By K E Stone (Keystone)
THE CHINA FLLU HAS INFECTED A QUARTER OF A BILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE. It is a tragic humanitarian crisis likely spawned from a leak from a
Wuhan Laboratory in China performing nefarious gain of function research under
inadequate safety protocols.
The Chinese military’s bioweapons division works hand and
glove with the Wuhan scientists. It makes you puke that American taxpayer funds
are still bankrolling research at the compromised Wuhan Institute of Virology
laboratories.
For the last couple months, Russia’s covid stink continues
wafting westward across western Asia and into eastern and central Europe. The COVID-19
infection wave chart above shows the coronavirus wave plain as day, starting in
Russia and expanding out across Europe, like a ripple of water moving across a
lake. Russia’s failure to control the pandemic leads to the increased
infections and new waves in other nations.
France President Macron and Italy Prime Minister Draghi must
act as a firewall to stop the European outbreak. Will the leaders succeed, or
will they fold like a cheap suit and their countries become overtaken by a new
weave of infections? The pretty ladies frolicking on the Spain and Portugal
beaches, in their colorful bikinis, are worried about the infections taking
over Europe and place their full trust in Macron and Draghi. The reader can decide
to laugh, or cry.
Remaining on the world stage, the infections continue moving
higher as shown by the world’s daily new cases chart above. This is a
disappointing development over the last 3 weeks and is due to Russia’s failure at
handling the pandemic now infecting the European continent.
The 7-day MA for the world’s daily new cases is at 450K per
day and continues rising. The important moving average was dropping nicely and
about to take out the lows after waves 3 and 4 (support) but alas, cases rise
again so taking out those lows may require a few more weeks of patience (which
is in short supply as humans deal with the pandemic for the last 2 years).
The world’s daily case numbers need to be sub 450K each day
forward to curl the 7-day MA trend line back over to the downside. For now, the
world’s daily cases wave count remains at 5 but if Europe worsens, number 6 is
coming.
The world’s daily deaths chart is shown above. The world’s
deaths stopped moving lower and are now basing sideways at a 7-day MA at 6.8K
deaths per day. On the positive side, the deaths maintain the overall pattern
of lower highs and lower lows, thus, in charting, the expectation would be that
the downside would resume. Note how wave 3 was the killer wave knocking off the
elderly and folks with comorbidities. The peak in deaths for wave 4 are lower
than wave 3 and the peak in wave 5 is lower than wave 4. Thus, as the outbreak
waves continue plaguing the planet, for nearly one year, the COVID-19 deaths in
the world continue trending lower, tentatively, which is a good thing.
Russia is the major culprit in creating the new wave of
infections and misery across Europe. Russia’s daily new cases chart is shown
above displaying another day of pandemic pain. The 7-day MA for Russia’s daily
new cases is moving sideways for a couple days at 40K cases per day so
hopefully it is topping-out and will roll over in the days ahead. Ruskie deaths
are at 1.2K per day on average and continue higher.
Germany’s daily new cases chart is shown above. The
Deutschland crosses the 4.8 million total cases milestone with over 97K Germans
dead. The daily new cases peak last Thursday and Friday at 36K cases per day
the most ever. The rubber meets the road in the week ahead. If any day is above
36K cases, kiss it goodbye Germany; the country will be in big trouble.
However, if the cases can remain below 36K per day, and especially below the 7-day
MA at 26K, that unfortunately goes parabolic (vertical), Germany can defeat the
wave over the coming weeks.
Despite the cancellation of Oktoberfest, German men don
their lederhosen anyway, and the lovely frauleins look beautiful in their dirndl
dresses, and fun was had by all, but, the covid bell tolls in November after
the beer parties end.
Since France and Italy are hyped as the firewall to
potentially stop the virus spread in Europe, one of their charts are required. Italy’s
daily new cases chart is shown above. France’s chart is the same. Italy’s daily
cases are rising over the last 3 weeks. Not good. The 3-day MA trend line for
daily cases just prints a higher high which verifies that a new uptrend is in progress.
Ditto for France. Both nations are added to the bad country list below.
Things will turn ugly in Italy and France if the cases poke
above that thin red line highlighting the highs from summertime (the red line
is called ‘resistance’ in chart analysis and leads to big upside if breached). Macron
and Draghi better have a plan because in a few days the populations are going
to be asking questions about the rising case numbers.
The weather is colder in the northern hemisphere so humans
are seeking the warmth indoors and breathing each other’s hot, perhaps
infected, air.
Bolivia’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Sadly, wave
4 is underway and medical personnel are sounding the alarm bells. Bolivian
hospitals are running extremely low on supplies and doctors are already
panicking telling the government that more help is needed immediately. Bolivia
reports nearly 1K cases on Friday the highest for wave 4 thus far.
While all eyes are on Russia’s mess and the infection wave
across Europe, trouble sprouts in South America again. For now, Bolivia and
Chile are the two nations undergoing a new infection wave. It’s always the docks.
Chances are, the infections entered Chile via the docks and then spread inland
into Bolivia so plans for visiting the mysterious Puma Punku, Tiwanaku and Lake
Titicaca must be delayed.
Chile’s daily new cases chart is shown above and it is
dunked into the covid pickle barrel again like Bolivia. Fortunately, for now,
these two nations are the only trouble spots in South America. Hopefully, it
stays that way. Since the new infection wave for Chile’s daily cases is a touch
farther along than Bolivia’s chart, it hints that the COVID-19 infections
likely entered via the Chilean ports and the infection wave spreads east across
Chile into Bolivia.
In the good ole US of A, the daily new cases chart is shown
above now basing sideways. The trend lower is stopped as the 3-day MA prints a
higher high. The 3-day MA comes down to 57.7K cases per day right now and needs
to print a lower low than the 57.0 cases on 11/1/21. This is a very important
test. If the 3-day MA prints sub 57K tomorrow, all is right with the US and the
downward path in cases should resume.
If, however, the 3-day MA does not drop below 57K, it will
have printed a higher low, and begin moving higher again, which verifies that a
new sideways pattern with an upward bias is taking hold. America needs the 3-day MA to print the lower
low to keep the cases moving lower.
The United States lifts travel restrictions which will
likely create a buoyancy in cases. There is also the worry of increased
infections due to the colder weather forcing humans indoors. In addition, the
ongoing southern border crisis where migrants are crossing that may be infected
with COVID-19.
The US active cases chart is shown above. The chart needs to
form the bell shape to prove the virus is being defeated. It is great that
cases are moving lower but they need to drop at a faster pace. The ongoing
infections in the northern states and 4 Corners region, along with the
lingering long-covid cases in the southern states, are hampering the curves
downward path. The blue dashed path is desired but the red dashed path may
occur as the doom and gloomer’s have predicted.
The US deaths chart is shown above and thankfully, the 3-day
MA trend line keeps printing lower highs and lower lows maintaining the
downtrend. The 7-day MA is down to 1K US deaths per day and deaths are below
700 per day for the last 3 days running. It will be great to see the 7-day MA
go sub 1K US deaths per day.
Perhaps monoclonal antibody treatments are in wider use
reducing hospitalizations and saving lives. It is a disgrace that the
Whitehouse does nothing to promote the use of mAb treatments within the first
10 days of symptoms that is proven to save lives and instead only cheerleads
vaccinations. It is shameful and a disservice to Americans.
Regeneron just released additional data and studies that say
the mAb treatments protect the patient up to 8 months. Come on, Whitehouse,
tell Americans these facts. Don’t hide them.
The United States has suffered over 776K deaths from theWuhan Virus as per Worldometer. The CDC COVID Data Tracker is at 752K deaths.
The Johns-Hopkins data is at 756K deaths. The IHME is at 751K deaths.
New Mexico’s daily new cases chart is shown above. The
overall daily new cases in the US have stopped going down in part due to the
increased cases in the Navajo Nation 4 Corners region where New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Colorado connect. If you visit 4 Corners, and are nimble
enough, getting down on your 4 limbs, you can be in 4 states simultaneously.
Deaths remain nil in Navajo Nation, only one death every couple days, but the covid
cases are inching higher.
As the cases in New Mexico and Arizona lift higher, the thinking
went to Navajo Nation right away but the migrants entering the southern border
may be more at fault for the rise in caseloads. Texas is in good shape so
perhaps the migrants have chosen to trek further north and cross the southern
border at California, Arizona and New Mexico instead of Texas. The covid testing
for the influx of migrants is a shaky proposition so it is logical that some illegals
are infected with COVID-19 and adding to the outbreaks in the southwestern
states.
Vermont’s daily new cases chart is shown above setting
record highs. Vermont was the shining poster child for the democrat-run media (CNN,
MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, etc…), the
high-vaccination rate hoisted high on a pedestal as the dirty, mostly
republican, southern states, suffered through a horrific infection wave. Karma
dictates that ‘what goes around comes around’ so the republican-run media (Fox
News, Newsmax, OANN, Breitbart, AM talk radio, New York Post, etc…) is busy
highlighting the ongoing success in the southern states at defeating the delta
wave while Vermont is sinking into the covid ooze, high vaccination rates be
damned.
What is obviously happening is the waning efficacy of
vaccinations. The mRNA vaccines may be over 90% effective after the second
doses but the protection falls off a cliff at 6 months. Worse, the J&J
single-shot recipients are walking around thinking they are protected but after
a couple months they do not realize that all they may have is a false sense of
security.
The US vaccination rate is about 1.1 million shots per day
based on the CDC data that is about 5 days old. The drama around vaccinations,
booster shots and vaccine mandates intensify. Humans are going nutso after
dealing with a near 2-year pandemic. 800K of those US shots each day are
booster shots. Older Americans are lining-up to get booster shots wanting to
preserve their aging arses for as long as possible. Child vaccinations are
underway so ice cream and candy sales are up.
223 million Americans, 68%, are vaccinated with at least oneshot. 208 million Americans 18 years and older, 81% of that group, are
vaccinated with at least one dose. 194 million Americans, 58.4%, are fully
vaccinated. 25 million people have received a booster dose and 21 million of
them are 50 years and older.
The vaccine mandates are wreaking havoc across the United
States. The Thanksgiving Day travel season hits in days and there may be
complete chaos at the airports if people are fired over a silly vaccine
mandate. Football player Aaron Rodgers is receiving ridicule from the democrat
media for not getting vaccinated instead pursuing a different path that was
keeping him immunized. Radio host Howard Stern and sports commentators diss
Rodgers while obviously trying to gain publicity and attention for themselves.
This is how the game of celebrity is played.
Football commentator Terry Bradshaw accuses Aaron Rodgers of
lying about his vaccination status. If you are from southwestern Pennsylvania
and Pittsburgh, you know Terry from his four Superbowl wins quarterbacking the
Steelers American football team. Bradshaw is a hall of fame quarterback
criticizing a future hall of fame quarterback. Roll your eyes when Terry speaks
since he is typically saying something stupid; that’s why he is on television
and they even gave him a reality show.
When criticizing Rodgers, Bradshaw makes fun of early and
pretreatment protocols using FDA approved drugs such as ivermectin. Terry says “ivermectum”
which is hilarious and an instant Bradshaw-ism. He must be thinking about
rectum as Freud would surmise. The quarterback, that may have been hit in the
head one too many times, calls “ivermectum a cattle dewormer.” The ignorance is
entertaining. The first tip for Terry is to at least learn how to pronounce the
item properly that you are about to denigrate.
Second, know what you are talking about and calling
ivermectin horse dewormer, horse paste, cattle dewormer and other derogatory
names is not correct or helpful. A detailed study highlighted in the prior
article verifies the success of using ivermectin in early treatment of
COVID-19.
The Whitehouse, in concert with the CDC, continues ignoring
and downplaying coronavirus treatments and therapies instead only cheerleading
vaccines and vaccine mandates like a drug pusher. They really want that mRNA
serum in your body come Hell or highwater.
Cancel culture is calling for Aaron Rodgers’s head on a
platter since he dares question the vaccine zealots. Prevea Health ditches
Rodgers as a sponsor saying that they support vaccinations. Once one sponsor
domino falls, and cancel culture kicks-in, the others fall in quick succession,
but, in a rare showing of backbone, his State Farm major sponsor decides to
stand by Rodgers. There motto is “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there,”
so they are trying to live up to it. Good on them.
The Whitehouse pushes through emergency approvals of vaccines,
booster shots, child vaccinations and mandates trying to create the illusion
that this is the only game in town when it is not. There should be far more
attention paid to an integrated treatment and prevention approach for COVID-19
patients where everything is on the table including HCQ, ivermectin, steroids,
antibiotics, zinc, vitamins such as D, monoclonal antibodies and of course
vaccines for anyone that wants them.
PBS and CNN are receiving criticism for a television show
using Sesame Street characters such as Big Bird to promote vaccinations in
children. There is a seediness to the US government and democrat-run media holding
hands promoting Big Pharma’s vaccines. It feels greasy but the United States is
a crony capitalism system.
CNN (democrat-run media) continues denigrating ivermectin
performing the bidding of the Whitehouse. Dr Sanjay Gupta, after experiencing
the takedown from Joe Rogan calling him and CNN out for purposely lying about
ivermectin, appears on another radio talk show and is confronted again about
the lies CNN spews about ivermectin. Gupta says it is a “nuanced” discussion. No,
it isn’t. When someone says the word nuance, they lost the argument.
CNN still has not learned its lesson with Gupta continuing
to mislead viewers. The democrat-run media, such as CNN and MSNBC, denigrates
the human-grade, FDA approved, Nobel prize winning ivermectin knowingly lying
to viewers telling them it is the animal-grade ivermectin that people are
taking. Ivermectin has been used by millions around the globe to treat COVID-19
and remains a useful early treatment. It is sickening that the lies about
ivermectin continue.
If someone lies to you about one thing, well, you have to
wonder about everything else. Since pigs and cows eat grains such as corn, do
you denigrate your family and friends, laughing and making fun of them,
proclaiming that they eat dirty pig food? Of course not. The immature and
misleading lies about ivermectin are sickening.
Detailed studies, one massive study, verify that ivermectin
is a useful early treatment for COVID-19 that prevents hospitalizations and
deaths and the drug costs pennies. That’s why Big Pharma hates it. These
adolescent semantic games that spin political narratives to manipulate American
minds are spawned by low IQ individuals.
Another example, and not to pick on CNN too often, but they
are blatant pushers and kings of the ivermectin misinformation, is Wolf Blitzer
interviewing Dr Myron Rolle and Blitzer calls ivermectin “a drug used in
livestock.” The doctor did not refute the misinformation. It is sickening what
the country has become. Blitzer has been in the news business for years but
soils his career and destroys credibility each time he misinforms the public
about ivermectin. The sad part is many of these talking heads know full well
what they are saying is untrue but they say it anyway. Such is America a sad
state of affairs.
Religious and medical exemptions are becoming a key way for
companies to skirt the vaccine mandates. Workers are filing religious and
medical exemptions and businesses are slow-walking the assessment process
thereby keeping the employees on the job, at least for a while longer with the
holidays approaching fast. 11K Boeing employees file for vaccine mandate
exemptions. Over 6,000 New York City workers have filed exemptions that will
have to be processed.
The vaccine mandate is onerous on companies and another
hassle businesses do not need or want and cannot afford (the small businesses).
If the worker can be tested in lieu of vaccination, the cost of the tests is becoming
a big issue. Who pays? The OSHA rule allows the employer to dump the cost onto
the worker’s back. That will lead to more disgruntled employees that will
someday have to screw the company back for screwing them.
The vaccine mandates encourage workers to hate the business
or company they work for, hate their bosses, become argumentative and pissy
with their coworkers, and of course find a way to screw the company back for
forcing the shots down their throats. The motto “live and let live” is trampled
into dust by the never-ending pandemic.
The NBA (National Basketball Association) is forcing players
to get booster shots. Kneel down on the hardwood and display that arm for the
Mark of the Beast. It allows you to make money, conduct commerce and earn a
living. The Bible said it would happen.
Pfizer is seeking authorization for providing booster shots
for all Americans 18 years and older. The boosters are currently for the
seniors and immunocompromised individuals. Pfizer wants to pump the booster juice
into everyone’s arms which pumps the PFE stock price higher. Other nations are
already following this protocol providing boosters to anyone over 18.
It is generally accepted that if you had either the
Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna 2-shot mRNA vaccine, you need a booster shot after 6
months. Efficacy falls off a cliff at 6 months. The mRNA shots may start at 90%
and more but 6 months out and further it is likely in the 30% to 60% range. Americans
should be happy since the AstraZeneca (used in UK and Europe) efficacy is worse
after 6 months in the 20% to 50% range.
It is also accepted that if you receive the J&J
single-shot vaccine, you need a booster shot after 2 months. The J&J shot
may begin at 70% and better efficacy but by 6 months it is nil to 50%. Folks
that received the Johnny John shot are walking around maskless for several
months with their chests puffed-out telling everyone they are vaccinated when
they were only protected slightly more than an unvaccinated person. As tragic
as the pandemic is, this makes you laugh out loud. Human jackasses are always on
full display daily.
Vaccines are not the Holy Grail since their efficacy falls
off a cliff over time, unless you receive the booster shot, and perhaps
another? And maybe another after that? And another.
The pandemic hypocrisy department is always busy. Outspoken
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, that preaches mask
use in schools as if it was a religion, strolls around a conference maskless
with her colleagues. “Rules for thee not for me.” People in power love to
proclaim “do as I say not as I do” and consider themselves royalty and not
having to follow such edicts intended for the unwashed huddled masses. Weingarten
is shamed into apologizing for her actions.
Oklahoma City Public Schools fire six dedicated teachers
because they did not follow mask rules. Why? Americans have forgotten how to
work things out for themselves and keep the big picture politics out of the
picture. This is why the elections went republican a few days ago. Americans
are sick of this garbage. Lawsuits are filed to stop the teachers from getting
fired. People are exhausting themselves fighting over masks and vaccine
mandates.
US hospital admissions and hospitalizations continue lower. A
pediatrics group says cases are rising again for children. It smells like a
fear campaign to push parents to getting their kids vaccinated. But, let’s keep
an open mind and check the data.
The CDC COVID Data Tracker shows that for the 0 to 17 yearold’s the hospital admissions continue falling. It is a slow gradual pace but
they have been dropping in this age group since 9/4/21 down about 60% in 2
months. It is unknown what the pediatrics group was referencing. They may have more up to date information because the CDC data lags. Thus, the
factually incorrect information sounds more like fear porn designed to encourage
more jabs for kids. Hospitalizations in children continue lower.
The USA has the greatest number of total coronavirus cases
in the world at 47.5 million. India is next with 34.4 million total virus cases.
Brazil, UK, Russia, Turkey, France, Iran, Argentina, and Spain round out the
top ten ugly list. This order has not changed over the last month or more.
COVID-19 HAS INFECTED 251 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. 5.1
MILLION PEOPLE ARE DEAD FROM CORONAVIRUS. These are jaw-dropping numbers. One-quarter of a billion people infected.
227 million global citizens have recovered from China Flu. 90%
(227/251) of the people that become infected with COVID-19 recover in a
reasonable time frame. This percentage has been at 90% to 92% for many months.
About 10% of the people that contract coronavirus have lingering health effects
such as long-covid or die.
Worldwide, 2.0% (5.1/251) of the people that are infected
with covid die; 1 in 49. This number has sat at 2.1%-2.2% for many months and over
the last 3 weeks sneaks a notch lower to 2.0% a positive development for the planet.
3.3% (251/7670) of the world’s population of 7.67 billion
people have been infected with coronavirus; 1 in every 31 people on earth. The Wuhan
Virus has negatively impacted everyone on the planet. 0.07% of the world’s
population (5.1/7670) die from the pandemic; 1 in every 1,504 people.
In the United States, 47.5 million people are infected with covid.
776K Americans are dead. 37.5 million Americans have recovered from coronavirus.
This equates to 79% (37.5/47.5) of US citizens recovering after becoming
infected with COVID-19. The recovery percentage has been between 76% and 84% over
the last few months. Vaccines have not improved the recovery percentage. America’s
rampant obesity problem has greatly added to deaths and hospitalizations. If
you are overweight or obese, and unvaccinated, call your doctor.
In the US, 1.6% (776/47500) of the people infected with COVID-19
die. This number is sticky at 1.6% to 1.8% for many months. 1 in every 61 US
citizens that are infected with coronavirus die. 0.24% (776/330000) of
Americans have died from COVID-19 which is 1 in every 425 Americans.
Vaccinations have not improved the death percentages. The death rate is at 2.0%
globally which is higher than the US at 1.6% reflecting the better health care
in America.
14.4% (47.5/330) of the American population of 330 million
people have been infected with covid. 1 in every 7 Americans have been stricken
with coronavirus. The minority communities are impacted disproportionately. The
14% solidly contributes towards herd immunity and the number is likely far
larger by the CDC’s own admission, providing natural antibody protection.
The United States has 19% (47.5/251) of the COVID-19 cases
in the world. 1 in 5 people (5.3 to be exact which is 2 in 11) that become
infected with covid on planet earth are Americans. The US vaccination program
made an impact month’s ago, but not so much in recent weeks and months. This
percentage was 22% about 8 months ago.
The US accounts for 15.2% (776/5100) of the China Flu deaths
in the world. 1 in 7 people that die from COVID-19 around the world are Americans.
7 months ago, it was 1 in 5. The numbers are going in the right direction for
the US but the improvement has stalled over the last 4 months.
The Keystone Speculator Coronavirus Infection Rate Model,
the Keystone Model for short, is a simple model that predicts when the active
cases chart curves will flatten-out and roll-over lower. The active cases chart
is the ‘flatten the curve’ chart that represents the maximum stress and strain on
the medical system and healthcare workers. Once the active cases chart rolls
over forming the bell shape, the virus is being defeated and healthcare workers
can breathe easier.
The Keystone Model uses the peak in the daily new cases to
forecast the peak and flattening of the active cases curve. The ‘flattening of
the curve’ only pertains to the active cases chart. For communist nations where
the populations must do what they are told or they receive a bullet in their
heads (China), and for smaller authoritarian nations (Eastern European
countries, Africa and Middle East nations), and many Asian nations where
citizens follow government rules without questioning authority (South Korea,
Japan, Singapore, Australia), the active cases curve will peak, on average, 11
days after the peak in daily new cases.
For the Western countries, such as the US and European
nations, the so-called free societies, the active cases curve will peak, on
average, 28 days after the peak in new cases. It takes about 2 weeks longer for
a free society to tamp down a virus wave than a communist or authoritarian
state because lockdowns are not strictly enforced.
All projections below for countries and the US states
continue to use the 11 and 28-day periods for forecasting for consistency. When
the peak in daily new cases occurs, if a subsequent day is within 8% of that
peak top, it is identified as the peak in daily new cases day.
The peak in the daily new cases is easily seen on the bar
charts provided by Worldometer, the CDC and Johns-Hopkins. The daily new cases
bar charts are shown on television news channels with a 7-day moving average
(MA) line which is a smoothing mechanism that identifies the trend.
An update for The Keystone Model is provided since another
10-day period passes and more data and information become available to push the
China Flu story forward. The Coronavirus Chronology identifies the real-time
hotspots occurring around the world and within the United States. The
chronology serves as a historical document that will be referenced for decades
to come by those that want to experience the entire pandemic as it unfolds in
real-time.
The Coronavirus Chronology compilation of articles will be
published in the future by Amazon and distributed internationally. This is
Article 59 in the Coronavirus Chronology that provides real-time information for
historians, teachers, students, journalists, economists, market participants, corporate
executives, financial managers, Wall Street, doctors, nurses, medical personnel,
first responders, researchers, public officials, news organizations, traders,
investors and politicians studying the COVID-19 pandemic both domestically
(USA) and internationally.
This fifty-ninth article is published on Tuesday, 11/9/21.
The Fall season begins in the northern US states so folks will spend more time
indoors staying warm breathing each other’s air. Travel restrictions are lifted
with the Thanksgiving Day holiday at hand so the airports and roads are going
to be packed solid over the next 3 weeks. A traveler would be wise to say a
prayer of patience before embarking on such an adventurous path. The holidays
last year led to a big pop in cases and the start of the wave 3 horror.
The coronavirus series of articles are the only real-time
source of information available continuously chronicling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
during 2020 and 2021. Readers live and breathe the pandemic, the worst in a century,
as it occurs in real-time, experiencing the daily virus zeitgeist, good or bad,
devoid of political correctness. This is not revisionist history-telling. It is
the raw pandemic truth and human emotion occurring, recorded and chronicled in
real time, without any allegiance to political parties or media sources. The
information is direct and unapologetic. A chronology can be written no other
way.
All 59 Coronavirus Chronology articles are archived on The
Keystone Speculator blog. The last couple articles are linked below if you want
to come up to speed with the ongoing COVID-19 saga.
The Worldometer web site tracks the coronavirus (COVID-19) around
the world and its link is provided. Many charts in the coronavirus series of
articles are provided courtesy of Worldometer and annotated by Keystone. The
CDC COVID Data Tracker is another excellent source of information. The
Worldometer, Johns-Hopkins and CDC data track each other well with the
Worldometer data ahead of the Johns-Hopkins and CDC data by a few days. The
Worldometer data is far superior for forecasting since it is updated more
reliably in real-time.
The countries with rising active cases charts are
highlighted below with the worst nations at the bottom. The peaks in daily new
cases are shown and the projected peaks for active cases are based on the
Keystone Model. The peak and flattening of the active cases curves are
extremely important since it represents the maximum stress on healthcare
workers and the medical systems.
It will take longer for the active cases charts to roll over
to form the bell shape for those troubled nations at the bottom of the list
(they are still experiencing highs and peaks in their daily new cases).
Hospitalizations lag the daily cases by a week or two and deaths lag
hospitalizations by a week or two.
Gabon (Third Wave)
9/30/21 New Case Peak Date
10/11/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (chart continues higher)
10/22/21 New Case Peak Date
11/19/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 28 days) (curve flattening and starting to roll over)
10/26/21 New Case Peak Date
11/6/21 Projected Active Case Peak
Date (based on 11 days) (curve continues higher)
11/2/21 New Case Peak Date
11/13/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
11/3/21 New Case Peak Date
11/14/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (trying to flatten)
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11/15/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
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11/16/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
11/5/21 New Case Peak Date
11/16/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is flattening)
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Peak Date (based on 11 days)
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11/16/21 Projected Active Case
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11/6/21 New Case Peak Date
11/17/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
11/6/21 New Case Peak Date
11/17/21 Projected Active Case
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The major cause of the rise in global cases is the Russia infection stink that wafts across western Asia and eastern and central Europe. France and Italy are trying to create a firewall to stop the spread but citizens are packing into cafes, eating baguette, drinking wine and smoking cigarettes, not worried about the new wave of infections approaching. They will be.
France has stopped using Moderna vaccine for citizens under
30 years of age due to the myocarditis concerns. The Nordic states have already
implemented the same safeguard.
Russia remains a mess although as explained above, the daily
cases may be leveling off at the 40K cases per day peak. Ruskie deaths remain
at 1.2K per day with no end in sight. Russia implemented a 9-day stop-work
period that ended yesterday. It did not stop the virus and the Ruskies likely
kept working anyway since they have to eat. Dictator Putin remains in seclusion
enjoying a fine steak dinner served-up by the sexy cook with long blonde hair that
is only wearing a chef’s hat.
The Netherlands is experiencing a sharp rise in cases faster
than other European nations. The wheels also fell off in Greece. There will be
no yelling, “Opa,” at the Greek restaurant tonight while downing shots of ouzo since
cases are the highest ever. The tourism industry will be hit. Hungary reports a
wild spike higher in daily cases to record levels but the data may be grouped
into multi-day batches creating the spike. Ditto Finland at record case levels
but it may be due to the data collection method.
Netherlands and Luxembourg are added to the CDC’s high risk
travel list Level 4 joining 78 other countries. WHO Regional Director Hans
Kluge proclaims that countries in Europe and Central Asia face “a real threat
of COVID-19 resurgence or already fighting it.” Thank you Captain Obvious.
Where were you the last 2 months? Sleeping? Kluge stands on the WHO soapbox,
with index finger pointing skyward, decreeing “that 53 countries” in that
region are “of grave concern.” Austria, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland, UK and
Turkey are on the CDC’s high-risk Level 4 travel list.
The UK cases continue lower and the active cases chart is
flattening and starting to curl over. Prime Minister Boris Johnson downs a shot
of whiskey and performs a happy dance his gamble at telling everyone it will
all work out has paid off again. Give it a few days for the active cases chart
to roll over and the UK should disappear off the bad list. The UK should be on
the mend going forward.
Bolivia and Chile are added to the bad list so South America
must be watched closely. Georgia, Barbados and Iceland were also added to the
bad list.
Singapore is taken off the bad list as its active cases
curve rolls over. Singapore opens travel with several countries but should go
slower with Finland that continues battling its current outbreak wave. Latvia,
Moldova and Romania are taken off the bad list as their active cases curves
roll over to the downside. South Korea is not on the bad list but it continues
navigating through choppy coronavirus waters.
The next list shows the US states struggling with
coronavirus with the worst states listed at the bottom. The peak in daily new
cases and projections for the peaks in active cases are provided as per the
Keystone Model. The flattening and roll over of the active cases curve forming
the bell shape indicates the virus is being defeated and the caseload on
healthcare workers will quickly improve.
Louisiana
(Fourth Wave) (there is likely a data reporting issue; Louisiana cases are down
big for almost 3 months so the active cases curve should have rolled over
already)
8/13/21
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9/10/21
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time)
8/24/21
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9/21/21
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time)
8/29/21
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9/26/21
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9/14/21
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10/12/21
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9/15/21
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10/13/21
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9/16/21
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10/14/21
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9/17/21
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10/15/21
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9/17/21
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10/15/21
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9/24/21
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10/22/21
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sure it rolls over)
9/24/21
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10/22/21
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couple more days)
9/28/21
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10/26/21
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The northeastern states continue struggling. New Hampshire is added back to the bad list. The United States is going in the wrong direction which is a big disappointment. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, the 4 Corners states are deteriorating. Navajo Nation cases are rising but inquiring minds would like to know if there were large groups of infected migrants shuffled through New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Colorado creating the bump higher in cases in these states?
The weather is getting colder so cases rise in Michigan and
the northeastern states as people flock indoors. There are many ongoing
protests and demonstrations against vaccine mandates and other governmental
overreach which may be contributing to more infections in Michigan.
Note that the states listed above Vermont have peaks in
daily cases that go back 2 or 3 months. It is odd that the active cases charts
have not rolled over as yet so there is something going on. Maybe people are
remaining sick with long-covid requiring ongoing care? Maybe people receiving
monoclonal antibody treatments on an outpatient basis are counted as active
cases? It is a mystery.
And as the US plays around taking its good ole time to pull
the active cases lower, states begin making new peak highs in daily cases which
will prolong when the active cases charts will roll over lower. It is
disturbing stuff. Something odd is going on in the data.
Further, a hook higher in daily cases is occurring in
several states. It is very subtle and only in its initial stages but it has a
very worrisome look. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Nebraska, New York,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mississippi and South Dakota are all displaying
this slight hook higher in daily cases over the last few days. Not good. They
are northern states except for Mississippi so perhaps the subtle bump in
real-time is due to the colder weather and folks moving indoors. Hopefully, the
bump rolls back over again because if not, these nine states may be at the
bottom of the bad list next time.
Overall, the United States is heading in the right direction
but the coronavirus sea of misery is starting to become choppy and the skies
darken. America needs to ride out the storm and keep the covid monster at bay
over the next week or two. That will be difficult as the wine flows like water
during the approaching Thanksgiving Day holiday. Partiers throw caution to the
wind, covid be damned, and choose to dance and sing, along the path of fun and
frolic, where Rock n’ Roll is King.
On the economic front, the West Coast ports remain severely
backlogged with Christmas and other goods. Americans are voicing their
displeasure with the Biden administration with the election racing last week
mainly going republican. People voted for moderate Joe Biden one year ago and
instead got a left wing radical that botched Afghanistan, cannot control the
pandemic, is destroying the energy sector and creating the swing higher in inflation
and imposing edicts like vaccine mandates on people. Oh vey. That is a tub of
sh*t.
Americans got rid of Trump because they did not want a right
wing radical and ended up with a left wing radical. Two clowns. From King
Donnie, the orange-headed bloviating carnival clown to Sleepy Joe, now dubbed Bozo
Biden, with the scary Joker (Batman) face.
Biden’s poll numbers are sinking faster than a covid patient
in Russia. A USA Today/Suffolk University Poll shows President Biden’s approval
rating carving out new lows at 38%. People dislike Biden to the same extent
that they disliked Trump.
Vice President Harris is worse with a 28% approval rating.
Ouch. Only her mother, husband and relatives voted approval. Biden placed
Harris in charge of the southern border problem but Americans perceive her as
doing zero. She appears aloof and does not want to get her hands dirty. In fairness,
humorously, she would have to reverse her boss’s edicts to fix the border
crisis that he created.
46%, nearly one-half of Americans say Biden is doing a worse
job than they ever expected. Biden loses confidence of the independent voters
so the democrats are in for a shellacking next November in the mid-term
elections unless they right the ship.
Americans are in favor of the infrastructure bill just
passed by Congress but 75% of the country is not impressed with Biden’s Build
Back Better plan that is porked-up with the climate change spending. Biden
proclaims that the plan is paid for which Americans know on face value is a
bunch of hooey. Some call it Build Back Broke.
President Biden needs to focus on the pandemic which is why
he was elected in the first place. As discussed above, there are worrying signs
that infections may increase with the Thanksgiving Day holiday festivities
quickly approaching.
If the US travelers over the next 3 weeks are mainly vaccinated people, perhaps any spread occurring from the holiday festivities will be minimal. A small bump in infections may be occurring in some of the US states due to the colder weather arriving and Daylight Fading.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/10/21, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 72.4K daily new cases and a big 1.3K deaths yesterday. The 7-day MA for daily cases is also exactly at 72.4K cases per day so that is the demarcation line. Each day US COVID-19 infections are above 72K is a deeper step into trouble and a new outbreak wave is in play. Each day cases are below 72K is the US resuming the downward trend in cases with rainbows and blue skies ahead. Bummer. The 3-day MA of US daily new cases comes down for a low and prints 61K cases per day on Monday but 62K Tuesday. The 3-day MA is heading back up as it continues its jagged path but the low did not take out the prior lows, thus, the sideways pattern with an upward bias is in play for the US daily cases going forward which is lousy news. The increased cases in New Mexico and Arizona, the 4 Corners area, and then the bump higher in cases in northern states, are halting the downward move in US cases, for now. Wisconsin reports 4K cases yesterday a pop higher to the highs seen in the back half of September. Wisconsin needs to buckle down. Inform the public to be careful. Ohio, one of the states listed above exhibiting a hook higher in cases in recent days, reports 5K cases the most in almost a month. Ohio needs to stay vigilant over the coming days. Inform the public. Florida deaths from China Flu are nil which proves the effectiveness of the proactive approach with the monoclonal antibody treatments throughout the state. The mAb treatments prevented hospitalizations and deaths. You would think other states would follow the Florida example but they do not instead believing and following the Whitehouse and CDC line that vaccines are the only way out of the pandemic and all other treatments and therapies should be ignored. Strange Days.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/10/21, at 5:30 AM EST: 1,211 Russians die yesterday the deadliest day ever. There has been too many deadliest days ever. The Russian communities must be devastated watching family members and relatives dropping like flies. Dictator Putin controls the media so it is another day in Siberia, nothing to see here, move along, move along. France and Italy are in the spotlight as highlighted in the article above and can be seen on the world map. Oh no. France is already folding like a cheap suit. France reports 12.5K daily new cases the most since 9/8/21 two months ago. Not good. Sacrebleu! Where's Macron? Bueller? Macron? France is in trouble. Here he is. France President Emmanuel Macron steps up to the podium proclaiming, "The pandemic is not over." Thank you Captain Obvious. He must have just looked out the palace window. Macron wants to speed up booster shots and says citizens will need the new jabs to maintain their health passes. Your papers, please. Accelerating the booster shot program is great, but Macron provides no guidance for the Mack truck carrying coronavirus infections barreling towards Paris. Macron decrees, "It's thanks to vaccination, the health pass and social distancing measures that we can continue to live and not shut down activities." Oy vey. In a week, Macron will look silly for making that comment (as cases rise). Italy reports 6K daily new cases which keeps the situation in check. France is essentially the firewall trying to hold back the westward virus spread since Italy is the boot-shaped peninsula to the south. A new outbreak wave is likely underway in France so Portugal and Spain need to bear down and get ready to fight the covid monster again as well. Greece is getting hammered reporting 8.6K daily new cases the most ever. 833 Ukrainians die from the Wuhan Virus yesterday the deadliest day ever. 334 die in Bulgaria on Monday the deadliest day ever. 188 Germans die yesterday the most in 5 months. The WHO warns that Germany's infection rate is rising sharply and travel to the country should be avoided.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/10/21, at 6:00 AM EST: The Aaron Rodgers saga continues with the Packers quarterback fined $15K for not properly following mask protocols since he was not actually inoculated with a vaccine. The Green Bay Packers are fined $300K for failure to follow mask protocols surrounding the Rodgers spectacle. Rodgers takes responsibility for his actions over the last few weeks. That means he is diplomatically saying he does not give a sh*t. He is feeling better from his bout with COVID-19 and says he wants to play on Sunday. The courts rule against employees of United Airlines fighting against the vaccine mandates. The courts say the airline can force workers to get vaccinated but the judge criticized United Airlines for the way they have handled their unvaccinated employees. United boasts that the vaccine mandate is successful as they cancel flights and reduce future schedules obviously because of staffing issues and firing people. President Biden's vaccine mandate for companies with over 100 employees, via the new OSHA regulations that take effect 1/4/22, is currently snarled in the courts. University of Pittsburgh researchers report that young people have the lowest antibody levels of all age groups after recovering from a COVID-19 infection. The 18 to 29 year old's have the lowest antibody response, lower than people in their 60's and 70's, and it is not understood why. Young people tend to not get as sick from COVID-19 so there may be a connection where the body does not feel a need to produce more robust antibodies for the young folks. The lead scientist suggests that young folks should get vaccinated for added protection. In other words, immune boosting with vaccination is suggested for people under 30 years old. Fresh from the hypocrisy department, House Speaker Pelosi is videotaped maskless at a wedding event also attended by fellow California democrats Governor Newsom and San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Politicians and the elite class live by a different set of rules than the huddled masses. California forces children to suffer daily wearing masks while the elite hobnob maskless at lavish parties drinking champagne and snacking on caviar.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/10/21, at 11:00 AM EST: The Minnesota Vikings NFL American football team is hit with coronavirus. Huge offensive lineman Dakota Dozier, 313 pounds (142 kg), is gasping for air in the hospital. He contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated a breakthrough case. Over 30 Minnesota Viking players, coaches and support staff are undergoing testing. The China Flu brings the 30-year old Dozier, a strong and mighty football player, to his knees, praying for each breath. New York City lame-duck Mayor de Blasio is bloviating about 5 to 11 year old children receiving vaccinations and vaccination cards. Your papers, please. The moron mayor wants kids to show proof of vaccination which is an imbecile's idea. White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator (try to fit that on a business card) Jeff Zients says 900K children between 5 and 11 years old have received their first shot. Minnesota opens 1,100 locations where parents can take children to get vaccinated including the malls.
Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 11/10/21: Pfizer runs a nauseating advertisement on television, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, displaying kids as superheroes once they get vaccinated. The brainwashing starts young these days. It is like advertising children's games and toys on Saturday mornings when kids watch cartoons. That way, the child pesters Mommy with 'I want that toy, or that candy, or that game', to the point that Mom gives in and buys the thing to shut the kid up (said affectionately). Pfizer figures it can make even more money targeting youngsters. The munchkins will pester Mommy into taking them for a shot because they want to be superheroes. Make sure little Carlos knows that he cannot fly if he wants to jump off the roof. PFE stock has doubled from 25 to 50 during the pandemic. The wealthy class dances with glee. One-half of Americans do not own a single share of stock let alone PFE. Society is sick.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/11/21, at 4:00 AM EST: Damn. The world reports 551K daily new cases the most since mid-September two months ago. Not good. The Russia, western Asia and European outbreaks sends the world's numbers into the crapper. The world's deaths are buoyant as well at 8.3K yesterday. Russia's daily new cases reman elevated but may have peaked at 41.3K cases on 11/5/21 last Friday. However, it is another day so it is another deadliest day ever for Russia with 1,239 Ruskies dying face down in their borsht. All eyes are on France that reports a second day of 12K cases. Italy reports 7.9K daily new cases a spike higher taking out the highs from summer and the most cases since May. France and Italy appear wobbly and may not be able to hold back the westward-moving coronavirus scourge. Oh no. Germany reports 45.4K daily new cases a big spike the most of the pandemic. The joy of kissing and hugging the beautiful frauleins in their dirndl dresses during Oktoberfest creates the big spike in cases and unfortunately, the sad faces, that recall the party fun as they gasp for breath. 244 Germans perish from the China Flu yesterday, the most since May, downing their last swig of Pils (pilsner beer). Austria's daily new cases rocket launch to 11.4K cases yesterday the highest ever. Europe is under siege. 39 Austrians die on Tuesday the most since April. Slovenia is at record daily cases and 20 die yesterday the most since February. The wheels are falling off the European bus. CNN runs a story about the outbreak in Europe concluding that the higher-vaccinated countries such as Portugal and Spain should serve as an example for other governments to follow. Does it ring a bell? Remember the COVID-19 outbreak across the US southern states hammering Missouri, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and others? Remember when CNN and other media outlets, medical pundits and television talking heads, touted the greatness of the highly-vaccinated northeastern states in comparison to the southern states? It is the same thing. The trouble in Europe is due to the stink from Russia moving westward. Look at the world may above. Russia infected Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine, and then the wave continued along to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, then Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and now knocking on France and Italy's doors. The reason that Spain and Portugal is faring better now rather than the rest of the European continent is because the wave has not reached them as yet. Duh. Just like the States where the infections in the south moved north. The southern US states are in good shape now while the northeastern states such as Vermont and New Hampshire are struggling. So much for the high vaccination rates. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are the last four standing. They are about to get punched in the face by the Chain Virus so it would be prudent if they went into immediate prevention mode. Over the next month, it will be determined if CNN's hypothesis that the high vaccination countries of Portugal and Spain remain untouched by the new virus wave, or, the scenario plays out as described where the COVID-19 outbreak wave continues westward across Europe hitting France and Italy now and will begin smacking Portugal and Spain in a couple weeks. Which scenario do you think is correct?
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/11/21, at 5:00 AM EST: It's Veterans Day in the United States, and the skies are gray, as Tom Russell sang and Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, made famous. A hardy salute and high respect to all Veteran's! Many US restaurants offer free meals to the Vet's today so do not forget to take advantage of the free buffet. The United States exceeds the 780K deaths grim milestone. The only folks smiling are the undertakers and grave diggers. Damn. The US reports 94.4K daily new cases a robust number that is a punch in the face. America is starting a new wave higher unless something good happens fast. The doom and gloomer's dire predictions about the cold weather chasing people indoors creating a big jump in infections like last year may be sadly coming to fruition. The US numbers were hanging in there until now. The nearly 100K new US cases yesterday are a shiv to the ribs. 1.5K Americans die per day for the last 2 days. Wisconsin reports 4,149 daily new cases yesterday the most since early January. That's bad. The Cheese State is starting to stink as doctors and nurses become concerned about future caseloads. 95 Michiganders die for 2 days running the deadliest days in 6 months. Ohio cases pop above 5.5K per day. Ditto Illinois and Indiana. America is getting sucked down the covid rabbit hole again. There is a covid bed of infections around the Great Lakes as evidenced by the cases and deaths rising in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Just as the world's ports have shown over and over again how they promote the spread of virus perhaps there is more commerce coming across the lakes in ships thereby increasing the covid spread. Also, folks may simply be enjoying the waterways as summer ends and now it is time to pay for the fun. Two weeks ago, the world and United States were trending lower and things looked great but now, not so much. Covid Vlad cannot control Russia's outbreak which now infects nearly all of Europe. The US may be a victim of elevated cases due to the cold weather chasing folks inside but the hope is that it is a small blip and the cases will quickly roll over again. The 94.4K daily cases yesterday for the US, however, is a bad omen for the days ahead.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/11/21, at 7:00 AM EST: Singapore is not going to pay for healthcare for folks that are unvaccinated by choice. Well, isn't that a fine how do you do? The edict does not apply to handicapped folks or people with health issues and medical conditions and excludes children under 12 years old. Stupid leaders never think about unintended consequences. When people are screwed, they will screw you back. The vaccination drama is ongoing around the world and especially in the United States. Vaccinations are sucked-up into the pandemic's sick political discourse. A pediatricians group the other day said hospitalizations are increasing in children again which was not verified by the CDC data. The CDC COVID Data Tracker for hospital admissions (under the 'Health Care Settings' tab) shows the 0 to 17 year old's flatlining with daily admissions with a downward bias. What is noticeable now is the rise in daily hospital admissions in other age groups including the 18 to 29, 40 to 49 and 50 to 59 year old's, and those 70 years old and older; a mixed bag. Americans that are younger than 17, 30 to 39 years old, and 60 to 69 years old are faring better with less hospital admissions than all other ages, for now. With the cases moving higher again in many states, all the age groups will be moving higher with admissions and hospitalizations in the days ahead.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/11/21, at 8:00 AM EST: The rumors continue around California Governor Newsom's disappearance from the public cameras for 10 days. He is out and about again as whispers in the background say that he received a booster shot and a flu shot at the same time which made him sick for several days. Television doctors are freely telling people to get both a vaccination shot or booster, and a flu shot, at the same time, and Big Pharma is already mixing the covid and flu vaccines into a single concoction in the laboratory for a future one-shot deal, but the decision to have both shots at once now should be discussed with your doctor. Keystone previously mentioned a Pittsburgh case where a lady received the vaccination shot and a shingles shot at the same time and she remains messed-up. It seems logical to not take the multiple shots at one sitting especially since the COVID-19 vaccines are not even in use for one year as yet. It may be best to wait 30 days or more between shots but only your doctor can steer you down the correct path. Some things are best not to be multitasked.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/11/21, at 11:00 AM EST: Moderna Chief Medical Officer Dr Paul Burton concedes that the incidence of heart inflammation (myocarditis) in vaccine recipients is higher with the Moderna shots than with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine but proclaims that Moderna is better at protecting against severe disease, hospitalization and death. Remember when the vaccines first rolled out last December and January? They were going to prevent people from getting sick, prevent transmission and protect against severe illness and death. As time goes on and the breakthrough cases increase, it is found that the vaccine efficacy falls off a cliff at 6 months so then you need a booster. The shots develop into a multiple-shot regimen at 6-month intervals. In addition, vaccinated people can still get sick with covid but the illness should be tolerable. Also, if vaccinated, you can still carry the virus and infect others including children and the unvaccinated. The original promises keep slipping away one by one. After 10 months of widespread distribution of vaccines, the path forward is a regimen of multiple shots with boosters which do not protect you from getting sick or transmitting COVID-19. The vaccines are covering Americans with a loin cloth, however, which is the lessening of severe illness and death (if the covid infection occurs when the vaccine efficacy is high). Israel considers a person unvaccinated if 6 months transpire from the last shot. The Nordic states, Finland, Sweden, and now France, and other nations, are not using the Moderna vaccine for young folks under 30 years old due to the myocarditis concerns. Since the myocarditis appears mostly in boys and young men, scientists believe there is a connection with testosterone. Interestingly, the myocarditis cases are nil for people receiving the Moderna booster shots so far which are one-half the dose of the initial two shots.
Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 11/11/21: Regeneron releases information and data concerning its monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments. Eli Lilly also offers a monoclonal antibody treatment and there are other lesser-known protocols using mAb. Regeneron finds that the mAb treatments not only reduce hospitalizations and deaths by about 80%, but also reduce the risk of getting COVID-19 by 82%. Wow. This is important news that the one-trick pony vaccine zealots, the Biden administration, will surely ignore. Regeneron data shows that monoclonal antibody treatments are a useful prophylactic (preventive treatment) for the China Flu. It is huge news. In lieu of vaccines, perhaps the path forward will be mAb treatments for those that become sick (the treatment must occur within the first 10 days of symptoms) and those that are concerned about getting sick could receive the treatment prophylactically. The mAb treatment is a 20-minute IV and then they keep you there for another 20 minutes to make sure you are good to go. One of the biggest mistakes by both King Donnie Trump and Sleepy Joe Biden is the narrow-minded, one-direction focus on vaccines as the only treatment for COVID-19. Lots of people have died needlessly in America, and around the world, following the direction of clueless leaders spinning and maintaining their corrupt political narratives instead of doing what is best for the health of the people.
Note Added Thursday Evening, 11/11/21: A Virginia pharmacy gives 112 children in the 5 to 11 year old age group the wrong dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Initial reports suggest that the children were given the adult dose instead of the one-third dose earmarked for the 5 to 11 year old age group. But Ted Pharmacy technicians actually used 10 micrograms of the adult dose which is one-third the dose (0.1 ml of the 0.3 ml adult dose). So there is actually concern that the children did not receive an adequate dose. What a mess. Parents are being notified. Lawyers are standing in front of the pharmacy handing out business cards.
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/12/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The pandemic disaster continues in Russia. Oh no. Germany reports over 50K daily new cases yesterday the most ever. 223 Germans die yesterday and along with the 244 dead the day before are the deadliest days in almost 6 months. The German southern state of Bavaria says this new wave of infections is a "disaster situation." Berlin is barring unvaccinated people from entering bars, restaurants and gyms. People providing proof of a negative test were allowed entry but not anymore as cases rise. Achtung! You must be vaccinated. Your papers, please. German politicians are considering placing further restrictions on unvaccinated folks. France reports 12.6K daily new cases the most for the new wave. France is in trouble and Health Minister Veran proclaims that a fifth pandemic wave is underway. Italy reports 8.6K daily new cases the most in a half year. The wine party in Tuscany is cancelled. France and Italy are crumbling as a firewall so Portugal and Spain must take heed and get ready. Greece remains a mess. Oh no. Stop the windmills and step away from the tulip bulbs. Netherlands reports 16.3K daily new cases a huge spike higher the most ever. It is sad seeing countries sucked down the covid rabbit hole again. Netherlands is considering a partial lockdown but wants to keep schools open. More misery. Austria reports 12K daily new cases the most ever and is in big trouble especially with a large portion of the population not wanting vaccinated. Austria is lowering the boom on citizens with Chancellor Schallenberg warning that a lockdown will be imposed against unvaccinated people. He decrees that it is "probably inevitable." It would be the first time a nation imposes restrictions only on unvaccinated people. It will likely succeed in creating a lot of hostility and hatred in society. Schallenberg says two-thirds of the population should not suffer through the pandemic because the other third is vaccine hesitant. One-third of the populations in many European countries, such as Austria and Germany, do not want vaccinated. Georgia and Azerbaijan remain challenged (infected by Russia and Ukraine) which could send the pandemic further south into the Middle East. Iceland takes a turn for the worse reporting 205 daily new cases the most ever. Iceland band Of Monsters and Men will comfort the sick with Little Talks. Interestingly, Canada is not seeing a new wave of infections occur, as yet, with the cold weather, contrary to cases rising in the States and across Europe (northern hemisphere).
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/12/21, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 44K daily new cases a lower number after Wednesday's big 95K cases, however, it was Veterans Day so the data is likely underreported. Friday is typically the highest case number day of the week, and if the straggler's from yesterday filter into today, the number may be over 100K cases. It would be a victory for the US if the cases stay below 100K for today. 539 Americans die yesterday. 22 US states report a rise in cases a big disappointment. 14 US states report a rise in hospitalizations over the last few days. There may already be a waning interest in booster shots. Many folks ran to get the shots early this year when the medical people said it was the great panacea to end the pandemic, but that was not the case, so some are losing confidence in the proclamations and not bothering to seek a booster shot. Since the vaccine efficacy wanes dramatically after a few months, US cases are on the rise again. A low demand for boosters going forward will equate to a rise in infections. California extends its state of emergency to March 2022 so the land of fruits and nuts will be in emergency for 2 years. Is California really in emergency? Or is it a means to control the public? Boom. The wheels just fell off the covid cart in Vermont that reports 611 cases the most ever. How's that high vaccination rate going? 92% of the adults in Vermont are vaccinated. A lot of good it did them. The pundits proclaim that the world can vaccinate its way out of the pandemic. Is that true? If it is, can it be done with the current vaccines or are better offerings needed (that do not lose their efficacy after a few months)? Massachusetts reports that 44% of their new cases are breakthrough cases! This is huge news. No wonder the talking television heads in the democrat media, that are promoting vaccines and the Biden agenda, no longer tout the high number of unvaccinated folks in hospitals. It is because the vaccinated folks are now posting big hospitalization numbers. Does that make you laugh, or cry, or both? Fear not, the dirty unwashed unvaccinated folks will continue to be blamed for all that goes wrong in the pandemic. New York reports an ugly bump higher in cases which may be a bad omen. The northern US states are challenged as old man winter approaches. Colorado hospitals are in crisis standards of care. That means the mole on your back is going to have to wait because the doctors and nurses are up to their eyeballs in coronavirus patients.
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/12/21, at 10:00 AM EST: The JOLTS (job openings) report says 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs and there are 10.4 million job openings but the worker shortage continues. Liberal-minded thinkers say the high quit rate is due to the success of the economy and people willingly leaving their jobs to start business ventures (cheerleading Biden). Conservative-minded thinkers say the data verifies the laziness in the workforce since so many jobs are available but people keep laying around (ridiculing Biden's generous government dole offerings). As usual, both sides are great at showing their stupidity when it comes to economics and markets. The pandemic has created a major upheaval in the economy for the lower-skilled workers and folks of modest means. The wealthier class, as usual, have an easier go of it. The quits numbers ran at a pace of about 3 million before the pandemic and the job openings were tagging 6 million. None of the talking heads on television tell you that, do they? It is probably because they do not understand the topic or are too lazy to educate themselves. Taking away 3 million quits, leaves a true number of only about 1 to 1-1/2 million quits, and it is safe to say that the majority of these were folks that quit because the guy down the street is now paying them a couple more bucks an hour. The quits percentage rate is at 3% at records but has been in the 2.5% to 3.0% range a few years. Taking away the 6 million pre-pandemic level for job openings, leaves 4.4 million job openings that are likely the actual, pandemic-related job openings; the true number. 6 million jobs were left unfilled before the pandemic so do not expect them to be filled now. Companies play games to skirt EOE laws. They will publicize jobs in far off cities knowing that applicants will not bother applying, but the business can then tell regulators, that are unhappy that all 90 employees are white guys, that they are advertising all over the place but no one apples. There are about 4 to 5 million job openings in realistic, fillable, terms not double that amount at 10.4 million. There are about 8 million people remaining unemployed and generally off work which is twice the amount of jobs available not more jobs (10.4 million) than unemployed (8 million) that are touted in the media. There are millions of mismatched skills jobs which accounts for a major chunk of the pre-pandemic 6 million job openings. There may be 4,000 openings for rocket scientists listed on job sites, but if you only have a few dozen candidates available, no, thank you but Keystone is retired, those job openings are going to sit there a long time. If you want to wash soiled sheets, wait on tables, flip burgers, caddy, wax expensive automobiles, carry luggage or clean bedpans, you can start tomorrow at any one of those 4 million available jobs. Many businesses closed their doors because of the pandemic and those jobs are not coming back. The wealthy class remains unhappy that the dirty unwashed huddled masses will not retake their assigned roles in society. The privileged elite, and the upper middle class sycophants that service the wealthy, want to resume their vacations and jet-set lifestyles but they need America's unwashed to comply.
Note Added Friday Evening, 11/12/21: States are taking matters into their own hands tossing science out the laboratory window. With the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in some states, California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia are now allowing anyone over 18 years old to receive the booster shots expanding the FDA and CDC edicts without their approval. The states are jumping ahead without the blessing of the medical experts. The FDA says it will make a booster shot decision offering the vaccines to anyone over 18 probably without the CDC advisory panel's input (the FDA is under the gun since states are moving ahead without their official scientific decree). The scientists at the state level throw science out the window. More states will likely join the four today. CDC Director Walensky will have to sign off on the FDA's decree about boosters for anyone over 18 years old. The FDA and CDC are playing catch-up to the direction that society is moving without them. All you hear is follow the science and yet the FDA says it will likely approve boosters for all without consulting the CDC advisory group. Walensky overrode the same group with the Pfizer decision. The CDC advisory committee is looking like a bull with tits (not needed). Obviously, the four US states above are realizing that the waning efficacy in vaccines is drastic and dramatic and boosters are needed immediately. Ditto the FDA and probably more states today. The courts slap President Biden's vaccine mandate hand again. The 5th Circuit, that placed the temporary halt on the vaccine mandate proposed by OSHA, now halts the vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses on appeal. The Whitehouse is trying to weasel the wording of the vaccine mandate not calling it a mandate instead saying it is a safety measure under OSHA. It is a stretch and Judge Engelhardt slams the proposed OSHA regulations proclaiming that the rules are "a mandate" and "grossly exceeds OSHA's statutory authority." In other words, OSHA should stick to telling people to use harnesses if they climb a ladder, or wear steel toed boots, or to follow safety measures around acid baths, and not force Americans to shoot mRNA serum into their bodies. Whitehouse spokesperson Psaki is back on the job recovering from her COVID-19 illness even though she was double-vaccinated; a breakthrough case. It is funny and ironic when people tell you not to be concerned about things, such as waning vaccine efficacy and breakthrough cases, and then it strikes them. Former President Trump said for 5 months that the country was turning the corner with the pandemic It was a mighty long corner especially since it never happened, and then King Donnie was stricken with coronavirus himself. You cannot make the stuff up. Americans do not pay attention to the leader's directives anymore since politicians and medical folks are constantly backtracking from prior decrees and directions thus losing the tiny loin cloth of credibility remaining. Shoving vaccines, that are only effective for a few months at a time, down American throats is not the way to 'win friends and influence people' as Dale Carnegie would teach. Vaccine mandates, that treat people like animals, are authoritarian, dictatorial and communistic and unnecessary if objectively considering the current health impact of the pandemic and the treatments and therapies available.
Note Added Saturday Morning, 11/13/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports 90K daily new cases an elevated number but below the 95K cases on Wednesday. There were likely cases not reported on the Thursday Veterans Day holiday lumped into Friday's number, and Friday is typically the highest case number of the week, so the news has a positive slant despite the 90K cases headline. The 7-day MA trend line for US daily new cases continues higher to 78K cases per day. The daily case data must be below 78K cases to pull the 7-day MA lower. The 3-day MA for US daily new cases prints a higher high (not good) maintaining the upward trend in cases and potential US wave 6 underway. The 3-day MA has printed 3 higher lows and 2 higher highs over the last 3 weeks maintaining the upward slope in cases and likely start of the new wave 6 which can be verified in the days ahead. The US active cases curve is moving sideways now so the bell shape will have to wait a little while longer. 987 Americans die yesterday and the 7-day MA is at 1K deaths per day. The US is likely, and sadly, beginning wave 6. Hopefully, it is a blip and cases will roll over to the downside again but if the uptrend continues, especially the higher highs and higher lows with the 3-day MA for daily cases, wave 6 is guaranteed. New York exceeds 2.7 million total cases a sad milestone and worse, reports over 6.9K daily new cases the most since April five months ago. New York is getting sucked down the covid rabbit hole. The US government shipped lots of migrants that crossed the southern border to New York for assimilation (West Chester County and other locations). Did they bring their hopes, dreams, memento's, cherished belongings, and COVID-19?
Note Added Saturday Morning, 11/13/21, at 5:00 AM EST: The rise in world cases continue at about 600K infections per day not seen since in 2 months. World deaths average over 7K per day with an upward bias. Just when the UK appeared to be placing the latest wave in the rearview mirror, the cases jump higher again with 3 consecutive days of infections above 39K. Not good. Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks confused but the Brit serving tea says he always looks that way. Britain just slipped on a covid banana peel. It makes sense since every country around England is in trouble so the nation becomes reinfected again. Russia crosses the 9 million total infections grim milestone adding another 40K today. Russian cases and deaths remain elevated in a daily parade of misery and despair. France reports a small 3.9K daily cases well off the prior days 12.6K cases which may be a data issue. Italy's cases continue higher with 2 consecutive days of 8.5K cases per day and higher. 68 Italians die the most in 2 months and almost comparing back to May. The Netherlands is hammered with cases running above 16K per day the most ever. Netherlands goes into a 3-week lockdown with bars and restaurants closed. Germany crosses the 98K deaths grim milestone as cases and deaths rise. Germany is asking people to cancel all events. Oh no. Spain. Say it isn't so. Keystone's painting session with the artists at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid will have to be rescheduled. Spain reports 2 consecutive days of over 4.3K daily new cases the most in 2 months. The colorful bikinis disappear from the beaches as the lovely ladies decide to go home and play it safe worried about a new virus wave approaching. Ditto Portugal at 1.8K daily cases. The four top European beach vacation countries, Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, are now in, or slipping into, the covid quagmire. European tourism will be hit. Rats. More bad news from Chile reporting 2.9K daily new cases the most since early July. Chile's wave 5 is underway and may go parabolic. Bolivia crosses the 19K deaths grim milestone as cases and deaths increase for wave 4. Bolivia hospitals need help. Remember, when you help people they never forget you as long as you live, and that makes you feel real good.
Note Added Saturday Morning, 11/13/21, at 6:51 AM EST: MSNBC anchor Kendis Gibson calls ivermectin a "horse dewormer." It is blatant misinformation spewed daily especially by the democrat-run media such as CNN and MSNBC. Ratings are low on these platforms because Americans know they are being told lies about the pandemic, so they simply turn it off. Ivermectin has been used by millions of people worldwide for decades and currently used by millions for pretreatment and early treatment of COVID-19. It is an FDA-approved (although not yet for coronavirus; off-label use of drugs is common and legal; 20% of prescriptions written by doctors are for off-label use of drugs), and Nobel prize winning, drug. The untruthful media references the animal-grade ivermectin used on horses purposely knowing that they are lying to the American people. The lies are spewed because the democrat tribe believes that more people will want to get vaccinated if all other treatment and therapeutic information is downplayed and denigrated. You would think the anchors would want to protect their reputations (character), and stand up to management refusing to call ivermectin the false derogatory names that appear on the teleprompter, but they do not. They instead dance for their dinner licking their bosses shoes and kissing the democrat-run media's arse. Society is sick these days when the country refuses to educate people on all the treatments and therapies available to beat COVID-19 but, that's the way it goes.
Note Added Saturday Morning, 11/13/21, at 7:15 AM EST: The latest hyped coronavirus news story is a TikTok video by Dr Carrie Madej, an influencer, and controversial figure concerning vaccines, telling folks that are forced to get vaccinated to remove toxins from their body with a bath of baking soda, Epsom salts and Borax. She calls it "detox the vaxx." The video was removed but others are posting similar information receiving thousands of views so stupid people falsely conclude that Americans that see the information will not want to be vaccinated. People watch the video out of curiosity and information gathering but it is doubtful that any significant amount are jumping on the Madej bandwagon. The vaccine zealots that want to force shots on all Americans play-up the peculiar story to try and move people towards getting vaccinated as well as taking booster shots (trying to paint Madej as a fringe anti-vaxxer). People can decide for themselves if they believe Dr Madej.
Note Added Saturday Morning, 11/13/21, at 9:00 AM EST: KISS bassist Gene Simmons is the latest idiot stepping on stage to place his foot in his mouth. Simmons proclaims, "If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy." Shut up, dumbie. This type of language only serves to divide the country and over such a silly matter. He wants attention because KISS just dropped a new CD. Simmons, tongue-man, also talks his book because he wants concert events to go off without a hitch. Simmons is a master marketer and average bass player. He should stick to putting on his cat makeup, biting special-effect blood packs and exposing his long tongue while singing Rock and Roll All Nite (and party everyday) and refrain from commenting on complex medical matters. Rhodes Scholar he ain't. Southwest Airlines is concerned about the holiday travel season. Thanksgiving Day is only 11 days away (11/25/21). Southwest is kissing employee's butts offering incentives, bonus pay and other perks if they promise to show up and even work additional hours over the next couple weeks. Maybe the employees will instead show solidarity with their coworkers that are getting screwed because they do not want vaccinated and stage a walk-out. It would create disaster at America's airports. The airport travel drama will increase each day forward and crescendo the week of 11/21/21 (one week from now).
Note Added Saturday Afternoon, 11/13/21: Tragedy. The AP and other news outlets report that 8 people are dead and 89 are infected with China Flu at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Connecticut. 67 of the sick are residents and 22 are staff members. They are likely victims of waning vaccine efficacy. Sentara Healthcare in Virginia forces world-renown Dr Paul Merik to stop administering COVID-19 treatments to patients that are demonstrated to reduce deaths in the ICU by 50%. Sadly, the hospital's decision results in an immediate pop and increase in mortality rates. Merik is a proponent of the MATH+ Protocol for treating coronavirus which is proven effective. The Biden administration is a one-trick pony with all its eggs in the vaccine basket while denigrating and quashing alternative treatments and pressuring companies and healthcare facilities to perform their bidding. America is sick. People are being hospitalized and dying needlessly for the sake of a political vaccine agenda.
Note Added Saturday Evening, 11/13/21: Oklahoma National Guard says no to the vaccine mandate. The 10K national guard soldiers and airmen are not required to take a vaccine and will not be punished if they decline the shots. The decision is a slap in the face to the Biden administration's vaccine mandates and to the brass (officers) at the Pentagon that have their panties in a bunch over the situation. 1 million American kids between 5 and 11 years old have received a vaccination shot no doubt driven to the doctor's office by 1 million parents that are vaccinated. In England, Queen Elizabeth remains sick. She probably had/has COVID-19 but the governments and controlled-media always lie about the health matters of leaders.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 11/14/21, at 5:00 AM EST: World cases and deaths remain in an uptrend mainly due to the trouble in Europe and western Asia. 1,241 Russians die yesterday the most ever with daily cases remaining at record levels around 40K cases per day. Russia is a covid Hell hole. France reports 14.6K daily new cases another record high for the current wave that may be going parabolic. This is no time for wine, baguette and cigarettes. The French will have to go home and stay away from each other for a couple weeks. Italy reports 4 days of daily cases over 8.5K per day. The high vaccination rate in Italy does not mean anything when factoring in the waning efficacy of the shots. Cases rise in Spain and Portugal so Europe is infected in its entirety and the firewall shown in the world map above crumbles into dust. The COVID-19 virus is a powerful force that ignores walls and borders. Italy Prime Minister Draghi is dragging his feet on a booster shot campaign for the boot-shaped nation. Netherlands reports 2 days of over 16K daily cases per day at record levels. The Dutch take to the streets protesting the new lockdowns. Everyone is sick of the pandemic, lockdowns and rules. Germany continues battling the current wave with Berlin denying unvaccinated folks entry to bars, restaurants and public venues. That will succeed in fostering hate in society. What about the vaccinated people carrying virus around infecting the unvaccinated? No one talks about it since it does not fit the political narrative. German Chancellor Merkel proclaims, "Difficult weeks lie before us." Merkel tells the population to get vaccinated. She opines, "As you can see, I am worried." Cases continue rising in Chile and Bolivia. China continues battling COVID-19 outbreaks the latest in Liaoning where over 10K students are ordered into quarantine. Of course they are. It is a communist country where the animals must obey their masters. Information on the pandemic remains limited from China. Chinese that had been treated at hospitals or placed in quarantine are returning home to find dead pets. The local governments are ordering the killing of the pets as part of a strict coronavirus prevention measure. Chinese people are tiring of the constant lockdowns and draconian edicts and now Mister Whiskers and Fido are being whacked by the sick communists fearing that the animals spread the virus. China has vaccinated one-half of its 3 to 11 year old population, about 84 million kids, and plans to have all the children vaccinated by the end of the year. Vaccination rates are higher in communist nations since you are told to take the shot, or receive a bullet in your head. It is a no-brainer decision.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 11/14/21, at 6:00 AM EST: The US reports 41K daily new cases a lower Saturday number. 506 Americans die yesterday. The rising cases the last few days are blamed on Halloween parties. There is typically a 4 to 10-day period where cases will rise after a party or event with 8 days a sweet spot. Thus, Halloween was Sunday, 10/31/21, and the best parties were Friday and Saturday, 10/29/21 and 10/30/21. This targets 11/2/21 through 11/9/21 as a window for an increase in cases especially 11/6/21 and 11/7/21. The last 2 days are the prior weekend so case numbers should be low but were elevated at about 70K and 56K cases, respectively, higher than expected numbers for the weekend. This behavior hints that the bump in US cases may be attributable, at least in some part, to the Halloween weekend with parties, Autumn activities and trick or treating. This hints that perhaps the bump in cases in recent days will be short-lived and not produce US wave 6. However, a bump in cases would be expected after the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years holidays. The television medical pundits are expecting 6 to 8 weeks of trouble ahead and a new infection wave. Talking heads proclaim that cases will rise and it will be a rough path through year end but January should see improvement. Of course, the diatribe about getting vaccinated is repeated immediately after each dire prediction. The "it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated" mantra continues but in actuality, it is more correct to say "it's a pandemic of the waning efficacy of vaccines." Despite the nursing home tragedy above, Connecticut remains in decent shape at keeping the virus at bay. New Mexico reports 2 days of 1.8K cases per day the highest numbers for the current wave. States such as New Mexico are offering booster shots to anyone over 18 years old overriding the FDA and CDC guidelines while other states are stretching the official medical guidelines on booster shots. Folks are eligible for boosters if they work in a healthcare environment or where virus transmission may be more prevalent such as a grocery store. States such as West Virginia are massaging these guidelines so if you drove by a hospital over the last few days, or walked into a grocery store, that is close enough for government work, and if you are over 18, roll up your sleeve for the booster shot. Americans are disillusioned about the vaccines. They were told the shots are the great panacea so they ran out to do their part for society. Now people are told more shots are needed, boosters, and you can still get covid if vaccinated, and you can carry the virus infecting children or the unvaccinated. Anecdotally, some folks are saying to heck with it all and not bothering with the booster shots when the US may be moving into a new wave 6 outbreak. The US northern states remain challenged and the coming days will dictate if wave 6 is officially underway.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 11/14/21, at 11:00 AM EST: On the Sunday morning television political news talk shows, Treasury Secretary Yellen says quashing the pandemic is the key to lowering inflation and improving the economy. Americans are paying more for all goods which adds to President Biden's collapse in the polls. CBS News (democrat-run media) sends multi-decade political commentator Ted Koppel to talk to Dr Fauci. It is a puff peace trying to humanize Fauci and protect his reputation as it circles the drain. Fauci made a list of mistakes as long as your arm during the pandemic and yet takes zero responsibility. The US taxpayer funding of gain of function research at the Wuhan Laboratories scandal continues unraveling. The NIH, under Fauci and Collins, gave EcoHealth, ran by Peter Daszak, taxpayer money to fund gain of function research projects at the Wuhan Labs. The NIH did not fund directly but through EcoHealth as a middle man. As always occurs, the rats always begin turning on each other as the heat is turned up. Fauci mentions Collins name when he is questioned about the scandal not hesitating to toss his friend under the bus. Daszak is saying they fulfilled the research contract, so any confusion or blame falls in the NIH's lap (Fauci and Collins). US senators are getting involved in the scandal and want to organize a commission to investigate the NIH, EcoHealth, the gain of function research at the Wuhan Laboratories and the origin of COVID-19. There is a lot to this scandal that may take weeks and months to see the light of day.
Note Added Sunday Afternoon, 11/14/21: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (American football) tests positive for COVID-19 and is in quarantine and missing today's game. "Big Ben" is fully vaccinated as is the entire Steelers team so put another hashmark on the chalkboard for another breakthrough case. The chalkboard is filling up with those hashmarks. The waning efficacy of the vaccines is on full display these days and many Americans do not appear in a rush to get their booster shots. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers recovers from covid and plays in his Sunday game. The Steelers tie their game, and almost lose, without Big Ben but the Packers win their game with their quarterback back. COVID-19 impacts every facet of human life. The DailyMail.com continues reporting that California Governor Newsom's double shot of the coronavirus booster and the flu vaccine made him sick. Newsom cancelled a trip to Scotland for the climate change meetings and disappeared from sight about 10 days. Newsom's underlings continue saying that the two shots did not cause an adverse reaction. It is the untruthfulness in today's society that creates the mistrust and skepticism. If people are fed lies, they will never believe what they are told. The corrupt politicians should read the story about the little Dutch boy that plugs the dike with his finger. If you lie all the time, do not be surprised when you tell the truth and no one believes you. The American Diabetes Society reports that diabetes patients have triple the risk of severe COVID-19 illness as compared to folks without diabetes. People keep ignoring the 900-pound gorilla sitting on the living room sofa eating bonbons. About 80% of the China Flu deaths are overweight and obese folks. Start doing push-ups to improve your health. Push yourself up and away from the dining room table.
Note Added Monday Morning, 11/15/21, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports only 24.2K daily new cases yesterday but it is a Sunday number. Nonetheless, comparing the 41K cases Saturday and 24K cases yesterday to the weekend before at 70K and 58K, respectively, shows a substantive drop. This is positive news and hints that the recent rise in cases may only be a post-Halloween blip. If a new US wave 6 develops to finish out the year, it can be dubbed the "waning vaccination wave." The current wave 5 is the delta wave, named for the nasty Delta variant, India B1617, that mutated from India. The mRNA vaccine efficacy falls off a cliff at 6 months, probably sooner. The J&J vaccine efficacy may only last a couple months after the initial shot. Since most Americans are inoculated with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the mRNA shots, the vaccine efficacy may only be in the 30% to 60% range at 5 to 8 months. Many Americans, especially the old folks that were eligible early for shots early this year, got vaccinated in the January through April period. Adding 5 to 8 months is the June to December period when the vaccines are not doing much unless you receive a booster (the shots are still likely protecting against severe illness and death). The June though end of year period is now and when the US wave 5, the delta wave, is in progress. Open your eyes, people. The Lord, not Fauci, the real Lord, gave you a mind to think for yourselves. Obviously, the recent infections have a lot to do with breakthrough cases and vaccinated people taking ill. Vaccinated folks have a false sense of security. They heard 2 shots and 95% efficacy and that is all they know; they went on with their lives. But they are likely only walking around with 30% to 60% efficacy and think they are super-people with 95% vaccine efficacy. Dissecting the analysis further, this potential wave 6 may be the vaccine efficacy wave and wave 5 can be blamed more on the highly contagious Delta variant. The rise in US cases started a few days before Halloween so something was going on before Keystone was standing at the costume party with a lampshade on his head. Using the 6-month waning vaccine efficacy time period, late October takes us back to late April. The timing is perfect that the waning mRNA vaccine efficacy produces a rise in cases over the last 3 weeks. Anecdotal evidence in Pennsylvania supports this hypothesis since many elderly folks, all vaccinated, but not yet boosted, are taking ill over the last month. Further, when the smaller US wave 4 was taking off higher, when CDC Director warned of impending doom in April, that was the peak and the wave thankfully rolled over. The case can be made that the US vaccinations stopped wave 4. Millions of Americans were vaccinated into April and it showed by wave 4 dying. Unfortunately, wave 5 hits with the highly-contagious Delta variant, but the wave subsides in September and October, and things were looking good. Then, over the last 3 weeks, late October to present, cases increase again as the waning vaccine efficacy takes hold especially sickening the elderly. Interestingly, the Whitehouse and CDC would be better off stressing booster shots for those already vaccinated, which should be a far easier sell, than continually brow-beating the unvaccinated folks. Folks that are not vaccinated by now, do not plan to take the shots. Other treatments and therapies are available such as monoclonal antibodies, now proven to also act as a preventive treatment for COVID-19. Oral pills are also on the way. The unvaccinated folks are not out there living it up coughing and breathing on everyone. Chances are they are people living more secluded lifestyles and are continuing to wear masks, and social distance, and are at a low-risk for catching covid despite their unvaccinated status. Some folks had covid and do not plan to get vaccinated for that reason despite television doctors telling people to take the shots anyway (and many of their doctors telling them not to get vaccinated because they have adequate antibodies). The vaccinated folks, living their busy, and what they think are active rewarding lives, have been spreading virus, walking around maskless, resuming their daily work, school and social activities. Booster shots should be marketed to the public to halt potential trouble, since these folks can be convinced to take a third shot for the team, while the unvaccinated do not plan to take any shots. 126 Americans die yesterday. The data for the individual states on the weekend is slow to update. The week ahead is critical since it will dictate if US wave 6 is officially underway, or, if the bump in cases are a blip and the downside for wave 5 resumes. The blip may in part be due to Halloween parties but is more likely due to the waning vaccine efficacy as explained above especially since the rise in US cases started before Halloween. The positive side is that boosters have been available a few weeks and millions are administered especially for older folks and people with ongoing health conditions. This booster shot activity may smack down the potential wave 6 right now just as the initial vaccine participation smacked-down wave 4 during April/May. Hope springs eternal, like the Eternal Flame by Susanna and The Bangles on a Manic Monday.
Note Added Monday Morning, 11/15/21, at 6:00 AM EST: The Russia misery continues with cases and deaths remaining elevated. The daily cases may be topping-out over the last 2 weeks. Russian folks need a break. Ukraine daily cases may be topping-out. The UK remains challenged with cases running at 37K per day and rising. Germany cases are backing down the last couple days so hopefully that is a sign of peaking-out with daily cases. Europe continues swimming in the deep-end of the covid pool. Israel is in good shape with the pandemic with cases easily manageable these days. Israel approves the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for use in 5 to 11 year old children.
Note Added Monday Afternoon, 11/15/21: During an internet interview, Lord Fauci proclaims, "I get attacked" with death threats "because I am representing science." The dude is self-centered and should have retired long ago. Instead of Mr Science, he is more like Mr Science Fiction. Everything is about him. Fauci is supposed to place the people first instead he does not take responsibility for his mistakes and misdirection, blames others and thinks of himself as royalty, an overlord that must provide daily direction to the stupid huddled masses. He is trying to create a sympathy vote for himself perhaps because he knows where the gain of function research bodies are buried in Wuhan, China, and worries that the mess will hit the fan in the future. When you have a high-level position serving the public like Fauci, and you make it about yourself asking 'why is everybody always picking on me', it is time for you to go. Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie is releasing a book which means he will run for president in the republican primary. The first step in the process of putting together a presidential run is publishing a book about yourself so people get to know you. It is standard fare in the corrupt crony capitalism system. Christie says that when he contracted COVID-19 last year and almost died from it, the first thing Trump asked him, was not how he was feeling, but instead if Christie was going to blame him for giving him the virus. That's Our Donnie. No less would be expected from the orange-headed narcissist. In Canada, the Ottawa Senators hockey team cancels 3 games due to a covid outbreak. These are the first games postponed by a NHL team, and any major sports team, since last year. 10 players are entering covid protocol so they either tested positive for the virus or have been exposed to someone sick. More breakthrough cases occur as the vaccine efficacy trails away day after day. Vaccinated folks walk around each day with their chests puffed out thinking they are far better protected from China Virus than they actually are. The Ottawa team was double-vaccinated in February and March. Adding 6 months since that is when vaccine efficacy goes off the cliff, is August and September. Thus, the Ottawa hockey team likely thought they were protected 95% as advertised but in reality, about 8 months after the shots, they are likely only 20% to 60% protected without the booster shot. That's why they got sick.
Note Added Monday Afternoon, 11/15/21: Fauci appears on CNBC fretting over the start of a new wave of infections blaming the increased daily cases on the 60 million unvaccinated individuals. The talking heads keep throwing out numbers from 60 to 90 million for the unvaccinated but never explain the basis of the number. The Einstein's are likely simply applying a percentage to the 330 million US population such as 18% or 27%, respectively, based on polls. About 20% of America did not plan to get vaccinated 20 months ago and do not plan to get vaccinated now, 66 million people, so it jives with the 60 million Fauci number which is likely based on polls and nothing else. There are many Americans in that 60 million group that are not properly accounted for such as people with medical conditions that cannot get vaccinated. Also folks that will not get vaccinated due to religious beliefs. There is a large chunk of people that had COVID-19 and do not plan to get vaccinated since they have natural antibody protection. People are taking antibody tests and their doctors are telling them their protection is fine and do not get vaccinated. The talking heads do not factor in many variables since they are a one-trick pony show only hyping vaccines while calling all other COVID-19 treatments and therapies snake oil. It is sickening. As stated above, the Whitehouse and CDC are stupid to bang their heads against the wall trying to force the unvaccinated folks to take the shots. People simply do not want to sign up for new vaccines that require multiple-shots over many months. Their right to think that way should be respected. Fauci stresses that people need to get their booster shots. He should focus on the boosters since those folks already knelt at the vaccination altar and chances are, they will be a repeat customer and kneel again. The CDC COVID Data Tracker says 59% of Americans are fully vaccinated. That is nothing to sneeze at; 3 of every 5 Americans. That is a great accomplishment. Be Happy. Over 30 million booster shots are administered which is 15% of the fully vaccinated. Only 1 in 7 fully vaccinated people have stepped up to the plate to receive their booster shot which does not bode well for a potential US wave 6. Are people losing confidence in the vaccines due to the ongoing pandemic misinformation and missteps from the folks in charge?
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 11/16/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The US exceeds 48 million total COVID-19 cases. This is 15% of the population (48/330). 1 in 7 Americans have been infected with the Wuhan Virus. 785K Americans are dead from China Flu. The never-ending pandemic continues. The US reports 71K daily new cases so the week starts out on a positive note with a number that is in check below the 7-day MA trend line at 83K cases per day. America needs the daily case numbers below 83K this week to curl the 7-day MA downwards. The 3-day MA comes down for a low and it is currently a higher low which is not good since it verifies the continuing upward trend in cases. The 3-day MA may dip a bit lower and it would be fantastic if it prints a lower low since that will confirm that the uptrend stalls and a sideways pattern for cases begins. If the 3-day MA prints the higher low, not good, it then comes up again and the hope would be that it prints a lower high. For now, the uptrend in daily cases continues as the 3-day MA prints higher lows and higher highs. The week ahead is critical and will determine if wave 6 is real. The move is becoming substantive enough where it will likely be dubbed wave 6 by the chronology even if it rolls back over to the downside. Let the data play out this week. The US active cases chart, the bell curve chart, is now curling higher which is an ugly sight. A bell shape cannot form if the line is moving higher. 467 Americans die yesterday and the 7-day MA for US deaths is finally below 1K per day at 975 deaths per day. The deaths continue in a positive downward path with the 3-day MA printing lower lows and lower highs. The US may surprise everyone this week and roll the daily cases back over to the downside. Many states are improving from the disappointment last week. New York is a trouble spot and must be monitored closely. Is travel increasing which is creating a rise in cases? Are the migrants crossing the southern border, relocating to New York, creating pockets of virus spread? The United States stupidly relaxes travel restrictions with Europe as their cases escalate. The idiots are in charge. All the Whitehouse and CDC had to do was look at the charts to know there was trouble across the pond. They were either lazy, or stupid, or both. These idiots are leading the country (blindly) through the pandemic and mad at everyone for not taking every word they say as Gospel. People lose confidence in your ability if you make stupid decisions based on politics rather than data and charts (science).
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 11/16/21, at 3:30 AM EST: The UK crosses 9.6 million total COVID-19 cases about one-fifth of the United States infections. UK cases remain elevated and the government is considering implementing restrictions. Austria is considering a full lockdown already restricting the movements of the unwashed unvaccinated. Russia is at 9.1 million total China Flu cases on par with the UK. France daily cases drop after the spike to 14.6K cases on Saturday. Ditto Italy. The data from France, Italy, Spain and Portugal is key this week since these nations represent the frontal wave of virus that swept westward across Europe starting in Russia. Germany crosses 5 million total covid cases. 98.3K Germans are dead from COVID-19 and the 100K grim milestone will be crossed in a couple weeks. German cases continue coming down after the spike above 50K cases last Thursday. With the cold weather hitting the northern hemisphere chasing people indoors, perhaps the pop in cases in the States and Europe reflect infections due to the tighter quarters and rather than continuing, the infections may have run their course and subside. The holiday parties will likely create a pop in cases but if you have to make a decision to kiss a pretty lady under the mistletoe, covid be damned; any smart man will take their chances. Chile and Bolivia remain challenged in South America.
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 11/16/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas, USA, suspends privileges for Dr Mary Talley Bowden that dared to criticize vaccine mandates. In today's America, the Whitehouse and CDC demand that you cheer and worship vaccines as the only treatment for COVID-19 while ignoring all other remedies. The Washington Post (democrat-run media) says Bowden is promoting ivermectin an anti-parasitic drug. Note that the rag does not call ivermectin a horse dewormer, horse paste or other derogatory names. Maybe the lawyers told them they need to stop with the lies about ivermectin? The hospital denigrates Bowden for speaking her mind accusing her of "spreading dangerous misinformation" and hurtful and harmful opinions about COVID-19 treatments. America is a sick nation and not only from covid. It is the Salem Witch Trials all over again; history often repeats and rhymes. The water tests will begin. Anyone suggesting a different covid treatment or therapy than vaccines must be stripped and bound and then tossed into deep water. Like the witches, if they are lying they will float on the surface but if they are truthful they will sink (and likely drown). What has America become when proven useful COVID-19 preventive measures and treatments such as HCQ, ivermectin, vitamins such as C and D, zinc, selenium, monoclonal antibody treatments, the MATH+ protocols, the list goes on and on, and much has been learned worldwide over the last 20 months, are forbidden to be discussed or offered by your government? How does that make you feel? A newly released Washington Post/ABC poll (democrat media) reports that 47% of Americans approve of Biden's handling of the pandemic while 49% do not. Sleepy Joe is underwater like King Donnie last year. In 5 months, Biden's approval percentage for handling the pandemic drops from 62% to 47%. Ouch. Biden is equally incompetent at handling the pandemic as Trump.
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 11/16/21, at 5:00 AM EST: New York is concerned over the rise in covid cases in recent days. New York, Arkansas and New Jersey are considering joining California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia that are allowing booster shots for anyone 18 years and older. These states are sidestepping the FDA and CDC guidelines that do not yet authorize the boosters for all adults. The FDA may push through the edict, playing catch-up with the states, and said a couple days ago that the approval process may not go through the CDC advisory panel but instead go straight to CDC Director Walensky's desk for signing. What is the latest science that they are following? Do they know? As stated above, the unvaccinated folks are not going to change their minds so instead of the Whitehouse and CDC banging their empty melons against the wall, they should focus their attention and time at getting the booster shots in arms. The FDA will likely approve booster shots for everyone 18 years and older in quick order. The few million folks that got the J&J vaccine are already eligible to get a booster shot since that vaccine efficacy drops to almost nil a few months out. In other words, comically, although tragically at the same time, people vaccinated with the Johnny John shot are walking around with their chests puffed out thinking they are protected like a super person, when they are no better protected than an unvaccinated person. You have to laugh. The leaders are doing a grave disservice to America not telling people that most of the covid deaths are fat folks. Biden and company should be encouraging people to take vitamins, supplements, eat right, and exercise more, but Big Pharma does not make money with these ideas. The purposeful muzzling of important COVID-19 treatment and therapeutic information (other than vaccines) by the Whitehouse and CDC is unforgiveable. Americans will not be happy when they learn that their loved ones may have lived if given monoclonal antibody treatments but the hospitals said there was nothing they could do except send them home, wait for them to get real sick, then put them on a vent and watch them die.
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 11/16/21, at 8:00 AM EST: Thousands of parents show up at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, protesting vaccine mandates as part of the "Our Children Our Choice" movement and they want their voices heard. People are organizing against the draconian rules laid down by bureaucrats. 3 in 5 Americans are only inviting vaccinated people to their Thanksgiving Day dinners and parties. This exactly matches the 59% of Americans that are fully vaccinated (60%; 6 in 10; 3 in 5). Birds of a feather flock together. The unvaccinated have more fun at their parties and everyone is invited. It is fascinating how the media molds minds and can easily set humans against one another.
Note Added Tuesday Afternoon, 11/16/21: The FDA is expected to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech booster shot for all American adults over 18 years old by tomorrow. Seven states are already offering booster shots to anyone over 18 years old without waiting for the official approval. Where's the FDA? CDC? Bueller? FDA? New York City offers booster shots to all adults without waiting for the FDA and CDC approval. In New York, less than half of the vaccinated folks over 65 years old have received their booster shot. Dr Leana Wen says, "The FDA and CDC have made a major strategic mistake" not offering the boosters to all adults. She says the guidance on booster shots is muddled and confusing. Wen is correct. The best way to stop the potential US wave 6 right now is to encourage people to get their booster shots. Americans that do not want to be vaccinated probably never will so it is better for the government to focus its attention on the booster shots. The potential problem with the vaccines is that they target the spike protein on the original coronavirus but 99% of the current cases are the dominant Delta variant that mutated from Southeast Asia (India B1617). Americans may be hesitant about booster shots since they were fed a bill of goods about the vaccines. Many promises such as the 'vaccine will stop you from catching covid' or 'folks cannot transmit the virus if vaccinated' have fallen by the wayside. We now know there are plenty of breakthrough cases occurring and increasing daily due to waning vaccine efficacy. Also, vaccinated people can still get sick with covid and become carriers of the virus infecting their kids, other vaccinated people and unvaccinated folks. Confidence is lost so some Americans are passing on the booster shots. A potential problem is that many Americans probably think they are protected 90% or better after their original shots, since this was pounded into people's heads, but the realization is that at 6 to 8 months they are likely only 20% to 60% protected. The average person does not understand the waning efficacy situation. Pfizer submits data to the FDA for approval of the anti-viral oral pill drug to treat COVID-19. Doctors and scientists call the oral pills in development by Merck/Ridgeback, Pfizer and others a game-changer. The Pfizer oral pill treatment for COVID-19 is taken over a 5-day period. Pfizer promises to manufacture and sell the oral pill in poor countries so the treatment will be readily available to the underdeveloped nations. The pharmaceutical companies are the big winners in the pandemic. Big Pharma makes an obscene $65,000 per minute on the vaccines; such is the crony capitalism system, another failed 'ism' is in its last throes.
Note Added Tuesday Evening, 11/16/21: In Florida, teacher Tamara Drock dies. Her husband Ryan unsuccessfully sued the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center to administer ivermectin to his wife. The courts would not intervene. She was sick for 12 weeks so the ivermectin would likely not have helped her anyway. Ivermectin is more of a pre-treatment and early treatment for COVID-19, an off-label use for the FDA-approved drug, preventing hospitalizations and saving millions of lives around the world during the pandemic. Mrs Drock was not vaccinated and if she received monoclonal antibody treatment 11 weeks ago, she would still be kicking. Vaccine zealots are happy figuring her death will teach a lesson to the unvaccinated. In reality, it highlights the ongoing pandemic mess and the refusal by the Biden administration and CDC to embrace all China Flu treatments and therapies instead of hyping vaccines endlessly each day. Robert F Kennedy, Jr, the son of Bobby Kennedy that was assonated in the 1960's shortly after his brother JFK was killed in Dallas, Texas, is an outspoken critic of vaccinations. Some cable news outlets refuse to air his views and label him as a nut and conspiracy theorist. Kennedy appears on Fox News (republican-run media) interviewed by controversial host Tucker Carlson. Kennedy is hawking a new book titled, "The Real Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Big Pharma and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health." He probably will not be winning a lot of friends with that title. No wonder the democrat-run news outlets will not provide him air time; he dares speak badly about Lord Fauci. Kennedy references the VAERS website, that is sponsored by the CDC and FDA, where adverse reactions to vaccines are reported proclaiming, "There have been 17,000 deaths reported to VAERS from the covid vaccines." That is true but VAERS always stipulates that the cases reported on the site are not verified. Each death will have to be investigated to confirm if it was truly an adverse reaction. Sometimes a loved one may die of a heart attack, stroke or other ailment a day or few after the vaccination, and the death is reported as an adverse reaction. Some say the 17K deaths from vaccines is way overblown while others claim the number is underreported. Only time will sort the truth from fantasy and that can wait until the pandemic actually ends; and it is not yet ending. 434 million vaccine doses have been administered in the US as per the CDC. Thus, 0.004% of the vaccine doses result in (potential) death which is 1 in every 25K doses (17/434000=0.000039=0.00004=0.004%). The VAERS site 'casts a large net', and this is true, since you want to encourage people to report all adverse reactions. Kennedy says there are more deaths from the COVID-19 vaccines over the last 8 months than all vaccines combined over the last 30 years. Vaccine zealots (proponents) are having conniptions and a case of the vapors hearing the inflammatory rhetoric. The statement will generate controversy and book sales. Robert Kennedy is in Italy supporting the protesters demonstrating against the Green Pass. Italian authorities hassle Kennedy for being unvaccinated when he tries to board an airplane back to the States so he has to make different arrangements. Kennedy is set for an interview on the CoasttoCoastAM radio talk show next week to discuss the book, COVID-19 and vaccines.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/17/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports 87.1K daily new cases for yesterday unfortunately above the 7-day MA at 83K cases per day trend. The case numbers today, tomorrow and especially Friday will determine the path ahead for the potential wave 6. The US deaths spike higher to 1.3K yesterday. Pennsylvania's cases remain stubbornly high at 5.3K cases per day with lots of folks over 60 years old getting admitted to hospitals. Darn. Ohio cases were starting to come down when boom, 5.6K daily new cases yesterday, the most in over a month. This development is not throwing off a good vibe. It is a coin-flip as to whether wave 6 is sustainable or not but the scales are starting to lean towards the trouble side. Indiana reports a spike in cases like Ohio but West Virginia, Illinois and other states remain on a more positive path. It is a mixed bag that will likely sort itself out, one way or the other, by the weekend, perhaps by the time Article 60 in the Coronavirus Chronology series is published on Saturday, 11/20/21. Cases remain elevated in New York state as New York City Mayor de Blasio decrees that the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will occur this year like pre-pandemic. The buffoon proclaims that anyone 5 years and older must be vaccinated and bring their vaccination card and another form of identification to hte Times Square celebration. Your papers, please. It's a buzzkill. De Blasio should look at the New York City case numbers and think a little more before the city hosts a potential superspreader event in 6 weeks. A few hundred thousand people will be there. Think about how many of those revelers are past the 6-month time of their initial vaccinations and without boosters. Clueless de Blah-sio decrees, "We're turning the corner" on covid. It did not end well when the other guy said that (Trump last year). Several dozen New York City sanitation workers are suspended for filing false vaccination cards. Why is America torturing itself with all the vaccine mandate garbage? The northeast states are a mixed bag with Vermont improving, New Hampshire trying to improve, but Maine dealing with elevated cases. Michigan remains in big trouble. Oh no. Minnesota reports 10.7K daily new cases a huge spike higher the most of the entire pandemic. The clock just fell off the wall at the Minnesota State Building in Saint Paul. Minnesota's hopes of defeating the virus are sinking fast into one of the 10,000 lakes. The Minnesota National Guard is opening COVID-19 rapid testing sites in cities such as Hibbing, birth place of the famous singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan (Zimmerman), to help get a handle on the outbreak now spinning out of control. Sick people are Knockin' On Heaven's Door. It looks like America's fate is wave 6.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/17/21, at 5:00 AM EST: Russia crosses the 259K deaths grim milestone as the misery continues. Ukraine is recovering but reports 838 deaths the deadliest day ever. Russia has amassed 100K troops at or near the Ukraine border as dirtbag Dictator Putin waves his saber. Romania and Bulgaria are improving but the crematoriums continue burning bodies 24/7 in Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. Hungary reports a huge spike in cases, the most ever, over 21K cases. Austria remains a mess with deaths increasing. Austrian authorities are checking on the unvaccinated people to make sure they remain in lockdown, like animals, about 2 million of them. Your papers, please. Austria Chancellor Schallenberg proclaims that police officers will enforce the rules targeting unvaccinated folks. Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, under the Obama administration (democrat tribe), idiotically tweets praise for Austria; "If you are a danger to yourself and others, you must remain at home. If you aren't, you are free to roam around the country. Austria is on to something." Isn't that enough to make you puke? There are stupid people, and communists, and Marxists, and authoritarians, everywhere these days. Daily cases pop to 40K again in Germany. 299 Germans die yesterday having seen their last Oktoberfest. Oh no. Netherlands reports 20.2K daily new cases the most ever. Double oh no. France reports 19.8K daily new cases a spike higher. President Macron is failing at containing the new wave that is now going parabolic. Macron needs to tell the French people to put the wine and baguette down, step away from the café table, and go home for a couple weeks. Italy reports 7.7K cases an elevated number but the nation is trying to stave off the covid monster and maintain a flat move at 7.7K cases per day on average. Spain exceeds 5 million total coronavirus cases with daily cases starting to sneak higher. Spain and Portugal are the last 2 European nations in line to receive the westward scourge of virus from Russia.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 11/17/21, at 6:00 AM EST: President Biden's vaccine mandate OSHA rules remain snarled in the courts. There are multiple lawsuits on the likely unconstitutional mandate so the courts grouped them together and conducted a lottery, using ping-pong balls, to see which court would handle the entire issue. The 6th Circuit of Appeals ping-pong ball is selected and will hear the lawsuits against the proposed OSHA vaccine mandate rules set to take effect on 1/4/22. Depending on the courts decision, the next stop would be the US Supreme Court. Disgustingly, OSHA admits it is not staffed to enforce the new Biden vaccine mandate regulations and says it will rely on people reporting violations. In other words, tattle-tales, snitches, rats and finks. It makes you vomit. Biden appears to want the country to become further divided and people hate one another. He is succeeding.
Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 11/17/21: Moderna submits data to the FDA and seeks approval for its booster shot for all vaccinated adults over 18 years old. Dr Mary Talley Bowden continues to try and clear her good name as Houston Methodist Hospital besmirches her attacking her reputation. Bowden is very skilled at treating coronavirus patients, a gift she fell into as the pandemic took hold, and believes in aggressive pre and early treatment protocols. Unfortunately, Bowden's treatments do not exactly line-up with hospital edicts. She and associates have treated 2,000 patients with monoclonal antibodies. The mAb treatment is an IV that takes about 20 minutes. It is administered within the first 10 days of the onset of COVID-19 symptoms so do not waste any time if you take ill. Bowden also uses other treatments such as ivermectin. Every time ivermectin is mentioned, a CNN or MSNBC news host (democrat-run media) has a case of the vapors. Good luck to Dr Bowden. Houston Methodist needs to stop spreading dangerous misinformation and should instead embrace an integrated approach to medicine and treating the China Flu. Hospitals need to use all the available tools in the toolbox, the myriad of coronavirus treatments now available including oral pills on the way, instead of putting binders on saying the waning vaccines are the only way to go. The United States needs more Mary Talley Bowden's. "Ahhh, Mary," as Gracie and the Nocturnals sing. Someone who is filthy rich, and cares about the country, should open a clinic and place Bowden in charge. Stat! Do something worthwhile with your money.
Note Added Wednesday Evening, 11/17/21: OSHA places the vaccine mandate, that targets companies with 100 or more employees, on hold due to the lawsuits. OSHA is following court orders to not implement or enforce the "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)" rules and regulations until the 6th Circuit Court provides direction. The booster shots remain confusing to many Americans. People are wondering why a booster is needed since the shots should still be protecting against severe illness and death, and if they catch covid, it should be a mild illness. It appears that the booster shot is for boosting the immunity to infection for most people. The pandemic remains a 20-month confusing and chaotic mess. The CDC reports over 100K overdose deaths in America from April 2020 to April 2021. The CDC picked the worse data range to stress the issue to the public. The pandemic hit in early 2020 and the lockdowns were in effect in March, April and May last year so troubled folks simply became more troubled. The only way for folks to shed depression and other mental difficulties is to talk to other people and that cannot occur in a lockdown. The other big killer in the overdose situation is fentanyl. Ridiculously, the border agents confiscated 7 tons of fentanyl crossing the southern border with Mexico last year. Wow. A taste of that on a spoon will kill you. Drug pushers and addicts cut meth, crank, crack, coke (cocaine) and heroin with fentanyl but it is an inexact science killing users left and right. A year ago in this area, a sister was looking for her brother and saw him on the side of the road lying faace down in a ditch. She turned him over and the needle was still sticking out of his forearm. The fentanyl can be 100 times or more powerful than anything the user has ever experienced. That young man was dead before he hit the ditch.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/18/21, at 3:00 AM EST: Damn. You could see it coming over the last couple weeks. US WAVE 6 IS UNDERWAY. It is bad, Bad Luck, as Social D sings. The US reports 105K daily new cases the most since 10/8/21 almost 6 weeks ago and above the 100,000 level. The clock just fell off the wall in the Oval Office. The 7-day MA for US daily new cases is 88K and rising (bad). The 3-day MA for cases prints 92K cases per day, a higher high (bad) than the prior high at 91K seven days ago, which verifies the uptrend in cases is in full swing and continuing. The only hope now would be that the new wave 6 will peter out quickly, perhaps due to folks getting booster shots and children being vaccinated, like wave 4 which rolled over as the initial vaccinations from December 2020 through April 2021 took hold. That's the only hope. The weather is colder so folks are congregating indoors breathing each other's recirculated air. In the case of Keystone, hot air. Further, the Thanksgiving Day travel rush begins now and the reporter's, that drew the short straws or are disliked by the boss, will report on the airport and airline madness in the coming days. Holiday parties are standard fare now through the end of the year. Once folks have a couple drinks in them, the masks will fall to the floor, probably along with other garments, and the liquid courage will lead to lots of human interactions and potential virus spread. No one wants another wave 3 horror show, and that would not be expected to happen with nearly 60% of the country fully vaccinated, and another 15% to 35% with natural immunity. The waning efficacy of the vaccines is darkening our path ahead. The republican tribe cheerleaded the vaccines this year with the talking heads on television and radio proclaiming the success of the "Trump vaccines" but, not so much now. As it turns out, Trump's, and that is said loosely, mRNA vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, only last 6 months at best and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is only good for 2 months. Trump probably told his sycophants to not call them the Trump vaccines anymore. The US active cases curve which needs to form the bell shape to prove the virus is being defeated is curling higher so that is not going to happen for a while. This was the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place to kiss wave 5, the delta wave, and the pandemic goodbye, but alas, the bell shape would not form and now things are falling apart again with wave 6 in progress and cases on the rise. 1,416 Americans die yesterday. WHY?!!! TELL YOUR LOVED ONES TO IMMEDIATELY CALL THEIR DOCTOR AND SEEK MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENT IF THEY FEEL SICK. IF THE DOCTOR GIVES YOU THE RUN-AROUND AND TELLS YOU TO GO HOME AND SEE IF THE SYMPTOMS WORSEN, DITCH THAT JACKASS IDIOT, AND FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR. The Biden administration is doing Americans a grave disservice not promoting mAb treatments and other therapies instead continuing to hawk the vaccines with waning efficacy. It is sickening to watch this stuff occur in real-time. Leadership these days is completely inept. When it comes to the pandemic, Trump is Tweedledumb and Biden is Tweedledumber.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/18/21, at 4:00 AM EST: Damn. The wheels just fell off the world's covid wagon. The planet reports over 595K daily new cases, call it 600K cases, yesterday, the most in over 2 months. Europe is concerned about the ongoing outbreak as the weather grows colder, holidays approach and the vaccine efficacy wanes. The 7-day MA of European cases is the highest ever. German cases jump by 6 times higher over the last month reporting 61K cases yesterday the highest ever. Ditto Netherlands with 21K daily new cases the highest ever. Belgium imposes stricter mask rules and tells people to work from home trying to avoid draconian lockdowns that make the natives restless. France reports 20.2K daily new cases another high for the current wave. Italy, the boot-shaped nation, is kicked hard by covid with over 10K daily new cases yesterday the most in over 6 months (see chart above). Prime Minister Draghi is dragged into the covid quagmire of despair. 72 Italians die which is starting to break out to 6-month highs. Oh no. Spain reports 6.66K daily new cases, an appropriate and ominous number (666), for the start of a new wave already going parabolic. The tourism industry moans. Ditto Portugal with a 2.5K pop in daily cases. That is it. The coronavirus wave that Russia sent westward across Europe has run its course all the way to the beaches of Portugal. Countries are imposing stricter rules. Ireland closes bars early which is sacrilege in a nation where beer is consumed like water. The CDC in the States adds more European nations to the high-risk travel list Level 4 status including Iceland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Guernsey (an island off the northern coast of France). The chronology said it was stupid for the CDC to open up travel to Europe last month and they have backpedaled ever since. All they had to do was look at the charts. It's not rocket science. World citizens, the idiots and imbeciles are running the asylum. It is incompetence when such easily preventable mistakes occur.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/18/21, at 5:00 AM EST: Disney cruises are requiring travelers to be fully vaccinated. Why aren't vaccinated people 6 months beyond their second mRNA shot called unvaccinated instead of fully vaccinated? Inquiring minds want to know. Israel considers a person unvaccinated when they hit the 6-month mark. Isn't all that vaccine mandate stuff worthless dribble? A person 6 to 9 months beyond their initial vaccination is only marginally better protected than someone unvaccinated and a person that had COVID-19 is likely better protected than the vaccinated person. After a couple months, the J&J vaccine is basically not working and the protection is about the same as an unvaccinated person. The messaging is difficult since the pandemic topics such as vaccines, boosters, masks, lockdowns, etc..., are complicated issues. Nearly 100 NFL (American football) players and staff have taken ill over the last 7 weeks, the highest of the season, and all these folks are double vaccinated! More breakthrough cases. The football league is beefing-up its protocols during the holiday season enforcing mask rules for players and staff while indoors. The NFL is installing cameras to spy on people to make sure the mask mandate is followed. Are you sure that is all they are doing? Perhaps they are looking for a way to frame the guy they do not like in the accounting department? Perhaps they are using the video to assess job performance? Or perhaps they like to film pretty Chrissy's legs each morning, download the pleasurable sight to Frank's smartphone, and pass it around to buddies at the bar that evening? Playing professional ball is like being held prisoner by the Gestapo but they make big dough so do not shed a tear. NFL Commissioner Goodell is busy installing cameras above the ladies room door. The surveillance society is in full swing. Paging George Orwell.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/18/21, at 7:00 AM EST: While a technician is cleaning a refrigerator at a Merck laboratory in Philadelphia, several vials marked "Smallpox" are discovered. The vaccination research facility was supposed to destroy all smallpox samples decades ago. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980 and the only known vials of the disease are in an Atlanta vault and in Russia. American mediocrity is on full display daily. Several world medical reports release good news about the turmeric supplement. Scientists are finding that turmeric/curcumin is an effective supplement as an anti-viral agent. The recent studies conclude that regardless of whether you are vaccinated for COVID-19 or not, take turmeric daily, since it appears to help on the margin. Keeping the immune system in tiptop shape is one of the key weapons for fighting China Flu. The chronology has highlighted the daily regimen of zinc, vitamins A, C, D-3 and E, selenium and turmeric, that can be discussed with your doctor. If you get up in the morning and look at that glorious mug in the mirror, and admit that you are not taking a turmeric supplement each day, you are staring at a fool.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 11/18/21, at 11:00 AM EST: Two California children are sick after receiving a 20 microgram vaccine instead of the 10 micrograms prescribed. The kids will be okay but this is no way to build parental confidence. China Flu does not seriously impact children and the approximate 700 deaths for the under 18 age group, during the entire pandemic, can be traced to comorbidities and ongoing illnesses such as cancer, and obesity. If you are a parent of a chubby kid, it is a good idea to discuss the potential vaccination with your doctor. President Biden slips Pfizer a cool $5.3 billion to supply 10 million courses of the oral COVID-19 pill that is not yet authorized by the FDA and CDC. The oral pills and treatment are a 5-day regimen called a course. PFE stock jumps +6% over the last 2-1/2 days. The wealthy class dances with glee effortlessly making millions of dollars in the blink of an eye as one-half of Americans, that do not own one single share of any stock let alone Pfizer, struggle to make ends meet.
Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 11/18/21: The vaccine mandate controversy between republican Florida Governor DeSantis, that has designs on the Whitehouse in 2024, and democrat President Biden, continues. DeSantis passes new legislation. In Florida, private businesses and companies can opt-out of the new Biden/OSHA vaccine mandate regulations if an employee provides a medical exemption, or religious exemption, or has natural immunity, or submits to regular testing, or agrees to wear proper safety protection. That's a lot of or's and ample opportunity for someone vaccine adverse to say no thank you to Sleepy Joe and the vaccine zealots. Some companies are blindly accepting employee requests for medical and religious exemptions, sweeping the paperwork under the rug in the lobby, and keeping their workers in their jobs hoping the vaccine mandate stuff disappears. There will be lawsuits filed against Florida which will freeze any action. The attorneys are getting filthy rich on the vaccine mandate garbage cheerleaded by the politicians of which about 3 in every 4 are also lawyers. Such is the crony capitalism system. President Biden's approval rating is sinking faster than Keystone's jokes at the stand-up comic contest. Biden is down to 36% approval which is only the hard-core diehard democratic base remaining. The democrat base would vote for Sleepy Joe no matter what just like the republican base, with the same percentage, would vote for their tribal candidates no matter their track record on issues or behavior. This is the progression of crony capitalism.
Note Added Thursday Evening, 11/18/21: Dr Jonathan Reiner is on CNN this evening saying that the mRNA vaccine efficacy wanes after 6 months, and the J&J vaccine after 2 months, and like Israel, people should be considered unvaccinated once those milestones occur. Most interesting, Reiner says the data is showing a waning of the protection against serious illness. All the selling points for the vaccines keep getting stripped away over time. The last loin cloth of coverage was that vaccines protect against severe illness and death but that may be in question going forward. Several weeks and months of data will be needed to note the effectiveness of the booster shots. Dr Reiner says about 85% of Americans will need vaccinated to reach the community, or herd, immunity goal. Looking out at the current covid landscape, this goal is likely a bridge too far. Lord Fauci warns that the coming winter and waning vaccine efficacy is a double-whammy of trouble going forward. Fauci admits that the vaccines are losing their potency over time proclaiming, "Vaccine efficacy wanes over several months." The NIH, CDC and Whitehouse are begrudgingly starting to admit that breakthrough cases are rising substantively. Fauci is hyping the booster shots just like he hyped the original vaccinations with the same talking points. Are any Americans listening to this guy anymore? Musical artists continue dropping tunes about the pandemic and a catchy protest song called "Sad Little Man" by FiveTimesAugust is the latest to go viral. Fauci, dubbed the sad little man, and other talking heads, continue describing the falling-off and leveling-off of daily cases, a plateau. The idiot must not listen to what he is saying since he says 'cases plateaued and are now moving higher again'. This is why in charting and technical analysis, when data drops and then moves sideways it is called basing, or leveling-off, or moving sideways, because it can then break up or down. When you say the data is plateauing, but then say it moves higher from a plateau, that is stupid. When data plateaus, it is topping-out, peaking-out or cresting, and expected to drop. Nomenclature and proper use of terms is important but nio one cares anymore in mediocre America. Blaze TV releases a documentary-style expose, narrated by Glenn Beck, the republican AM radio talk show host, called, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie." The video, available on YouTube, provides the money trail, evidence, connections and links between the NIH, EcoHealth and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and other players, concerning the nefarious gain of function research funding scandal. Other news outlets and investigators are providing similar information so the heat is turned up on Fauci, Collins, Daszak and lesser known players such as Baric, Stemmy, Farrar, Andersen, Pope, Dr Sci Zhengli (bat lady) in Wuhan, China, and others. The US taxpayer funding of gain of function research at the Wuhan Labs is a serious scandal. A book titled, "Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19," by Matt Ridley and Alina Chan, is also casting suspicions at the Wuhan Laboratories. The Fauci and Dascak names keep appearing in documents as researchers investigate the gain of function research funding and origin of coronavirus scandals.
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/19/21, at 2:00 AM EST: The US wave 6 is in progress. America reports 99.1K daily new cases yesterday but it will likely hit a hundo as more data comes in. It is good news that it is below Wednesday's 105K cases and under 100K. Today's case data is key since Friday is typically the highest cases of the week. If today's cases come in sub 100K, that will be very positive news (wave 6 may roll over due to people getting booster shots like wave 4 rolled over when people originally got vaccinated). If today's cases are over 100K, the covid misery is going to continue and likely worsen going forward. 1.1K Americans die yesterday. Keystone is going long the casket makers and undertakers. Michigan schools revert to online teaching ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday to try and tamp down the outbreak spinning out of control. The Defense Department is sending medical help to Minnesota that is getting absolutely hammered with covid cases. Minnesota doctors say the hospitals are just like last December and January. In Arizona, over 90% of the hospital beds are occupied. Apple pushes forward its date for all employees to return to the office, again, to 2/1/22. Humorously, Groundhog Day is 2/2/22 next year, and likely when CEO Cook will tell employees the date is pushed forward, again (in a Groundhog Day movie, the lead character kept reliving the same day over and over again).
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/19/21, at 2:30 AM EST: The world reports over 605K daily new cases as the global outbreak, that is dubbed wave 6, like the United States, worsens. It is depressing to see the planet fall down the covid rabbit hole once again. Austria reports 15.1K daily new cases the most ever and crosses the 1 million total infections milestone. Austria goes all-in with authoritarian rule with Chancellor Schallenberg decreeing mandatory vaccination for all citizens by 2/1/22. Get down on your knees, and say please, for your shots and papers that will allow you to travel with ease. Austria is in a 20-day lockdown for everyone after only targeting the unvaccinated citizens a few days ago. Comically, the vaccinated only receive 2 extra days of freedom than the unvaccinated. 1 in 3 Austrians are not vaccinated. Norway remains in trouble with daily cases spiking above 2.4K per day for 3 days running. 43 Norwegians die yesterday the deadliest day of the pandemic, however, the larger than expected number may be due to lumping several days of data together. Finland continues struggling at handling the outbreak. Estonia is improving now past the worst of the wave. Sweden is in good shape. Denmark is not looking good. Belgium reports a spike higher in cases to 18.4K per day only surpassed by the worst days of the pandemic late October 2020 over a year ago! Over 40 people die in Belgium each of the last 2 days the most in 7 months. The Netherlands is in big trouble with another big spike higher in cases to 24K per day a new record. Poland sees another spike higher in cases. Germany reports over 64K daily new cases another record. Those Oktoberfest parties must have been a lot of fun and frolic. The ports are always playing a key role in the spread of COVID-19 as illustrated by the outbreaks in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France and UK, all neighboring nations along the northern coast of Europe, with boats traveling from port to port. UK cases pop to 47K per day. The clock falls off the wall at 10 Downing Street. Cases are elevated in Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal as the westward moving virus wave runs its course across all of Europe. Russia reports 1,251 deaths yesterday the deadliest day ever. Iceland and Ireland remain in trouble with elevated cases at or near record levels. In South America, Bolivia reports 1.1K daily new cases, above 1,000 for the first time in 4 months. Bolivia hospitals are concerned that the new wave will spin out of control.
Note Added Friday Morning, 11/19/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The FDA is likely to approve booster shots for all American adults over 18 years old today. 17 US states have already forged ahead with boosters for anyone over 18 years old not waiting for the official FDA and CDC authorization; Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia. New York City is also offering booster shots to anyone over 18 years old. The "follow the science" mantra is a joke since everyone is deciding what science they choose to follow. It may as well be scientology. The booster shot mess started with President Biden stupidly announcing that booster shots will be available to all Americans in September without any input from the FDA or CDC. The FDA put the kibosh on the president's proclamation saying the data is not even reviewed as yet so it was another excuse for Americans to not trust what they are told. The FDA approves the booster shots and the process stumbles through the CDC with confusing recommendations offered. The states above are saying to heck with the muddled messaging and telling anyone that is vaccinated, 6 months beyond their last mRNA shot, and over 18 years old, to get a booster. The FDA and CDC should play catch-up with the 17 states today lugging their bag of science across the booster shot finish line. The CDC advisory panel may be involved in the booster decision after earlier in the week the plan was for the FDA to approve boosters for those 18 and older and CDC Director Walensky would immediately sign it into action but all the players and panels at the FDA and CDC are on deck today and Walensky already handed out rubber stamps to everyone. Today will be a united Kumbaya moment everyone approving booster shots for any American 18 years and older. Walensky says hospital admissions are increasing for the fully vaccinated, non-boosted, people over 60 years old. If folks decide to not take the booster shots, the winter may be ugly. Since the original vaccine effectiveness was only in the 2 to 6 month range, and way down at 8 months and beyond, people have lost confidence. If the booster shots kick-in, wave 6 may not be as bad as wave 3 but it may be quite nasty nonetheless. The big hope is that wave 6 will quickly roll over like wave 4. The covid monster once again targets the folks over 60 years old, shots or not; spring and summer 2020 redux. The behavior in daily new cases over the next couple weeks will tell a lot about the winter path ahead.
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