From Worldometer, COVID-19 new deaths:
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 1 676 4857 1057 438 92
5 251 3572 535 421 173
7 993 5504 1312 479 192
12 380 4118 659 500 108
14 935 5414 1341 586 174
15 1001 5760 1261 614 107
19 412 4606 715 675 85
21 1119 5669 1346 671 195
22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
26 450 4307 556 715 114
28 1266 5589 955 776 190
Aug 1 1462 6429 1191 765 193
2 1123 5601 1048 852 148
3 467 4430 514 514 213
28 1266 5589 955 776 190
Aug 1 1462 6429 1191 765 193
2 1123 5601 1048 852 148
3 467 4430 514 514 213
5 1362 6292 1394 849 345
10 534 4813 593 1013 198
11 569 4575 721 887 213
12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
13 1386 6816 1164 950 129
14 1284 6653 1301 1006 260
15 1120 5945 1007 990 286
Summary:
About the topic of the day, I'm not getting close to being 3 million years old. However, I might report that 3 million years ago, Planet Earth:
2,385,180
Of course, I've also traveled on other airlines, as for example, my first around the world itinerary was on Pan American flight 001:
Well, as I'm reaching the end of my flying life, I don't think I'll reach 3 million flight miles.
However, about Planet Earth and Humanity, this blog site has experienced 2,265,040 viewers.
11 569 4575 721 887 213
12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
13 1386 6816 1164 950 129
14 1284 6653 1301 1006 260
15 1120 5945 1007 990 286
Summary:
- If you go to the Worldometer link, you will see that the US had 60,600 new cases yesterday. This means that the new deaths/day figure will remain between 500 and 1500 for the next two weeks.
- China had 30 new cases and no new deaths.
- European new cases are again increasing, probably from school openings.
- Japan seems to be stuck at 1000 new cases per day.
- Incidentally, if you go to that Worldometer site, and click on the USA, you will see the listing for states. You need to further click on Yesterday to get the full reporting data of the previous date. The Now link is incomplete for today.
- California had the highest new deaths figure with 10,316.
- Texas led with 233 new deaths.
- From best in the nation to now #5, Hawaii had 231 new cases yesterday, but no new deaths.
- There is some local outrage about how Governor David Ige and his Department of Health have handled this pandemic.
- A whistleblower complaint of not enough contact tracers is confusing, but probably warranted.
- She says there are only 14 people doing this. Other sources say up to 500.
- The whole state seems perplexed, but the fact of the matter is that unless you can test every one at least once/week or daily, you'll miss the asymptomatic cases, and they are the ones who are infecting others. No amount of tracing can be satisfactory if 50% of cases are asymptomatic, and so few get tested,
- How few? The grand total number of tests is less than 200,000, or 14% of the state population. Thus, only one person in seven has been tested since this pandemic began.
- Why? I don't think you can really blame the administration. For long periods we had only single-digit new cases for a long length of time. The state economy is about as bad as it gets anywhere, and, combined with our total isolation being an island state, they probably couldn't justify spending much money on testing, hoping that the virus never would take hold here. THEY WERE DEAD WRONG! But hindsight is easy.
- Schools were supposed to open on Monday. If this does occur, then we are doomed. Chances are the original show-up period for a few days to learn about remote learning will be delayed.
- I have regularly featured the matter of asymptomatic cases.
- The CDC says around 35%.
- Others say much higher, even up to 80%.
- Try reading this medical survey and see if you understand what the asymptomatic rate is for the seasonal flu:
- On one hand, 16% seems to be this figure.
- But then, 65%-85% keeps being referenced.
- Then a Vietnam study of 17% to 77% is tossed in at the end.
- The consensus? Who knows, although 50% is as good as any for the seasonal flu.
- But can you use the seasonal flu asymptomatic percentage for COVID-19? Probably not, but this is why I tend to say 50%, because there is no better figure.
- If this 50% hardly gets tested, contact tracing would be a waste of time, as is the case for Hawaii today.
- Blame Governor Ige, but the person most responsible for this tragic situation is President Donald Trump. He should have four months ago invoked the National Defense Act to develop a quick test (15 minutes or less) for everyone in the USA today. Do you know what percent of the USA population has been tested as of today? 30%, which is more than double that of Hawaii.
- With 70% of the nation un-tested, are you willing to take a chance that you will be safe in a school room or any room with people? What makes this worse is that there is partisanship, no doubt influenced by Donald Trump. From a Pew poll:
If no Trump and no Republicans, we might be well on our way to recovery.
- Was up to 3 C warmer...and the sea level was 53 feet higher.
- Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis, was alive.
Lifetime flight miles
- Did you know that when first inaugurated in 1947, the stops were San Francisco, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Delhi, Beirut, Istanbul, Frankfurt, London and New York?
- An economy ticket cost $2300 (or $22,000 today--which happens to be for a global first class seat today).
- You could stop over in any of these cities as long as you wanted, but had to complete the trip in 180 days (today, you can take a whole year, and pick any city where the airlines fly).
- If you stayed on the same plane, it took 48 hours to fly around the world.
- Pan Am filed for bankruptcy in 1991.
If I don't cruise around the world in 15 months or so, I'll use the Star Alliance system:
Over 1300 destinations in more than 190 countries. One Round the World fare.
With this flexible fare that offers outstanding value for money you can visit 98% of the world’s countries. Together with the full resource of our 26 member airlines the Star Alliance network connects continents in the most seamless and comfortable way.
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I'm into my 13th year of daily postings. You know how long 13 years are? From the time you went to your first kindergarten class through your senior year of high school. And for me daily, no weekends. Remarkable.
The most popular articles of all-time can be found in the right column. Not sure what those numbers mean, but the top five are:
There does not seem to be any sense to that above list. This started out by being a blog site for energy and the environment. Then, my travels plus cuisine. Into anything on which I wanted to pontificate. The two most popular one-day blogs were:
- 20April2019: TTT2019 Day 30--BTS and ASMR
- 19December2015: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS
They both received more than 27,000 pings in a 24-hour period. BTS? Star Wars? Can't explain why.
Today, these postings are the most popular:
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There are only 193 nations in the United Nations. However, the Google domain includes entities like Antarctica and various small islands and territories. Will I reach 3 million viewers? If I average 500 readers/day, it will take four years. Can I hang on till then? Well, I made it from kindergarten through college, so maybe.
I'll close today with the current state of Pearl's sunburst:
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