space and replicating the feat within 2 weeks thereafter which was
accomplished on October 4, 2004.
Reflections on private
enterprise and space travel: “ Private
enterprise can do things in many ways much more efficiently, ... As small as we
are and as little money as we had, we did amazing things.” Mike
Melville the pilot of SpaceShipOne Sadly truer words were never more spoken as
one looks at the waste in the Swamp and far too many state capitals.
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