Amazon defeated unionism in Alabama by paying all its employees at least $15/hour, more than double the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25. However, $15/hour translates to $31,000/year, LESS than half of the U.S. median family income. “The victory leaves Amazon free to handle employees on its own terms,” The Times’s Karen Weise and Michael Corkery write.
Hideki Maruyama became the first Japanese to win a major golf tournament, edging out Will Zalatoris, an interesting newcomer who shows promise to win a tournament this year, and Xander Schauffele, who could well prevail in another major this year. He had a roller coaster round, with a triple bogey on the 16th hole.
Maruyama is rather reticent in his public statements, and always uses an interpreter. When it sort of came out that he has a wife and two children, that was big news. Asked why he never previously mentioned them, his response was that no one ever asked him that question. My prediction? Maruyama will light the Tokyo Olympic flame on July 23, which is a little more than three months away.
It is appearing that this pandemic will be with us longer that expected. First those variants, which should be overcome with a booster shot in the Fall. However, throughout the world, it is surprising how many have said they won't take that shot:
If you can't read the details click on that graph. To summarize, the blue bar indicating a no response by country:
- France 48%
- Poland 37%
- Germany/Spain 31%
- Italy 29%
- U.S. 26%
- China 15%
- Mexico 13%
- UK 11%
- Denmark 10%
The countries with most "yes I will":
- UK 73%
- Denmark 70%
- India 69%
- Mexico 68%
- Australia 64%
- UAE 63%
- U.S. 47%
- Germany 44%
- France 26%
Another global survey showed acceptance percentage:
- Gender
- Female 53.5%
- Male 45.8%
- Income level
- less than $2/day 3.3%
- $8-$32/day 22.4%
- more than $32/day 63.3%
- Education level (and this is surprising!!!)
- less than high school 28.6%
- high school and some college 35%
- bachelor's degree 27.6%
- postgraduate degree 8.8%
- Age group (again, surprising)
- 18-24 15.4%
- 25-54 62.4%
- 55 and over 11.1% (????)
From Pew Research of Americans:
- Since September, the percentage planning to be vaccinated has risen:
- In November, only 42% of Black Americans were willing. Today, this us up to 61%.
- Unlike that above world willingness of the elderly, in the U.S. this percentage is up to 85%.
- Females at 66% and males at 72%, also different from the world, which had that reversed, F 54% and M 46%.
- What's wrong with Republicans?
- Democrats 83%
- Republicans 56%
- Why won't 30% of the public get vaccinated:
- Maybe I should stop here, but a little surprising that more Americans don't think that vaccinations will help the economy. 76% to 22%, but you would think this would be 90%+.
- About how well top officials have responded, the medical profession scored well, and Donald Trump did not. Biden is not rated all that much better than Trump.
Masks have gained in popularity:
I'll end with a photo:
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