The Keystone Speculator Inflation-Deflation Indicator; 7-Year Deflationary Funk Ends; Inflation Still to Come

by K E Stone (Keystone)

After 7 long years, The Keystone Speculator Inflation-Deflation Indicator crawls out of the deflationary funk. Ever since the Federal Reserve started printing money and propping up the US stock market in March 2009 to protect the wealthy class, there has always been a fear that America would become entrapped in a deflationary quagmire a la Japan.

Keystone's Inflation-Deflation Indicator is in DISINFLATION at 2.62. The record low deflation print is at 1.04 and the indicator tagged 2.00 (deflation) during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

The endless money printing by the Federal Reserve (monetary stimulus) and joyful tax cuts, spending and fiscal stimulus from Congress, create 12 years of higher stock market prices rewarding the rich with great wealth. The privileged elite class owns the US stock market. One-half of Americans do not own one single share of stock. The Fed sits on the short end of the yield curve anchoring the 2-year yield in concrete but yields are now moving higher across all durations. The US is putting deflation in the rearview mirror if the current path continues.

At the same time the elite privileged class is shoving handfuls of easy money into their pockets, common American families are destroyed because of years of unemployment, underemployment and high debt. Such is America these days. The United States has become the land of the have's and have not's; the New Gilded Age a la the 1920's. The modern-day Great Gatsby's are everywhere courtesy of the central banker money-printing.

America is a faux free market crony capitalism financial system in its last throes. Corporate socialism is America's creed. The four central banker horseman of the coming financial apocalypse, the Federal Reserve, ECB (European Central Bank), BOJ (Bank of Japan) and PBOC (Peoples Bank of China; the communists), create the sick and dark world ahead.

In the US, the monetary (Federal Reserve) and fiscal (Congress) heroin keeps the party going. Uncle Sam is main-lining the easy money junk into his veins each day buying stocks with reckless abandon. What could possible go wrong?

The 10-year Treasury note price is used for the denominator (bottom number) of The Keystone Speculator Inflation-Deflation Indicator. The 10-year Treasury price is 96.47 with a yield at 1.77%. The 10-year yield was above 3% in Fall 2018 and fell to 0.4% in March 2019 as the pandemic hit hard. 

Commodities are in the numerator (top number). The CRB Commodity Index had collapsed in recent years but over the last few months recovers to 252.85. Calculating The Keystone Speculator Inflation-Deflation Indicator;

The Keystone Speculator Inflation-Deflation Indicator

CRB/10-Year Price = 252.85/96.47 = 2.62

Over 4.50 = Hyperinflation

Between 3.50 and 4.50 = Inflation

Between 3.00 and 3.50 = Neutral; Inflationists and Deflationists Battle

Between 2.50 and 3.00 = DISINFLATION

Under 2.50 = Deflation

After 7 years, the economy and markets are no longer mired in deflation. Granted, the calculation above is focused on 'goods inflation' rather than 'services inflation'. For many decades, you could track commodities, with the CRB, or GTX, or many other indexes, and the goods inflation and deflation dictated the overall economy's direction. As the US politicians screwed America over the last five decades, sending jobs overseas and destroying the middle class so stock prices could move higher on the slave labor, the goods production went to foreign nations while the US focused more on services as the major part of the economy.

The debate between inflationists and deflationists over the last few years has been the discussion of goods versus services inflation. The pundits looking for inflation said goods would inflate and catch-up to the rising services sector while the talking heads preaching deflation said the services inflation would drop to join the goods disinflation as the economy slumps; a recession was long overdue.

Neither side could be proven correct because the pandemic hits sending the US into a deflationary spiral during 2019 and early 2020. Deflation bottomed and washed-out in 2020. People were still hunkered down worried about the pandemic. The virus waves keep coming and going keeping people guessing and uncertain which breeds fear and worry. People do not spend money when they are hiding under the bed so both goods and services are smacked hard by China Virus and crumble into the deflationary abyss.

The bottom in deflation occurs at the 1.00 and change level spring and summer of 2020. This is after the horrific COVID-19 wave 3 slaughtered Americans by the thousands per day. Folks were ready to move on in life sending the ratio higher. The goods inflation is kicking in bigtime as commodity prices are going through the roof.

Local building supply centers are putting people on waiting lists for plywood. Treated wood remains as rare as hen's teeth. It is ridiculous. What happened to America? Everyone walks around with their chest puffed-out telling each other how great they are when they actually suck. Store shelves are empty of some of the favorite products. The local grocer is completely out of Keystone's favorite granola bars. Oh the humanity!

The pandemic wreaks havoc on shipping goods across ocean and on land. Port workers are sick with covid. There are shortages of workers in every job along the logistics and supply lines. The infection rates are increasing in China which will create havoc around the world if they get out of control. The shipping problems delays supplies and with less supplies, people are paying more for what they want.

Inflation is too much money chasing too few goods so the other side of the perfect storm was Santa Claus Joe Biden handing out stimulus to every Tom, Dick and Harry during the pandemic. Some folks are incentivized more to not work than work. Many Americans are at home uneasy about circulating in public again due to covid or they may be taking care of a sick family member.

Adding the mess up, the pandemic, staff shortages, positive tests, and folks fearful of covid, create supply side shortages and delays. The excessive stimulus and almost 13 years of Federal Reserve money printing creates mountains of dollars sitting on the sidelines and in bank reserves ready to slosh into the system. People are home-shopping via computers, smartphones and laptops further stretching the supply chain.

No wonder inflation is on the upswing but look at the chart. The United States is in a disinflationary/neutral range and not even experiencing steady painful inflation, like the 1970's, as yet. Everything is relative. It has been so long since Americans have experienced inflation that you forget what it is like. The last serious bout of inflation was in 2007 and early 2008 at the peak of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

The wine was flowing like water. Think back to 2007 and 2008. Everyone was working that wanted to work and not sweeping floors. People had good paying jobs driving around in brand new vehicles. There was a lot of chest-puffing back then. Prices were climbing higher on goods and services, and at the gas pump, but the boss would wink and tell you that a nice raise is coming so don't worry about it. That was then, this is now.

The inflation catches the attention of Americans but it is not as bigtime as people think. The interest rates remain low the 10-year yield around 1.8%. At the inflation level back in 2007 and 2008, the CRB was up at 480.

If 480 was in the numerator now, the US would be at 5.00 and in hyperinflation. The real trouble has not even begun. As they say in the hills of Kentucky, "you ain't seen nuttin' yet." Commodities have a lot further to run and it is not clear that the straight line upside seen on the chart will continue. Nohting goes up in a straight line, so a pull back and relaxation would be expected for a few months.

Do not discount the possibility of deflation reappearing. If the stock market crashes and folks lose confidence in the economy, markets and pandemic response, stocks will be thrown overboard and Treasuries actually bought, which would send yields lower not higher. So stay tuned and do not be lured by the siren song that inflation is here and guaranteed forward. One, as the chart shows, inflation is not yet here, and two, nothing is guaranteed going forward.

The deflationists were more correct than the inflationists in recent years as the services inflation drops to become more compatible with the goods deflation. Of course, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the reason. It wiped out the airlines, hotels, travel, restaurants and hospitality and leisure industries. Services are knee-capped.

The world is awash in liquidity form the central banker money printing. People are scooping up the easy money buying stocks, bonds, real estate, paintings, collectables, antique cars, art and anything else that has a heartbeat and is worth five bucks. Easy money encourages reckless spending and then when rates pop, and folks have little saved, and then lose their jobs in a recession, it is light's out. Deflation is typically this outcome.

The main reason behind the recent reflation scenario is the rise in wages. The lack of inflation and ongoing persistent deflation for many years is due to the lack of wage growth. Inflation cannot exist without wage inflation which has not occurred for many years. Then wages were harpooned by the virus. Once the Fed and Congress stepped in to save the stock market in 2020, however, an interesting shift in the wage equation occurs.

For several years, wage inflation was growing annually at about +3% a paltry amount. When was the last time you had a substantive raise? The high wage earners can work from home during the pandemic. Meetings are conducted via Zoom Video and other platforms and the work is mainly performed in front of a computer. The upper middle class and wealthy elite did not miss a paycheck during this ongoing tragic pandemic.

Conversely, the lower middle class, poor and disadvantaged are unemployed and underemployed. Jobs are not as plentiful as touted unless you want to clean bedpans, flip burgers or turn sheets.

On the first Friday of each month, the US Monthly Jobs Report provides the wage data on a monthly and yearly basis. The last few reports have average hourly earnings at about a +4.0% to +4.5% annual pace the highest in many years. Since the high wage earners have not lost their jobs, but the low-wage earners are toast, the wage inflation number skews higher above 4%.

Wages are not moving up steadily and strongly due to an economy that is expanding and strengthening. Wages pop because of covid which, when combined with the bump higher in the average workweek, creates the whiff of inflation that feeds the reflation chatter. Once the lower income folks return to the restaurants, hotels, bars and cruise ships, the wage percentage will come back down and so will the reflation chatter.

The Federal Reserve needs to see the annual wage growth at +4.0% to +4.5% to create overall inflation. This is a dirty little secret that the Federal Reserve will never confirm. Although the higher wage inflation helps push the story towards the Fed's overall 12-year-running inflation goal, Chairman Powell would likely admit that the rise in wages create inflation. The other reasons mentioned above play a key role as well.

Different scenarios fell into place all creating inflation but it is still nothing to panic about. The Fed dropped the language about inflation being transitional but there is potential for things to roll back over to the downside and for a disinflationary and deflationary funk to continue, especially if the stock market crashes. The Federal Reserve's obscene near 13-year Keynesian money-printing experiment continues and the ending remains a mystery.

The wage inflation push due to the pandemic canning the low-wage earners, and the push higher in commodity prices on the falling dollar, create the inflation buoyancy and reflation narrative. The household sector is deleveraging right now so that is not conducive to inflation. Rent is a large part of core CPI and is a lagging indicator; watch it closely if you want to gauge inflation.

Just think, in a few years, the chart above will be way up there on the upper right hand side in the hyperinflation zone. That is when the Dow will be over 50K, the SPX will be 10K or more, a gallon of gasoline will be $10 or more, a loaf of bread will be $10. The stock market will be hugely higher, however, the US dollar will be toilet paper. That will be a whole new set of fun when the velocity of money kicks in but for now, we likely have a few weeks or months of sideways sputtering as markets determine if inflation is the way forward, or, if deflation rears its ugly head again as the stock market collapses.

The United States was in the deflationary funk since August 2014. Think back to the summer of 2008 if you want to relive the feeling of rising inflation. Rising prices were a common daily complaint back then. When inflation arrives, you will feel it, and talk about it, and hear about it, you will know it. You will be complaining about prices increasing every hour of every day. This vibe is not occurring to any great extent right now. You have not seen anything yet. The reflation story is occurring currently. Inflation was Godot for 7 years but unlike the famous play, Godot did finally show up.

The Federal Reserve and other global central bankers saved the day in early 2016 printing money like madmen; just like in March 2009 when former Fed Chairman Bernanke stepped in with QE 1 to save the stock market and protect America's elite class. And also in 2020 when the Federal Reserve fired off money bazooka's showering the country with stimulus dollars due to the pandemic.

The Fed's grand near 13-year Keynesian experiment may finally be creating the elusive inflation it has desired for a decade but the jury remains out. The money-printing has succeeded in making the wealthy class filthy rich. Such is the crony capitalism system. The Fed rode in on their white horse in March 2020 to save the day again and the elite class rides away with most of the money.

After the QE pumps to handle the Great Recession in 2009, the economy barely tagged inflation in springtime 2011 (green circle). The Chicago traders will remember those days. Everyone (except Keystone; there's always one of him in the crowd) was convinced that inflation was here to stay and the Fed had orchestrated a recovery. Kind of like now. But that was the peak in inflation in 2011.

Traders were convinced that rates would go up and up and up and the Fed created inflation because of quantitative easing (QE 1). The bond yield charts were in negative divergence back then and as expected, things quickly fell apart. The Fed got less bang for the buck after the 2016 pump. By 2017, the chart was going flaccid like a limp sausage. The low point of deflation occurs in 2020 at 1.04.

The chart above is weighted for the goods-oriented inflation/deflation since the CRB commodities index is used in the numerator of the ratio. The internet, technology and computers are huge deflationary machines eliminating jobs and continuing to lower prices. Electronics and products such as smartphones are turning into commodities and are cheaper each passing year. Corn and wheat crops are at bumper yields. The world is awash in oil. These deflationary forces, however, have been negated by the pandemic with supply constraints reversing the picture.

On the services side, prices are flat after maintaining buoyancy for many years. Before the coronavirus tragedy, services prices were showing signs of rolling over. Those of you paying college tuition bills see prices rise each year. Heath insurance (ACA; Obamacare) and medical costs are out of control. Prescription drugs are expensive; many Americans over 50 years old take a palm-full of pills each day. 

Utility bills consistently sneak higher. Haircuts cost more each year. Home prices continue rising creating the inflationary vibe. The virus hits and markets fall apart. Deflation rules the roost. Services inflation collapses and comes down to join deflation. The pandemic was the catalyst.

Another reason that market participants were concerned about inflation the last few years is that the well-paid talking heads on television tout the higher services costs all the time. The reason the pundits tout inflation is because they are the ones living in the expensive homes, taking the prescriptions drugs daily, paying the high costs of insurances and saving money to pay high tuition costs for their children attending Ivy League schools.

Most market participants (traders, money managers, television pundits, analysts, strategists, investors, fund managers, hedge funds, etc...) are making big money and doing well in their careers so they are predisposed to believe inflation is occurring because of the costs they see in their higher-class daily lives. However, they must realize they are fortunate enjoying a higher standard of living than most other common folks across the United States. They have no idea about how the rest of America, the majority of the country, lives.

The lower middle class, disadvantaged and poor folks instead see disinflation and deflation. Many do not have the same monthly expenses as the upper middle class and wealthier folks. Generalizing, common folks of modest means live in run-down houses or apartments, many do not have health or other insurances and they have no hope in seeing their children go to college. They do not see the services inflation that the upper middle class and wealthy tout on television. The lower middle class, disadvantaged and poor, the majority of the country, do not have those same bills to pay as the wealthy class that control the airwaves, businesses, politics and government comprising the crony capitalism system.

The world was in recession due to the coronavirus tragedy but it was short-lived as the government fiscal stimulus creates a rocket ship ride of growth. The services inflation in the US rolled-over to the downside to join the goods deflation but the commodities have bottomed and have been exploding higher into multi-year record levels. The CRB is up to 253 and the GTX is at 3090.

In the future, the velocity of money will kick in and the money sitting idle at banks will be put to work. A multiplier effect will accelerate business activity and inflation will leap higher and then the country will likely shoot up into the hyperinflation range say in the 2023-2026 time frame. It will be a different brand off craziness. The Dow will be going towards 40K and 50K but the dollar will be toilet paper with prices for all products and services going through the roof. 

Technology, computers and the Internet are huge deflationary machines. Robots continue to replace human's on the job. The pattern of 'more tech--less human's' will continue. Fast-food restaurants, such as Mickey D's, use kiosks that eliminate more jobs. Automation and technology is deflation.

The structural unemployment problem will continue in the US for years and perhaps decades forward. The unemployed and underemployed create a burden on the economy over time. The wealthy on Wall Street, in bed with the Fed, make themselves filthy rich by taking advantage of the 2008-2009 crash (easy money pumps the stock market higher) while the middle class and poor (that do not own stocks) are thrown under the bus over the last 13 years. Such is the rigged corrupt crony capitalism system.

The Fed members perform the bidding of the investment banks since they are rewarded with lucrative speaking gigs after they leave public office; a quid pro quo for their loyalty in maintaining easy-money conditions that send stock prices higher and benefit the elite class. Note that no one talks about Yellen's big speaking fees she has received and now she is back in government ready to perform her master's bidding. 

It is disgusting watching the privileged wealthy class take advantage of the rigged crony capitalism system raping America for all its worth starting with sending middle class jobs overseas in the 1970's and 1980's. The greedy politicians and corporate executives kept eliminating middle class jobs in favor of slave labor overseas. The lower expenses (slave labor) drive up stock prices making all of them filthy rich over the last few decades, and now their families are generationally rich, all from the rigged corrupt system.

A lot of that family and generational wealth you see is blood money. The wealthy class, including the upper middle class sycophant's that service the wealthy, are about 30 million strong. They spit on the other 300 million Americans over the last five decades.

The best part of the crony capitalism system is that the elite class makes millions off the rigged game they control, then they turn around and complain to America that they are paying too much in taxes. Capitalism does not exist; it is only a theoretical concept in business textbooks. America is a corrupt crony capitalism system.

America is best described as a 'faux free market crony capitalism system' which worships 'corporate socialism'. It is a great system if you are part of the club; not so much if you are not. The noble scholar George Carlin would quip, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it."

Crony capitalism fails because of two simple reasons; human greed and lack of transparency. It's not rocket science, and Keystone knows rocket science. All ism's fail over time for the same reasons.

The wealthy dance with glee as stock, bond, art, vineyard, real estate, collectibles and classic car prices leap higher on central banker easy money. The wealthy light expensive cigars and dab the ashes onto the sullen faces of the once-middle-class. America is in a new Gilded Age a la the 1920's. The divide between rich and poor is the widest in 50 years. A nasty, and likely violent, class war is on tap for America in the months and years ahead.

All this windbag mumbo-jumbo aside, what does the above say in a nutshell? The current answer to the ongoing inflation-deflation debate is DISINFLATION moving into NEUTRAL territory. As much as everyone says inflation is here and will only get worse, nope, we will get there but we are not there yet.

Inflation is likely in 2022 and 2023 but do not consider it a done deal. Deflation may reappear especially if the stock market crashes. Hyperinflation remains a worry for a future day; there is enough ugliness in the present.

WTIC West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil Weekly Chart; Oil Prices at 7-1/2 Year High; Overbot; Negative Divergence; Upper Band Violation

Oil is trading at elevated prices due to the uncertainty around the pandemic and potential Russia/Ukraine conflict. Oil is in a choppy sloppy pattern for the last year but commodities traders probably liked the oscillating trading moves on a weekly basis.

Oil, black gold, Texas tea, as Jed would call it, tops out last summer with negative divergence so down she goes. Price recovers, you would have to look back and see what the news flow was at the time, and prints a higher high in price in late October with neggie d set up again so another spankdown is on tap, and occurs. The histogram turned long and strong during that rally so it wanted to see one more higher high in price and the histo got its wish with WTIC jumping higher towards 90. The upper standard deviation line is at 89.02. The price high is 88.84. It would be better if price tagged the upper band instead of simply coming near it.

In the very near term, the RSI has some momentum, also the MACD and stochastics so a week or two more of buoyancy, perhaps as 90-92 is nailed may be on tap. However, the red lines show universal neggie d across all indicators a downward force to be reckoned with. The chart hints that oil will top out anytime over the next week or two, it may be topped-out now, and then receive the neggie d spankdown trailing lower for several weeks like the prior downdrafts.

It the Ukraine/Russia tensions ease, that will reduce prices. There have been supply issues for several weeks but some of these will be alleviated as time moves along and more supply means lower prices. The oil guru's are calling for price to jump over 100, 120, some even say oil will explode to 200. It would if a war starts.

Interesting. If you bring up the $WTIC monthly chart, price makes a higher high over the last 3 months, however, the chart indicators are neggie d except for the MACD that remains long and strong. Keystone, that sounds like Greek, can you speak English? What that means is the monthly chart for oil is agreeable to seeing a multi-week pullback in oil prices as per the weekly chart above, however, the MACD on the monthly wants oil to come back up after that downward swoon one more time on the monthly basis. This will place neggie d on the monthly chart and mark a long-term top in oil likely occurring in the March-May time frame. So oil tops out now or over next week or two, then down for 4 to 6 weeks, then a rally again, back up to the current highs and a little more over a 4-6 week period, which places a long-term top in oil April-June. Of course war and many other things could drastically change the projection and the charts would adjust.

The long-term chart of oil is shown above and these prices have not been seen since September/October of 2014 which is 7 years and 3 months ago. Get ready to pull out your wallet and pocket book to pay more for gasoline at the pump. Not only that, all goods and services rise in price because they are faced with the higher fuel costs. The average consumer is left holding the bag. On Wall Street, and in the Chicago pits, there's an old joke about gasoline prices. "They go up like a rocket, but down like a feather."

Keystone is not trading oil these days but will watch it and may take a short as the oil top forms. If you bring up the $WTIC daily chart, you see a higher high in price as the indicators are flat or lower; negative divergence. This is why the sogginess appears in price and further weakness would be expected on the daily basis. Since the daily is ready to roll over, that hints that the top in the weekly is at hand. Oil prices will be news driven going forward as the war drums beat, the pandemic spreads and the poets dream. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not invest based on anything you read or view here. Consult your financial advisor before making any investment decision.

GOLD Weekly Chart; Sideways Symmetrical Triangle Ready for Breakout of Breakdown

Gold is completing a long-term, nearly 2-year, sideways symmetrical triangle pattern. The pattern does not tell you direction only magnitude. The vertical side is  from 1630 to 2000 call it 370 points. Thus, a breakout for gold, from 1835 (1825-1850) targets 2205 on the upside. A breakdown for gold, from 1775 (1770-1795) targets 1405 on the downside. Using the vertical blue line inside the triangle is about 240 bucks so the same idea; a breakout targets 2075 and breakdown targets 1535. Choose your poison.

The explosive rally that occurred during the maximum fear of the pandemic in 2020 sent gold to the moon, over 2K. The strong trend higher in gold is verified by the ADX but in late 2020, the ADX dropped below 30 and indicated the strong trend higher in gold is over, and it was. The Aroon flipped in the gold bears favor, but then sideways choppiness takes over adn remains the order of the day.

Gold is flatter than a newlywed's soufflé extending out sideways with the flat moving averages. The 20 and 50-wek MA's are at 1794-1797 so this line of demarcation (support/resistance) is critical going forward. The indicators are not tipping their hand. Everything is lined-out flat sideways so flip a coin.

The US dollar index is topping-out on the weekly chart with neggie d so the dollar will likely become soggy over the coming weeks hinting that up will be the direction for gold. It is best to simply wait for the breakout or breakdown to know for sure. Price is teasing a breakdown currently so watch for a bounce off the lower trend line. 

What may happen is a sustained sideways move and the symmetrical triangle stretches itself out further over several more months. That would mean gold continues moving through 1750-1850 into springtime.

The fireworks occur if gold breaks up through the 1825-1850 upper trend line resistance, or, if gold breaks  down below the 1770-1795 lower trend line support. Keystone is not trading gold currently. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not invest based on anything you read or view here. Consult your financial advisor before making any investment decision.

SPX S&P500 Monthly Chart; Ongoing Battle at 10-Mth MA (4427) and 12-Mth MA (4335) for Stock Market Control

The bulls rally stocks on Friday overtaking the critical 12-month MA at 4331-4339 then exploding higher on a short squeeze taking out the important 10-mth MA at 4427-4428. Now you see why these two levels are important. The SPX is parked at 4432 a hair above the 10-mth MA at 4427-4428 so obviously the bears need to take this support out from the get-go Monday morning.

As the previous post explained, a move up through the SPX 10-mth MA gives the upside rally some street cred, however, a firm joyous rally is not cast in concrete until the NYA overtakes 16700. If NYA 16700 occurs, the bulls can throw confetti and keep sloshing back the Fed wine; stocks will be exploding higher.

If the SPX holds above the 10-mth MA, and the rally continues, and NYA moves higher but stalls at or before 16700, that will be a major problem for the stock market. It is like flying along at 160 KMH (100 MPH) on the Autobahn and boom, a tire blows out. There is typically some screaming involved as the car will likely flip after a frantic skid. The Autobahn is a thrill but requires both hands on the wheel and alertness at all times. If NYA fails at 16700, the stock market will reverse, the SPX will come back down through the 10 and 12-mth MA's and a crash is likely. Choose your poison.

Bulls need higher copper to move stocks higher so this week it is likely the mantra; 'as copper goes, so goes the market'. Watch copper futures overnight.

Utilities may play a pivotal role in the week ahead. UTIL begins at 941 and must stay above 921 all week long to sustain the stock market rally, and be above 916 when the bell rings at 4 PM EST on Friday afternoon and the week ends (next week UTIL must remain above 916 all week long). Bulls can only rally markets if UTIL remains above 921. If UTIL 921 fails, you better run fast, because stocks will take a big leg lower. If UTIL 907 fails, it is lights out. Within a half hour, the SPX will likely drop 30 to 50 points and it will only get worse from there (a likely significant crash event). Thus, you can use the support/resistance numbers below to know exactly how strong or weak the stock market is and then use copper and utes as rudders to tell you where things are headed.

JOYUS RALLY ABOVE
NYA 40-wk MA 16695-16700
SPX 200-day MA 4435
SPX begins at 4432 and NYA at 16398
SPX 10-mth MA 4427-4428
SPX 50-wk MA  4356-4358
SPX 12-mth MA 4331-4339
SORROWFUL CRASH BELOW

This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not invest based on anything you read or view here. Consult your financial advisor before making any investment decision.

Cupid's Chase 5K

For any runners out there, or walkers for that matter, that are looking for the first outing of the year, the Cupid's Chase 5K is on Saturday, 2/12/22, in 10 US states; Arizona, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. The drop-down menu at the Cupid's Chase 5K link lists the cities where a race is occurring. It is two days before Valentine's Day so of course Cupid is involved.

So, dust off your running shoes, and go for it if so inclined. The event helps the Community Options charity which provides meaningful lives for disabled folks. They place mentally-challenged folks with families that can provide guidance, as necessary, and make sure they participate in the community. It is a great cause. Community Options.

SPX S&P 500 Monthly Chart; Price Battle at the 10 MA (4423) and 12 MA (4334) for Stock Market Direction; Major Long-Term Failure Occurs with S&P 500 Losing the 12-Month MA

The stock market has finally come off of its Federal Reserve-induced perch. Two key SPX metrics are at play that have been out of the picture for a while; the 10-month MA and 12-mth MA. The 10 is watched by old-timer's and is programmed into many algorithms. The 12-month MA is important because if you were only allowed to look at one indicator to gauge stock market direction over many months or a few years time, it would be the 12-month MA on the S&P 500 (the S&P 500 Index, SPX, is the United States stock market). The 12 is programmed into Keybot the Quant. 

The 10-mth MA is at 4423 and since price is below at 4383, the moving average will nudge  higher if price elevates,  thus, use 4423-4430 as key resistance. The 12-mth MA is at the 4334 palindrome, but this would nudge lower if price drops, so call it 4330-4334 as key support. This is the story for the stock market and all you need to know.

Bulls win big if the SPX pops above the 4423-4430 overhead resistance heading higher. Bears win big if the SPX drops below the 4330-4334 support heading lower.

If the bulls win, watch NYA 16,700. If stocks are rallying, the bulls will have to prove it is a real relief rally by pushing NYA above 16,700. If stocks are rallying and the NYA moves higher, but stalls at or before16,700, and rolls back over to the downside, that would be extremely ominous and prices would be expected to take out the SPX 10 and12-mth MA's and the market likely collapse.

If the SPX price drops from here, right now, today, and takes out the 12-mth MA support at 4330-4334, it will be lights out for the stock market. The SPX 12-mth MA was ruptured already but the bulls managed a stick save. If the SPX fails at 4334-ish again, the Grim Reaper will likely appear.

The chart above shows universal neggie d in play and the Aroon at maximum bullishness; both of these set-ups are extremely bearish. Since the chart is a monthly chart, it is forecasting long-term sh*tty stock prices for the coming months and even year or two.

January's candlestick thus far is also an outside reversal edging higher in price this month but likely finishing below last month's low. Sometimes the chart will go into choppy slop after this candlestick formation but it is ultimately negative. Thus, the stock market continues its negative bias from here forward, or, the monthly chart chops sideways for 2 or 3 months, going nowhere in price, and then the SPX collapses into a multi-month negative bias. Plan accordingly.

In the near term, stocks will be massacred if SPX 4334 fails. Bulls will stage a relief rally if SPX 4423 occurs but the NYA will then have to overtake 16700. If NYA fails at 16700, stocks will reverse and fall apart and likely come down extremely hard and fast. The SPX is at 4383. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not invest based on anything you read or view here. Consult your financial advisor before making any investment decision.

Note Added 12:52 PM EST: Whoopsies daisies. SPX drops to a LOD at 4340 only 6 points from disaster. The bears are pushing for victory with the knives out. Can they do it? The selling is machine-driven from noon to 12:45 PM, orderly and a straight line lower for 45 minutes. The stage is set and there is 3 hours of trading remaining in the session. A bounce occurs because the fourth 65-minute trading segment starts at 12:45 PM and the robots receive new directions. Next pivot is 1:50 PM and then 2:55 PM EST. Price may reverse or accelerate in the same direction at these times give or take a few minutes. There may be excitement on tap today. The Pointer Sisters are excited and they can't hide it. A bloodbath may be on tap if SPX 4330-4334 fails. The bulls are creating buoyancy in the stock market with copper today. Watch CPER 26.90 with price at 27.00 only a dime above. If CPER fails at 26.90, the SPX will definitely slice down through the 12-mth mA at 4334, and the bloody carnage will serve as the bear's dinner.

Note Added 1:05 PM EST: Whoopsies daisies. The SPX is  taking out the 4340 LOD.

Note Added 1:09 PM EST: Whoosh. The SPX drops to a new LOD at 4332 on top of the 12-mth MA at 4331-4334. This is it, folks. Do you want it bears? You have it on a silver platter. All you have to do is take it.

Note Added 1:10 PM EST: SPX 4337. Copper and stocks are moving hand and hand. CPER is sticky at 27.00 that is why the SPX did not fail at the 12-mth as yet. Bears need CPER to go sub 26.90 since it will take down the whole house of cards. The drama continues. The tension builds. Do the bears have the strength or will they fold like a cheap suit? Whoa. Check that. Air pocket. CPER drops to 26.95 heading lower.

Note Added 1:10 PM EST: The SPX drops to 4331. The 12-mth MA at 4331 is giving way..... Bears, it is time to sh*t or get off the pot. Quit goofing around. Do you want it or don't you? CPER 26.96.

Note Added 1:26 PM EST: The SPX collapses through the 12-mth MA at 4331 tumbling to 4317. Failure. CPER is at 26.96 so bears need copper to fail 6 more pennies to kick in the bigtime carnage. CPER just touched 26.92. Come on, bears. You sliced down through SPX 4331, now take out CPER 26.90, and victory will be yours. Don't you love the smell of napalm in the afternoon? The big guns are coming in now, boys, take copper out and a bloodbath begins. Some day this stock market is going to end.

Note Added 2:21 PM EST: CPER continues to play around at the 26.90 bull/bear line in the sand now at 26.91. The bears need 2 more copper pennies.. The SPX rallies to 4350 regaining the 12-mth MA at 4331, but then collapses again, and now sits smack-dab on top of the 4331 line in the sand. Bulls win if SPX pivots higher while bears win on the pivot lower. The S&P 500 is hesitant right now because it is waiting for copper to decide what it wants to do. The SPX pivots higher from the 1:50 PM switchover into the fifth 65-minute trading segment of the day. There may be a price pivot at 2:55 PM as the sixth and final 65-minute trading segment begins give or take a few minutes. CPER fails through 26.90, then bounces, then fails again, now at  26.89. CPER 26.90 is for all the marbles. Bears need to seize the day and get the job done. Can they? It's a battle. Both sides will be raging between 2:50 PM and 3:00 PM minutes away. It depends if the robots arrive with buy, or sell, orders.

Note Added 2:44 PM EST: CPER is 26.90 sitting on top of the key 26.90 pivot. SPX is at 4336 above the 12-mth MA at 4331. If the bears do not want it, the bulls will take it. The transition to segment six begins.

Note Added 5:21 PM EST: SPX  ends the session at 4327 a bear victory with the S&P 500 closing below the 12-month MA at  4331. It is a very negative development. CPER ends the day at 26.92 only 2 copper pennies above the 26.90 bull/bear line in the sand. The bulls and bears agree to a truce for a few hours. Bears win big if copper futures trade lower overnight because CPER will then tank during the regular session and stock market carnage will follow. If copper futures trade higher, that is a hint that the bulls plan to rally stocks into the weekend. SPX begins the Friday session (tomorrow) at 4327 and CPER at 26.92. Use CPER 26.90, SPX 4331, SPX4423, and NYA 16700 to gauge  the market. These 4 parameters will tell you market direction and magnitude over the coming days. The SPX and NYA are in failure and bearish. CPER (copper) is bullish by a hair. THE FAILURE OF THE 12-MTH MA AT 4331 IS A BIGTIME NEGATIVE FOR THE STOCK MARKET. Each hour the S&P 500 remains below 4331, is another long-term nail in the bull's coffin.

Note Added Friday Morning, 1/28/22, at 8:13 AM EST: Copper futures are lower overnight down -1.6% but off the lows. Thus, S&P futures are tanking -40. It may be an interesting day in the stock market; a Black Friday? Willie, can you lead us in a rendition of The Party's Over? The wealthy class (30 million Americans) drank too much Fed wine over the last 12 years making money effortlessly while the rest of the country (300 million Americans) was screwed. That's the way it goes. The stock market will move in correlation to how prices cross the following key levels; CPER 26.90, SPX 4331, SPX 4423 and NYA 16700. Also watch utilities. Almost forgot to tell you. If UTIL loses 907 (now at 930), the US stock market will seriously deteriorate and if UTIL loses the 9 hundo level a historic stock market crash will be in progress. It will be interesting to see if the Fed can save the day, again.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 1/29/22, at 8:40 AM EST: Wheee! Whoopie! The dip buyers trip over each other buying stocks with reckless abandon each worried that they missed the bottom. Copper failed overnight into Friday morning so you knew there was trouble afoot. Stocks drop but the dip-buying crowd is still there willing to take a flyer. As the overall stock market devolves into a multi-month and/or multi-year bear market, the upside rallies inside a bear market will knock your socks off. When a month is down basically the whole time, like January, the last few days typically finish higher. EOM is Monday. Stocks are usually higher moving through the full mon which peaked overnight into Friday and the rally occurs. The internals of the market are cooked, crispy-fried. Note how the bulls ran the SPX up to the 200-day MA at 4435 price closing at 4432 (thus, the 200 continues serving as overhead resistance). But you know the two numbers that actually matter; the 10-mth MA at 4427-4428 and 12-mth MA at 4331-4339. The S&P 500 overtook the 12-mth MA at 4431 and then the bulls put the pedal to the metal into the closing bell overtaking the key 10-mth MA at 4428 by 4 points. The SPX is parked at 4432 for the weekend. The only parameters in the bull camp are utilities and commodities. Watch copper futures again overnight Sunday into Monday morning. A rally will likely only continue if copper rallies. As the top of this windbag post explains, now that the SPX overtook the 10-mth MA at 4428, the NYA must overtake 16700 (now at 16400) to prove that the rally has legs. If the NYA blows through 16700, the markets are in full-on rally mode and people, and robots, will be piling in on the long side. If the NYA stalls before 16700, and rolls back over to the downside, the SPX will likely re-lose the support at the 10 and 12-mth MA's and a bloodbath and significant stock market crash is likely on tap. The bulls need higher copper.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Chronology Article 66 Published 1/22/22; WORLD REPORTS OVER 3.8 MILLION DAILY NEW CASES THE MOST EVER; Fast-Moving Omicron Variant Wreaking Havoc in Europe, Russia, India, Latin America and United States; One-Fourth of All China Flu Cases in the US Occur During the Last Month; Waning Vaccine Efficacy; Waning Interest in Vaccine Boosters; Breakthrough Cases Common; CDC “Pivots the Language” from ‘Fully Vaccinated’ to ‘Up to Date’; 2 Years Since First Official US Coronavirus Infection; China Outbreaks Continue as Olympic Athletes Arrive in Beijing; "BA2 Omicron Subvariant" Dubbed "Stealth Omicron" or "Sister Omicron" Identified in 49 Countries; Over 10 Billion Vaccine Doses Administered Globally; US Cases, Hospital Admissions and Hospitalizations Dropping but Deaths Rising; Documents Show Fauci and Others Involved in Downplaying Wuhan Lab Leak Theory in 2020; OVER 900K AMERICANS DEAD FROM CHINA VIRUS; Canadian Truckers Drive to Ottawa in "Freedom Convoy" Protesting PM Trudeau's Tyrannical Rule; Japan Study Proves Ivermectin Effective Against Omicron; Spotify Revises Podcast Rules on COVID-19 Misinformation

By K E Stone (Keystone)

The WORLD REPORTS OVER 3.7 MILLION DAILY NEW CASES THE MOSTEVER as shown in the chart above. Europe, India, South America and the United States create the bulk of the trouble. Only 5 nations account for over one-half the cases occurring each day in the world; US, France, India, Brazil and Italy. Conditions should improve and the world’s daily cases chart should top-out in the coming days.

The Botswana/South Africa B11529 variant (omicron) is a fast-moving wave with the daily new cases charts showing a dramatic rise and fall. The pattern is a skinny inverted (upside-down) V and looks like an ice pick. The daily cases explode higher for a couple weeks and then plummet for a couple-three weeks.

The world’s daily new deaths chart is shown above. 9.7K earthlings die yesterday a bad number and the 7-day MA trend line is 7.7K deaths per day both are at 4-month highs. Only 3 weeks ago, it was joy when the deaths per day dropped to levels not seen since 2020 but alas, the omicron and waning vaccine efficacy wave 6 slaps the planet in the face. Fortunately, overall, deaths are far below the prior nasty waves.

Russia’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Russia is in bad shape reporting 49.5K daily new cases yesterday the most ever. The cases remain in the parabolic up phase of the omicron wave. 125K Russian troops are at the border with Ukraine ready to invade. How will Dictator Putin incorporate the Omicron variant into his war strategy? The Ruskies are sick of the never-ending pandemic misery and may not be supportive of a war. Russia’s hospitals are likely overrun but the media is muzzled. Russia’s daily cases will probably peak any day forward.

Germany’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Germany is in bad shape reporting 139K daily new cases the most ever. The wheels of the German bus just fell off on the Autobahn. The omicron wave remains in the parabolic up phase but should top-out any day ahead. The Delta variant moved from east to west across Europe, from Russia to Portugal, so the dirty deed was returned sending the Omicron variant west to east, back across Europe into western Asia and Russia. What goes around comes around.

Sweden’s daily cases chart is shown above. Sweden, the poster child for not imposing lockdowns and other draconian measures (although most people wore masks and isolated anyway), reports 41.6 daily cases the most ever. No nation is safe from the omicron scourge. Denmark is in the same sick shape with the same sick chart. Ditto Norway.

India’s daily new cases chart is shown above. India is in bad shape reporting 347K and 337K cases per day over the last 2 days which are record levels for the current omicron wave. The cases should top-out any day ahead. It will be interesting to see if the cases pop above the prior highs at 414K daily cases. Hope not.

Japan’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Japan reports 44.6K daily new cases a new record. Nurses and doctors scream, “Bonsai!” as they deal with their fate. Omicron is a fast-moving wave that sneaks up on you out of nowhere and whammo, before you know it there is sick people everywhere. Japan is mad at the US service members blaming them for the outbreak. The servicemen cannot stop themselves from chasing after the beautiful Japanese women.

Brazil’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Brazil is in bad shape reporting a record 205K daily cases a couple days ago and remains above 168K cases per day. President Bolsonaro was in the hospital for a few days and now his mother died. Rio de Janeiro delays the Carnival celebrations and parades until April. South America is getting smacked hard with omicron right now which creates the lift in the world’s daily cases.

Paraguay’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Paraguay is in bad shape, as is much of South America, reporting 6.8K daily new cases the most ever. Paraguay remains in the parabolic up phase but should top-out in the days ahead. The charts of Brazil and Paraguay are representative of the other nations of South and Central America these days. They all show the same skinny inverted V pattern developing for the daily new cases the signature characteristic of the omicron wave.

Costa Rica’s daily new cases chart is shown above and represents the Central America nations as well as all of Latin America along with Brazil and Paraguay. Costa Rica reports 6.2K daily new cases the most ever and is in the parabolic up phase. Cases should top-out in the days ahead.

The medical pundits place the highly-vaccinated countries Israel and Portugal on a pedestal trying to shame the rest of the world to be like them and force more vaccinations. The Israel and Portugal charts, however, display a story that is like every other nation, vaxxed or unvaxxed. A lot of good the vaccines did them.

Portugal’s daily cases are at a record high and Israel placed its record high only 4 days ago. Being a highly-vaccinated country means that the nation is made up of a submissive population.

The United States daily new cases chart is shown above. Friday’s (yesterday) daily cases are 779K but that is a positive number all things considered. Friday is typically the highest data day of the week so the cases remaining below the prior peaks is a huge win. The peak in daily cases is 895,925 cases on 1/7/22 (the Keystone Model uses 1/14/22 as the top). Cases peaked one year ago during wave 3 at 1/8/21.

The 7-day MA for US daily cases has rolled over and is heading lower at 714K cases per day an excellent development. It would have been nice for yesterday’s cases to be sub 714K but beggars can’t be choosers. Cases should trail lower going forward with the skinny inverted V pattern playing out for America.

The US total cases chart is shown above. One-fourth of the total COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic occur in the last month. Say what? There are 71 million total US cases so splitting that into 4 segments is 17.5 million cases each. The chart shows the first 17.5 million is reached in 12 months. It took the entire first year of the pandemic. Then the 35.0 million cases occur only 7 months later.

The 52.5K total cases occur 5 months later and then, in only one month’s time, US daily cases catapult above 70 million. The number of cases that took one year to appear in the United States now occur in one month.

The US active cases chart is shown above. The Keystone Model uses 1/14/22 as the top in daily cases because it is within 8% of the top on 1/7/22. Thus, adding 28 days, is 2/11/22 for the topping-out, flattening, and dropping off of the US active cases chart.

Considering that omicron is a fast-moving wave and the way the daily cases topped-out (1/7/22 versus 1/14/22), the top in US active cases can occur anytime between 1/31/22 and 2/11/22. After a few more days or week or two, the nurses, doctors, medics and hospital workers in the entire US will be singing Happy Days and enjoying lighter and dropping caseloads.

The US daily deaths chart is shown above and it is a disgrace.  3,142 Americans died on Thursday and 2,777 souls perished yesterday. The 7-day MA now points higher again at 2,029 US deaths per day. Something is going horribly wrong.

President Biden forgot to order GlaxoSmithKline monoclonal antibody treatments (mAb) and he was asleep at the switch when it was time to order the Pfizer  Paxlovid anti-viral oral pills, so people die. Biden has the horse blinders on pursuing his vaccine-only strategy as the bodies pile up. Fortunately, the Whitehouse ordered enough body bags.

The president’s detractors say he did not have an Operation Warp Speed for test kits, mAb treatments and oral pills and it is a legitimate criticism. Sleepy Joe’s pandemic strategy is Operation Slow Speed, Operation Snail Speed, Operation Sloth Speed and Operation Turtle or Tortoise Speed. How about Operation Lack-of Speed or just  plain Operation Warped?

Biden drops the ball. It is not funny when many Americans are dying needlessly because of not receiving EARLY TREATMENT options as well as the GSK mAb treatments and/or Paxlovid pills. Biden is tilting at windmills and climate change a la Don Quixote while the pandemic, that he was hired to fix, rages on. Americans die due to mismanagement.

The US total deaths chart is shown above. The republican-run media can now truthfully say there are more dead Americans under President Biden’s watch than former President Trump’s. Republicans said this for several months but it was not true until last week.

435K dead bodies are on King Donnie’s hands and on 1/13/22, about a week ago, Biden exceeded the 435K deaths. Total China Virus deaths in the US are at 888K with 435K under Trump and 453K under Biden.

The USA has the greatest number of total coronavirus cases in the world at 71.4 million. India is next with 38.9 million total virus cases. Brazil, France, UK, Russia, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Germany, Argentina and Iran round out the top dozen on the ugly list. France worsens leapfrogging the UK. Spain worsens leapfrogging Germany.

COVID-19 has infected 347 million people worldwide. 5.6 million people are dead from the China Flu. 277 million global citizens have recovered from China Flu. 80% (277/347) 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, until the last 5 weeks where it has dropped 10 percentage points. What is going on?

People are not recovering as fast from COVID-19 as one year ago. The recovery percentage is worsening despite all the vaccines available around the world. About 20% of the people that contract coronavirus (1 in 5) have lingering health effects such as long-covid or die.

Worldwide, 1.6% (5.6/347) of the people that are infected with covid die; 1 in 62. This number sat at 2.1%-2.2% for many months but trends lower for the last 3 months to 1.6%. The vaccinations and natural immunities are helping to lower the world’s death rate albeit by small increments. If people are not dying as much and taking longer to recover, if they recover, it hints that long-covid cases may be increasing.

4.5% (347/7670) of the world’s population of 7.67 billion people have been infected with coronavirus; 1 in every 22 people on earth. This was 1 in every 24 people only 10 days ago! Will it be 1 in every 20 people next week? This behavior verifies the contagiousness of the Omicron variant.

0.07% of the world’s population (5.6/7670) died from the pandemic; 1 in every 1,370 people on earth died because of China’s nefarious deed.

In the United States, 71.4 million people are infected with covid. 888K Americans are dead. 44.2 million Americans have recovered from coronavirus. This equates to 62% (44.2/71.4) of US citizens recovering after becoming infected with COVID-19. The recovery percentage has been between 76% and 84% for much of last year but over the last 3 months drops to 62%. What is going on? The recovery percentage is also dropping for the world as shown above. Vaccines have not improved the recovery percentage.

America’s rampant obesity problem has greatly added to deaths, hospitalizations and long-covid problems. If you are overweight or obese, and unvaccinated, call your doctor. For the last 2 years, people have put off a lot of medical procedures but time stops for no man and many have worse outcomes because of the pandemic.

In the US, 1.2% (888/71400) of the people infected with COVID-19 die. This number was sticky at 1.6% to 1.8% for many months but has sagged to 1.2% over the last 3 months. 1 in every 80 US citizens that are infected with coronavirus die. 0.27% (888/330000) of Americans have died from COVID-19 which is 1 in every 372 Americans.

21.6% (71.4/330) of the American population of 330 million people, call it 22%, have been infected with covid; 1 in every 5 Americans. The minority communities are impacted disproportionately. The 22% that now have natural immunities solidly contribute towards developing herd immunity.  The numbers for natural immunity are likely far higher than reported. Many Americans had covid at home and never saw a doctor or reported the illness and they have some level of natural antibody protection.

The United States has 21% (71.4/347) of the COVID-19 cases in the world. 1 in 5 people 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 11 months ago so it is flatlining.

The US accounts for 15.9% (888/5600) of the China Flu deaths in the world. 1 in 6 people that die from COVID-19 around the world are Americans. 8 months ago, it was 1 in 5. The numbers are stalled at the same level for the last few 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 followed or 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 in reference to the Keystone Model.

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 Wuhan 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 others and distributed internationally. This is Article 66 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 sixty-sixth article is published on Saturday, 1/22/22. The Coronavirus Chronology series of articles are the only real-time source of information available continuously chronicling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from early 2020 into 2022; it is the China Virus Bible.

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 66 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 never-ending COVID-19 saga.

The sixty-fourth article is the Coronavirus (COVID-19)Chronology Article 64 Published 1/2/22; WORLD REPORTS OVER 2.2 MILLION DAILYNEW CASES MOST EVER BUT WORLDWIDE DEATHS ARE 5.9K PER DAY LOWEST IN 14 MONTHS;3.6 Million People Died from China Flu in 2021 Twice the 1.9 Million in 2020;US REPORTS 572K DAILY NEW CASES MOST EVER (OVER 500 MILION!); 847K AMERICANSDEAD FROM CHINA FLU; Omicron Variant Wave is Fast-Moving Around the World;Breakthrough Cases Galore; US Testing Debacle; Airline Travel Nightmare;Johns-Hopkins Data Reports 1 Million US Cases Per Day; France Identifies NewVariant Dubbed IHU: “Twindemic”’ Outbreak of Influenza (Flu) and COVID-19; SomePatients Sick with Both Flu and Coronavirus Dubbed “Flurona”; OVBER 300 MILLIONTOTAL CORONAVIRUS CASES WORLDWIDE; Moderna Says 2nd Vaccine Booster (4th Shot)Likely Needed By Fall; US Supreme Court Hears Vaccine Mandate Arguments; CyprusLaboratory Identifies “Deltacron” Variant; WORLD REPORTS 2.7 MILLION CASES PERDAY; US REPORTS 871K CASES PER DAY AND OVER 62 MILLION TOTAL CASES; CDCCriticized for the Confusing Guidance and Recommendations; Senator Paul and DrFauci Spar at Congressional Hearing

The sixty-fifth article is the Coronavirus (COVID-19)Chronology Article 65 Published 1/12/22; Fast-Moving Omicron Variant CascadesAround the World Displaying Skinny Inverted (Upside-Down) V Pattern (Ice Pick)for Daily Cases; 1 American Dies from COVID-19 Every Minute; All 50 US StatesBattling Omicron Wave; Worst Global Hotspots Include Israel, Turkey, Centraland Western Europe, Nordic States, UK, Ireland, Iceland, North, Central andSouth America, India and Philippines; China Dealing with Worst Outbreak ofPandemic with Beijing Olympics On Tap; WORLD REPORTS OVER 3 MILLION DAILY CASESMOST EVER; Breakthrough Cases Increasing; US Testing Debacle Continues;Inflation Soaring; Airline Travel Nightmare Continues; President Biden and CDCCredibility Questioned; CDC/FDA Say Most Americans Will Become  Infected with Omicron; SCOTUS BlocksPresident Biden’s Unconstitutional OSHA Vaccine Mandate but Not for HealthcareFacilities Taking Government Funding; Free COVID-19 Tests Available from USGovernment Website Starting 1/19/22; Omicron Parties; WHO Approves BaricitnibArthritis Drug and Sotrovimab Antibody Treatment for Treating COVID-19; BeijingCases Rise with Olympics Only Days Away; “Partygate”; Israel Says 4th Shot(Booster-Booster) Ineffective Against Omicron; ”Unvaccinated Apartheid”;CovidTests.gov Website for Ordering 4 Covid Tests Goes Online 1 Day Early1/18/22: Hong Kong Culling 2,000 Hamsters and Imposing Lockdowns; MoreAmericans Die from China Flu Under President Biden than Former President Trump;Texas Judge Blocks Biden’s Executive Order that Mandates Vaccines for FederalWorkers

The Worldometer web site tracks 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 the 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.

Ireland (Fifth Wave)
1/8/22 New Case Peak Date
1/19/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is flattening)
 
Turkey (Fifth Wave)
1/12/22 New Case Peak Date
1/23/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is rolling over)
 
Spain (Seventh Wave)
1/12/22 New Case Peak Date
1/23/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Australia (Fourth Wave)
1/13/22 New Case Peak Date
1/24/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve starting to flatten)
 
Argentina (Sixth Wave)
1/14/22 New Case Peak Date
1/25/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
United States (Sixth Wave)
1/14/22 New Case Peak Date
2/11/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 28 days) (probably will occur faster)
 
Colombia (Fourth Wave)
1/15/22 New Case Peak Date
1/26/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Bolivia (Fourth Wave)
1/15/22 New Case Peak Date
1/26/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Philippines (Sixth Wave)
1/17/22 New Case Peak Date
1/28/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Finland (Continuous Wave Higher/Fifth Wave)
1/17/22 New Case Peak Date
2/14/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 28 days)
 
Iceland (Fifth Wave)
1/17/22 New Case Peak Date
1/28/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Italy (Fifth Wave)
1/18/22 New Case Peak Date
1/29/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
France (Fifth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
1/30/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Austria (Sixth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
1/30/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Switzerland (Fifth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
1/30/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Brazil (Sixth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
1/30/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Mexico (Fourth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
1/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Sweden (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
1/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Serbia (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
1/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Israel (Fifth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
1/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Paraguay (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
1/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Uruguay (Fourth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Denmark (Eighth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Norway (Continuous/Seventh Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Portugal (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Belgium (Seventh Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Netherlands (Eighth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Panama (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Japan (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Peru (Fourth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Chile (Seventh Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Costa Rica (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Romania (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Germany (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Pakistan (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Bangladesh (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
India (Third Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Iraq (Fourth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Czechia (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Poland (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Kazakhstan (Seventh Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Ukraine (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Russia (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date (highest daily cases ever)
2/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)

UK, Canada and Malawi are removed from the bad list since their active cases curves have rolled over lower signaling that they have the virus on the run.

Eight countries are added to the bad list including Russia, Ukraine, Czechia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Serbia, Iraq, Bangladesh and Chile. Poland’s former president and the Solidarity leader Lech Walesa tests positive for COVID-19. The 78 year old is triple vaccinated.

Europe remains a mess with omicron sweeping eastward into western Asia and Russia. Germany, Netherlands and Belgium are slapped with record cases. France passes the strict vaccine passport rules that requires anyone over 16 years old to be fully vaccinated to participate in life. Ireland is turning the corner and allows the bars and restaurants to operate with normal hours again.

The Nordic states such as Sweden, Norway and Denmark are getting roughed-up by omicron. Finland cannot get itself right as yet either.

The world is concerned that Russia plans to invade Ukraine and interestingly, both nations are getting hit with omicron right now. Countries across central and eastern Europe, and western Asia, are under siege from omicron. More nations could be on the bad list but the ones chosen are a good representation of the troubled regions.

Iraq and Iran are getting sucked into the omicron whirlwind. Ditto Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Georgia could be on the bad list.

Philippines is slowly improving. Indonesia and Malaysia must remain vigilant. South Korea reports another spike in cases after it started to get a handle on things. South Korea is a mess and will likely be on the bad list next time. Japan cannot be happy with their cases spiraling out of control.

South America is represented by many countries above which are adding to the world’s cases, especially Brazil, but many should top-out in the days ahead. Ditto Central America. Costa Rica and Panama are shown but other nations are in the same covid boat.

China remains in trouble with 8 cities imposing testing and lockdown requirements. The Olympics are in a closed bubble. The Sun reports that China is using anal swab testing again so people will be walking funny after their test. There was an uproar when China tried to impose the anal swab testing on foreign visitors a year ago.

Of course, Americans should never submit to this testing. The communists are after the more detailed DNA and other medical and ethnic information that a sample of sh* can provide. Japan says the anal swab tests are undignified. Going to the Olympics is like going to prison.

2,000 athletes are in Beijing thus far with the Olympics starting in 13 days. China says there are no infections with foreign visitors as yet.

The next list shows the US states that are struggling, which is all 50 of them, with the worst states at the bottom. Omicron may be peaking in many states.

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. January remains a busy month for the doctors, nurses and medics but February will be the reward.

Maine (Second Wave/Continuous)
12/10/21 New Case Peak Date
1/7/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (chart continues higher)
 
Rhode Island (Sixth Wave/Continuous)
1/7/22 New Case Peak Date
2/4/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Massachusetts (Fourth Wave)
1/7/22 New Case Peak Date
2/4/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
New Jersey (Fifth Wave)
1/7/22 New Case Peak Date
2/4/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Virginia (Sixth Wave/Continuous Wave)
1/8/22 New Case Peak Date
2/5/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Vermont (Fifth Wave)
1/8/22 New Case Peak Date
2/5/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
New York (Fifth Wave)
1/8/22 New Case Peak Date
2/5/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Colorado (Sixth Wave)
1/9/22 New Case Peak Date
2/6/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Maryland (Sixth Wave/Continuous Wave)
1/9/22 New Case Peak Date
2/6/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Connecticut (Fifth Wave)
1/10/22 New Case Peak Date
2/7/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Iowa (Sixth Wave)
1/11/22 New Case Peak Date
2/8/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Utah (Fifth Wave)
1/11/22 New Case Peak Date
2/8/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Louisiana (Fifth Wave/Consecutive Wave)
1/12/22 New Case Peak Date
2/9/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
New Mexico (Sixth Wave)
1/12/22 New Case Peak Date
2/9/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Florida (Sixth Wave)
1/12/22 New Case Peak Date
2/9/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Delaware (Sixth Wave)
1/13/22 New Case Peak Date
2/10/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Nevada (Fifth Wave)
1/13/22 New Case Peak Date
2/10/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
North Carolina (Sixth Wave)
1/14/22 New Case Peak Date
2/11/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Mississippi (Fifth Wave)
1/14/22 New Case Peak Date
2/11/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Michigan (Fifth Wave)
1/14/22 New Case Peak Date
2/11/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Texas (Fifth Wave)
1/15/22 New Case Peak Date
2/12/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Ohio (Sixth Wave)
1/16/22 New Case Peak Date
2/13/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
New Hampshire (Fourth Wave)
1/16/22 New Case Peak Date
2/13/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
South Carolina (Fifth Wave)
1/16/22 New Case Peak Date
2/13/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Pennsylvania (Sixth Wave)
1/16/22 New Case Peak Date
2/13/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Wisconsin (Sixth Wave)
1/17/22 New Case Peak Date
2/14/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Nebraska (Fifth Wave)
1/17/22 New Case Peak Date
2/14/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Arizona (Fourth Wave)
1/18/22 New Case Peak Date
2/15/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Montana (Fourth Wave)
1/18/22 New Case Peak Date
2/15/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Wyoming (Fourth Wave)
1/18/22 New Case Peak Date
2/15/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Georgia (Fifth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
2/16/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Arkansas (Fifth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
2/16/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Idaho (Fifth Wave/Continuous)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
2/16/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Minnesota (Sixth Wave)
1/19/22 New Case Peak Date
2/16/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Missouri (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Alabama (Fifth Wave/ Continuous Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/21 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Hawaii (Fifth Wave/Continuous Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/21 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
North Dakota (Fifth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Tennessee Carolina (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
South Dakota (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Washington (Sixth Wave)
1/20/22 New Case Peak Date
2/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Oregon (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
West Virginia (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Illinois (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Kentucky (Continuous Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Kansas (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Alaska (Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Indiana (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Oklahoma (Sixth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
California (Continuous/Fifth Wave)
1/21/22 New Case Peak Date
2/18/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date

The Omicron variant is in all 50 states wreaking havoc. It is disappointing that not one active cases chart for any state turned down. Several likely will in the days ahead. The Midwest and West Coast states are hot spots.

California reports the most cases ever. Oklahoma hospitals complain that they are operating at full capacity. Oklahoma has stupid hospital managers that were unable to prepare properly.

It was known 2 months ago that omicron would hit the States and create problems. Did the hospitals stupidly fire any folks that did not want vaccinated? Do not moan about a situation you had a lot to do with creating. Arkansas and North Carolina hospital systems are also complaining about capacity issues so there are more incompetent managers in those states.

Kentucky is in bad shape. Ditto Tennessee, Georgia, Alaska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama and Montana to name a few. Conditions should improve going forward but it is disturbing to see big jumps in cases in states such as California.

US cases are elevated because of the waning vaccine efficacy and lower vaccination rates in the rural Midwest that allow omicron to spread like wildfire. The virus is highly transmissible so it is in heaven in a less-vaccinated area or a region where seniors did not bother to get the booster shot, such as the Midwest.

CDC Director Walensky tries to clarify the ‘fully vaccinated’ term by creating another confusing term called ‘up to date’.  The one and done promise of the J&J vaccine is tossed into the trash like yesterday’s half eaten salad. It was only a ruse to get Americans to sign up for mRNA shots every 5 to 6 months forever.

Do you see it? That is why the CDC is using the ‘up to date’ terminology. They can keep telling you to get more shots to stay ‘up to date’ indefinitely into the future. You will never be fully vaccinated only up to date. The lightbulb flashes above Keystone’s wooden melon. Now he understands! Of course! Soylent Green is people! Dear God! Soylent Green is people! Listen to me! And….. scene. Eerily, Soylent Green is set in......cue the dramatic music....the year 2022.

Leave it to the CDC to create more confusion. Dr Walensky says it is time to “pivot the language” from ‘fully vaccinated’ to ‘up to date’. If you have the primary series (2 shots), and it is a month or two beyond the second shot, you are up to date. However, if it was 7 months beyond the second shot you would not be up to date. When you got the booster shot, you would then be up to date. Are you writing this down? Taking notes?

You have to laugh it is such silliness that few Americans will follow. If you have one shot, but then it is 2 months later, you are not up to date, right? Who knows? How about the people that are boosted for 2 months already? The Imperial College study says the efficacy wanes at the 8 to 10-week mark for the booster. If you are triple vaccinated, but it is 3 months beyond the third shot, you are not up to date because you need a fourth jab? Nurse Goodbody, please get me some aspirin.

What a confusing mess. Americans are crying foul because the vaccines are not as originally advertised. This is creating some of the booster hesitancy. The CDC and Whitehouse keep moving the goalposts and changing definitions of words like vaccine. This up to date stuff does not sound like science; it sounds like science fiction.

In California, USA, land of fruits and nuts, the politicians are pushing a law that would allow 12 year old children to decide if they want to be vaccinated (receive a medical procedure). Welcome to sick America. If you do not want to nurture and raise a child and be a good parent, don’t make babies. A 12 year old is lucky to know how to wipe themselves. Kids need parents not friends.

The CDC issues research reports that will make your eyes glaze over. The CDC and Whitehouse want people to get boosted, as well as vaccinated. Lo and behold, the reports say that getting boosted provides great protection against the delta and omicron variants. Not only that but the numbers say that women will not have any reproduction problems if they get vaccinated. Who would have thunk it? The CDC studies say exactly what they want everyone to do. Get vaccinated and get boosted. What are the chances?

Keystone remains unvaccinated but is pro-vaccine. Folks have been asking for an update of the comical vaccination saga so we can take a few minutes for the lighter side. A year ago, Keystone decided to get vaccinated and waited in line at the vaccination site. He pulled up into the tent facility and proceeded to try and balance himself on the seat of the car as he pulled his drawers down.

Nurse Goodbody was administering the shots and not amused. She yells, “There will be no buttock shots at this location.” Keystone explained that he is ambidextrous and cannot go a day with soreness in one of his arms. Thus, he figured he would receive the first shot in his left buttock cheek. The smart and pretty nurse told him to come to the office next week to figure things out.

Fortunately, in consultation with Dr Ben Dover, the nurse said it was okay to receive the shots in the buttocks and Keystone could wear his lucky blue Superman tee shirt. A time was set for the first cheek jab but the booster shot controversy from the CDC started creating confusion. Keystone planned to receive the first shot in the left buttock cheek, and the second shot in the right cheek, but was concerned where Nurse Goodbody planned to administer the booster.

Keystone decided to go ahead with the jab but there was a power outage that delayed the shot again. Then Nurse Goodbody tried to incentivize Keystone to take the jabs by promising to provide a new summer outfit for him which consists of three items; red Speedo’s, sandals and a shorty robe. She gave up on Keystone and gave him the summer wardrobe as a Christmas present. Nurse Goodbody says talking to Keystone is like talking to the wall. She storms away but she never stays mad for long.

Keystone is open to the vaccinations but more time has to pass to make sure folks do not grow horns or an extra arm out of their back. Everyone has to talk with their doctors to decide the best path forward. COVID-19 loves fat people so if out of shape and living a slovenly life style behind a computer, that is someone that needs to talk to a doctor.

Keystone follows the Frontline Doctors protocol and will see how it goes. The Glaxo mAb treatments and Pfizer pills should be in ample supply in a couple-three months which changes the pandemic game. In the meantime, following the I-MASK+ protocol by the Frontline Doctor alliance is taking care of Keystone. Everyone should do their own thing; wherever the vibe takes you. Most importantly, discuss your approach with your doctor before doing anything.

The Whitehouse, CDC and their surrogates have lost credibility because they lie about treatments such as ivermectin. At this stage, there is likely too much water under the bridge to fix things. Fauci has turned into a caricature of himself.

The republican-run media such as Newsmax and Fox News is having fun at Fauci’s expense after a picture is released of the doctor hard at work in front of his computer at home. The funny part is that Fauci, sitting in his home office, is surrounded by paintings and pictures of Fauci. This guy should have retired years ago.

Fauci created confusion the other day saying kids under 5 years old may be able to be vaccinated next month. It was a stupid comment. Pfizer is in the lead with the trials and they say early Q2 which is April at the earliest. Fauci tried to walk back his statement saying he “does not know” and it can be one or two or three months or more. Why is this guy still working? Younger blood is needed in that job.

Yesterday, 1/21/21 is the 2-year anniversary of the first official coronavirus infection in the United States. There were likely other infections earlier in 2019. A 35-year old man from Wuhan, China, landed in Washington State on 1/15/20 and the CDC confirmed his infection on 1/21/20. In the beginning it was supposed to only take 2 weeks to stop the spread, but now it is 2 years later.

President Biden continues licking his wounds from the press conference last week. Biden made three mistakes in the presser. He hinted that a mild incursion into Ukraine by Russia may not be a big deal which is a disastrous error. Second, he said the upcoming mid-term elections in November may be “illegitimate.” That was stupid especially with all the mistrust over voting occurring.

Third, Sleepy Joe got snippy with a reporter which reveals a hot temper, or mental concern, but it is likely more due to a prescription medication such as steroids that can make him animated at times.

A big rally is slated for Washington, DC, tomorrow, called “Defeat the Mandates DC; An American Homecoming Event.” The rally invites everyone be it vaccinated or unvaccinated, any ethnicity or religion, democrat or republican; the rally is simply pro freedom and against mandates.

Democrat-run media is already denigrating the rally and sliming it by calling it an anti-vaxxer rally. The democrat machine knows they are lying but they do not care. People are smart and know who is talking smack these days.

The rally supports medical freedom allowing doctors to treat patients as they see fit. Some of the speakers are the Frontline Doctors and respected Dr Paul Marik will be there.

On Monday, 1/24/22, between 9 AM EST and noon, Senator Johnson, a republican, is holding a panel discussion on coronavirus titled; “COVID-19: A Second Opinion.” Key medical experts such as Dr’s McCullough, Weinstein, Bhattacharya, Cole, Risch, Fareed, Kory Urso, Marik, Kheriaty, Malone and Wiseman will provide input on the pandemic response, treatments and vaccines. Wow. That is the heavy-hitter’s list on how to treat COVID-19.

It is must-see tv and there should be a lot of valuable information that comes out of the discussions. Hopefully, Dr’s Fauci and Walensky will follow the event and try to incorporate the hands-on useful ideas into their approach. They were invited but likely cannot participate because of pandemic politics. It would help America if Fauci and Walensky would check their egos at the door, and keep quiet for a few minutes, while these doctors educate them on treating COVID-19.

The CDC COVID Data Tracker shows hospitaladmissions curling over for all age groups; a good thing. Hospital admissions are about 4 days ahead of hospitalizations that remain at record levels. The United States is likely feeling the crescendo of the omicron wave right now in respect to hospitalizations with greatly reduced caseloads ahead by Groundhog Day (2/2/22) when Punxsutawney Phil, in Keystone’s backyard in southwestern Pennsylvania, tells America if 6 more weeks of winter is on tap, or not.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/23/22, at 2:30 AM EST: WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the head swami, says there is "no evidence right now" that children should receive a booster shot. Say what? Tell that to the American parents that are gleefully waiting for the day they can stick their toddler with the mRNA serum. Data hints that a higher incidence of myocarditis occurs in young people with each successive shot so it is not surprising that the WHO is backing away from the boosters. In America, 1,000 kids died from China Flu and nearly all had comorbidities (cancer or other health problems) and/or were overweight or obese. Setting these facts aside, only 1K kids under 18 years old died of COVID-19 out of the 888K total deaths. This is 0.1%, nil, or looking at it another way, out of every 900 American deaths occurring from the Wuhan Virus each day, only 1 of the deaths is a child under 18 years old (1/888=0.0011 times 100 to make it a percent is 0.1%). The WHO is basically saying that the risks of myocarditis and other issues from the booster shot is higher than the risk of dying from covid if the child is under 18. There is a nil chance of the child dying from covid so why would you shoot more serum into his or her little body to create what? A double-nil chance of the child dying from covid? The CDC and Whitehouse are gung ho about vaccinating kids and recommends boosters for kids 12 and older. Americans are in a quandary. Do they follow the WHO science or the CDC science? The WHO, and to some extent the CDC, after 2 years, say the major focus of vaccinations and care should be for the elderly and folks with comorbidities which is what the Great Barrington Declaration doctors have said all along. Welcome to the party; it took you long enough to get here.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/23/22, at 3:00 AM EST: As countries experiment on their populations with multiple booster jabs, Pfizer CEO Bourla says an annual injection would be a better approach than booster shots. Bourla says an omicron-specific vaccine may be ready in March. The CDC continues pimping the vaccinations and booster shots and claims that 90% protection is achieved with the third shot. Other studies are not as generous and show efficacy dropping off dramatically at 8 to 10 weeks after the booster jab. People do not pay attention to the medical talking heads anymore due to the conflicting information. Everyone is in charge providing opinions every 5 minutes, but no one is in charge. You cannot run anything fast-moving, such as a pandemic, by committee. Someone has to be a point person that is running the show but this is not the case because the major players involved do not want to damage their careers if they say something that turns out to be detrimental. They all want to hide behind each other's skirts. Weak humans are steering the US ship through the turbulent covid waters.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/23/22, at 3:15 AM EST: The world reports 2.8 million cases for yesterday. Any number below the 3.8 MILLION CASES PEAK ON 1/20/22 is a welcome sight. India reports elevated daily cases but below the peak days of last week. Not Brazil that reports another day of over 200K daily new record infections. Boom. Russia reports over 57K daily new cases yesterday the most ever as the omicron wave takes off skyward. Ukraine reports over 22K daily new cases another record high for its omicron wave. Instead of pointing guns at each other, Russia and Ukraine should be pointing syringes at each other and tending to their people lying on gurneys. Portugal's daily new cases remain at record levels above 58K cases per day. South Korea is back in trouble reporting over 7K daily new cases yesterday. France President Macron imposes the strict vaccine passport laws isolating unvaccinated people from society. Macron says he "wants to p*ss off the unvaccinated." He succeeded because the street protests in France are getting larger and more violent as anti-government demonstrators now join the ranks. Burn it all down, baby. Macron is an idiot that is clueless at managing people. It is wiser to provide off-ramps to deescalate situations rather than placing torches and pitchforks in people's hands.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/23/22 at 3:30 AM EST: The US reports 312K daily new cases yesterday a lower number but it is the weekend. The peak at 896K daily new cases on 1/7/22 continues holding for America. Today's cases should be even lower. America is on the mend if we can get the Midwest states and California to cooperate this week.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/23/22, at 11:00 AM EST: Fauci appears on ThisWeekABC, a democrat-leaning outlet, as is all three broadcast television networks (ABC, CBS,NBC). Fauci says, "Things are looking good," and the US will likely turn the corner with cases and hospitalizations in early February. The WHO says that after Europe beats back the current omicron wave, the spring and summer should be quiet although COVID-19 is expected to come back in the Fall and into the end of year. 15K protesters take to the streets of Brussels, Belgium, demonstrating against the draconian covid restrictions, vaccine passports, masks and other pandemic paraphernalia. The protests turn violent with riot police using water cannons and tear gas to subdue the crowd. Dozens are arrested. 

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/24/22, at 1:30 AM EST: The world's daily cases drop to 2.2 million yesterday an encouraging direction for the globe. Russia is a mess reporting over 63K daily new cases the most ever rocket launching higher each day. As Russia contemplates war with Ukraine, the Ruskies become sicker. COVID-19 infections continue popping-up in Chinese cities. The US suspends 42 China flights over the next 2 months in retaliation for the communists first imposing limits on American flights entering China. Hong Kong reports 140 daily new cases the most since July 2020. The majority of infections are local community breakouts and 94 of the cases are in Hong Kong's port areas. Cases appear only 20 km (12 miles) from the Olympics ski venue. Infections occur in a second building in Hong Kong so another 2K residents are placed into lockdown and mass testing is underway in Kwai Chung on the Kowloon Peninsula. The hamster culling continues in Hong Kong with 2,200 of the little critters killed so far. China says one hamster was infected with COVID-19 in the same house as the person that was infected but of course the communists say that as a means of calming the population that is saying goodbye to little Bao and Kuai. China's zero-covid strategy may be coming apart at the seams with the Olympics starting in only 10 days. There were zero infections in the closed loop Olympics bubble last week. 78 cases are identified around the Olympics with 43 caught at the airport. This means 35 are local spread; not good. The headaches in China and port slowdowns will drive global inflation higher. Australia is on the down side of its omicron wave so things will calm down Down Under. New Zealand, however, is on edge after a couple infections appear in non-travelers. New Zealand fears the parabolic omicron wave. 

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/24/22, at 2:30 AM EST: The US reports 197K daily new cases a sub 200K number that is great to see but it is a Sunday number. California cases pare back which is an encouraging sign. Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Oklahoma remain challenged but should top-out this week. Kentucky and Tennessee continue struggling. Pennsylvania is looking good and the worst may be over for troubled Ohio. Truckers crossing the Canada/US and Mexico/US borders will be required to be fully vaccinated. More jackass rules. These draconian edicts will only slow the transportation of goods and add to the inflation problem. Store shelves are already empty of specific products. "Bare Shelves Biden" strikes again. The inmates are running the asylum and everyone is forced to live in their Cartoon. Thousands attend the Defeat the Mandates DC rally yesterday and the crowd was peaceful. About 20K people were expected but the crowd was a bit smaller because of the cold weather. Of course the democrat-run media in the US (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post) labels the event as an anti-vaccination rally, rather than anti-mandate, to purposely denigrate everyone attending and destroy the message. Such is sick America. Anti-vaxxer's attend the event, and it is organized by Robert Kennedy Jr who questions the data with many vaccines, but the main focus is on stopping the government from imposing lockdowns and mandates and exerting control over everyday life. The republican-run media (Fox News, Newsmax, OANN, Breitbart, AM talk radio, New York Post) promotes the anti-mandate message since most conservatives believe more strongly in liberty and freedom than liberals. The doctors on the panel exhibit courage and compassion in treating coronavirus patients and are not beholding to a single strategy that bows allegiance to Big Pharma.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/24/22, at 8:30 AM EST: The Real Time television show, hosted by left-leaning comedian Bill Maher, receives attention for an interview with Bari Weiss, a writer focused on culture and politics. When asked about COVID-19, Weiss proclaims, "I'm done, I'm done with covid, I'm done, its like, I went so hard on covid, I sprayed the Pringles (potato chips) cans that I bought at the grocery store, stripped my clothes off because I thought covid would be on my clothes." She says, "We all did it" but Maher was quick to point out, no, we all did not do it. She says the vaccine was supposed to make things normal again. Weiss says people do not want to speak out because they are afraid of being called an anti-vaxxer, science denier or smeared as a 'Trumper'. Weiss rightfully points out the stupidity of requiring unvaccinated people to wear masks while the vaccinated folks are unmasked and can be infected and carrying the virus (and may of them infected their own young children). Weiss declares, "This is going to be remembered by the younger generation as a catastrophic moral crime." Wowza. Weiss evolves from a little obedient sheep to a self-confident wolf. Good on her. She talks about suicide rates and lonely isolated people. Cloth masks are of no use as doctors now admit. "We need to end it, more than any inconvenience that it's been to the rest of us (audience applauds), I think its, it's a pandemic, at this point, it's a pandemic of bureaucracy, it's a pandemic of bureaucracy, it's not, it's not real anymore." Americans are saying to H*ll with the pandemic and the Fauci flip-flops. Bill Maher decrees, "It is time to get on with life." Maher says everyone is sick of the pandemic. "It is silly now." You need masks, a card, a booster, and they scan your head as if you a bunch of bananas. People are done with the pandemic.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/24/22, at 10:30 AM EST: Keystone is disappointed in the Covidtests.gov website. The test kits were ordered on 1/11/22. The site was functional one day early, so as of today, it is 13 days. The site said the tests will ship in 7-12 days. Those sly devils. If that is when they ship (rather than delivery), Keystone will wait a couple more days before potentially badmouthing the process. The site works great and the problem with apartment addresses is hopefully addressed, but the proof is in the delivery of the tests. The Whitehouse promises that Everything's Gonna Work Out Right but that is not true until you are holding the tests in your hands. Interestingly, about 3 of the 5 people that are vaccinated have diligently ordered test kits but only 1 in 5 people that are unvaccinated have ordered tests. That is funny. Everyone should appreciate the wide diversity in the human population. Some folks choose to live life with wild abandonment while others spend their years hiding under the bed with the dust bunnies. Gonzaga University is mired in controversy. A NBA all-star player for many years, John Stockton, went to college at Gonzaga and holds a season pass for many years. Gonzaga is forcing a mask requirement at the games but Stockton refuses to wear a mask so the college revokes his season pass. The stuff is so babyish. The CDC even admits now that cloth face masks are little more than mouth decorations. Even the N95's are not full proof especially when cousin Larry is wearing his as a chin diaper as he wolfs down a bowl of nacho's. More power to Stockton. Give them the middle finger and tell them to call you when they return to sanity. Stockton's detractors and mask enthusiasts focus on his statement that 100 athletes have died from the vaccinations. It is unknown where he found this number.

Note Added Monday Afternoon, 1/24/22, at 1:00 PM EST: Wisconsin republican Senator Ron Johnson gathers a group of doctors together that are fighting COVID-19 on the front lines for the last 2 years and holds a 5-hour panel discussion titled, "COVID-19: A second Opinion." These doctors follow the medical studies using treatments and therapeutics such as ivermectin and HCQ around the world. Biden's failed US pandemic strategy is the vaccine-only approach, especially when he had other treatments available at his fingerprints. The vaccines cannot receive emergency approval if there are other treatments available (this is why inexpensive effective treatments were shunned in the US). It is shameful. The panel explains that the vaccines are for the original strain of coronavirus and not omicron. The vaccines are leaky; they have poor durability. The doctors say the vaccine-only approach cannot reach herd immunity. One of the main messages the panel wants to provide to the public is that COVID-19 is treatable and EARLY TREATMENT is key. Dr Malone participates and he performed the original research and development of the mRNA vaccine technology. Ask yourself a simple question. If you woke up with covid tomorrow, and could only call one doctor, would you call Lord Fauci, or would you call one of these expert doctors on the panel that have treated tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients in the trenches? Senator Johnson extended invitations to the doctors involved with the pandemic messaging over the last 2 years. In an ideal world, all the doctors would come together at a new meeting, they can do it behind closed doors if they want to, but they all need to get in the same room and exchange ideas for the good of the nation. The panel doctors include McCullough, Weinstein, Bhattacharya, Cole, Risch, Fareed, Kory, Urso, Marik, Kheriaty, Malone and Wiseman. The other doctors and academicians asked to participate, or at least keep an open mind to the discussions, that watched from afar, are Fauci, Walensky, Woodcock, Tabak, Jha, Raymond Sr, Reiner, Gottlieb, Collins, Bright, Bourla (Pfizer), Sahin (BioNTech), Bancel (Moderna) and Zients the Whitehouse COVID-19 task force spokesman. Others to add to the list are Hotez, S Gupta, Wen, Ranney, Osterholm, Topol, Besser, Frieden, Redfield and Tedros (WHO). Medicine should be an integrated approach; not an one size fits all edict. All these folks should be locked in a room for a few hours with booze and catered food, and a band with some bad honky tonker's laying it down, to see if they can come to an agreement about treating COVID-19 with an integrated approach of vaccines, preventive and EARLY TREATMENTS (HCQ, ivermectin, zinc, etc...) and other therapies (monoclonal antibodies, anti-viral oral pills, etc...). Even if they do not, everyone will have a good time. As would be expected from the democrat media such as CNN and MSNBC, the panel discussion is ignored and any reference that does occur is derogatory labeling everyone involved as an anti-vaxxer when they know it is not true.

Note Added Monday Afternoon, 1/24/22, at 5:00 PM EST: The US stock market mini-crashes and is down big for several consecutive days. The pandemic, inflation, Ukraine conflict, and other problems are destroying investor sentiment. Markets fear uncertainty. The Dow collapses 1,100 points intraday and the tech stocks are down from -2% to -5% before the major indexes recover into the closing bell. The world is on edge exhausted from the pandemic and wondering it Dictator Putin is about to start a major war. The bitcoin cybercurrency collapses from over 68K in November to 34K, a -50% crash in only 2 months time. This is why Reginald the mid-level manager no longer boasts about owning bitcoin to pretty Emily, the administrative assistant; he lost his shirt. Global markets and economies are erratic and unstable. President Biden gets snippy with another reporter. A Fox News (a republican news outlet; Biden is a democrat) journalist asks if the inflation problem will hurt the democrat's chances in the mid-term elections. Biden's meds are likely impacting his personality as he mumbles out loud, in front of a hot mic, "What a stupid son of a b*tch." The mistake emboldens Biden's detractors that call him a senile old man. Biden apologizes to the reporter an hour later (after the news organizations plaster the story over the television screens) which consists of the president telling him, "it's nothing personal, pal." The US military has only granted two religious exemptions for the vaccine. America is losing some of its most experienced pilots and other personnel because *ssholes want to play king and decree that other humans should kneel and take the jabs. Such is sick America.

Note Added Monday Evening, 1/24/22: A New York Supreme Court judge strikes down the mask mandate imposed by Governor Hochul. The courts say she did not have the authority to mandate masks since New York was not under a state of emergency. Hochul vows to appeal the decision which is stupid because she is given an off ramp to transition into handling the virus like a flu. Some folks are psychologically hypnotized by the trauma of the pandemic such as Sarah Haines on The View show on ABC (a left-leaning television talk show where 5 women caterwaul for an hour about current events). Haines says she may never feel comfortable going maskless again. Sigmund Freud would have a field day with her mind. The View show denigrates anyone that does not agree to at least taking 3 shots as well as wearing masks. Haines says she "may never ride a subway again without a mask. I may never go indoors to big crowds and feel conformable without a mask, and it's up to me to do that." She would be smarter to discuss this with her shrink instead of telling the public. God Bless her insecurities but other people do not think that way. If  she wants to wear a mask, go for it, wear 5 masks, but do not force the neuroticism on others. Another lady on The View, Whoopi Goldberg, who used to be a comedian, takes Bill Maher to task for his comments that the pandemic is over and it is time to get on with life. Goldberg wants everyone to remain hiding under the bed and only come out if a booster shot is needed. The United States places 5 Caribbean island nations on the Level 4 travel list which tells Americans to reconsider their trips to countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala, as well as others in the world such as UAE, Niger, Romania and Fiji.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 1/25/22, at 4:00 AM EST: Israel recommends a fourth vaccine dose for all adults. Israel was already shooting-up the immunocompromised and older citizens with the fourth jab. The current vaccine dosing schedule for the mRNA jabs is taking the second shot about one month after the first, then a third shot about 5 months after the second, and then a fourth jab about 5 months after the third; then you do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about. The UK remains on the mend while PM Johnson remains mired in the Partygate scandal. Things could be worse; he should be glad it is not a Pantygate scandal. More photos surface showing Boris at the parties, er, office meetings. Party-boy Boris Johnson is holding a cake in one photo sporting a goofy grin. How many drinks are in his belly? Johnson will try to spin the parties as short office get-togethers for a birthday or some such event but the public is not buying what he is selling. The police are now investigating the parties at 10 Downing which is a negative development for the prime minister that may have been involved with 15 parties. The Brit's were in lockdown, unable to say goodbye to loved ones dying, while Boris and the gang were boozing, dancing, singing and having a good old time. One of them probably said, "let them eat cake." UK scientists continue monitoring the BA2 variant, dubbed "stealth omicron" or simply "stealth." The Omicron variant is BA1. It is a sub-variant of omicron (1 of 3 currently identified) and has multiple mutations to the spike protein. The scientists and doctors are figuring out how sick it will make folks and if it is a concern. So far, it is not a  worry although it is identified in 40 countries. This new variant may be the culprit wreaking havoc in Norway and Denmark. Japan remains under duress with over 50K daily new cases. Tokyo reports over 1K daily cases. 15 new covid cases are discovered in Beijing, China, the hosting city for the Olympics. The CCP that controls the population now requires all Chinese that have purchased cough syrup over the last month to get tested. Red China is a surveillance state. Your papers, please. Ni hao ma, Aiguo (how are you doing Aiguo)? You purchased cough syrup 4 days ago, so you must not feel well, and you have not taken a covid test, it is not in the Ministry of Truth's data base, this is bad, you did not comply. You must come with us now.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 1/25/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 465K daily new  cases for Monday a subdued number maintaining the downtrend so the good news continues. Pfizer and BioNTech begin drug trials for the omicron-specific vaccine. The FDA revokes the emergency authorization for the Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments. The treatments prevented hospitalizations and saved thousands of lives in Florida, Texas and other limited locations but are not as effective on the Omicron variant, like the vaccines. 99.5% of the US cases are omicron so the 0.5% better hope that someone saves some Regeneron or Lilly mAb elixir for their veins. Biden bungled the pandemic not ordering test kits and failing to quicken the development and production of the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; Glaxo) mAb treatment Sotrovimab (this monoclonal work on omicron) and Pfizer Paxlovid anti-viral oral pills. Florida shuts down its mAb clinics since the FDA pulls the plug and Biden has not yet provided enough of the Glaxo monoclonal antibody treatments. After over one year in office, bungling Biden is shuffling around the Rose Garden looking for his hat. The bad news for President Biden continues with a RealClear Politics poll reporting that 72% of Americans think the country is on the wrong track and only 22% on the right track. This is extremely bad news and has the democrat tribe crying in their beer. The one poll that universally predicts election outcomes is the right track/wrong track poll. If people think your policies and actions are on the right track, you win reelection, if not, you will lose; it is guaranteed. At the historic 72% level, and epic split between right and wrong tracks, democrats are going to be annihilated in the November elections. The pandemic sends Biden's approval ratings into the toilet but in politics, a lot can happen in 9-1/2 months. Keystone called the Trump/Biden election for Biden based on the right track/wrong track poll as explained in "President Trump's Final 80 Days."

Note Added Tuesday Afternoon, 1/25/22, at 1:00 PM EST: OSHA is officially withdrawing the emergency temporary standards for mandating vaccines. The clear-thinking Americans score another win as Biden's unconstitutional proclamations go down in flames. Trump is a loser and now so is Biden. Legendary rock musician and  left wing activist Neil Young flexes his pro-vaccine muscles telling Spotify to remove Joe Rogan from the platform otherwise he will pull his content. Young claims The Joe Rogan Experience spreads vaccine misinformation but that only shows that he probably never listened to the interviews. Rogan brings on many different views and allows people to talk. Young people are asking, Neil who? He is the Godfather of Grunge. Neil Young has a special needs son who is an adult now. Sadly, and ironically, he no longer wants to be Rockin' in the Free World. The editor of the student newspaper at the University of Chicago, Audrey Unverferth, and the entire editorial board, are pushing back against the new college mandate for booster shots. Unverferth says the booster shot mandate is "absurd, unethical" and "anti-science." The Chicago Thinker posts the article; "Editorial: UChicago Must End Its Booster Mandate--We Are Not Lab Rats." Unverferth says top scientists are not taking the multiple mRNA shots while students are forced to accept the inoculations if they want to attend university. She appears on Fox News (right-leaning media) and asks everyone to sign their petition to end the University of Chicago's booster shot mandate. Interestingly, since the inoculations do not work as well against omicron, the vaccines probably would not have received emergency approval if they were developed for the Omicron variant. The scientists are going to want to keep chasing the last variant with Pfizer now promising an omicron-specific shot by March. By then, however, omicron may be long gone and they will promise a new booster for the new boogeyman variant.

Note Added Tuesday Evening, 1/25/22, at 8:00 PM EST: Americans are complaining that the GSK monoclonal antibody treatments and Pfizer Paxlovid pills are hard to find. Doctors will prescribe the treatments but are in a quandary because they do not know where to direct people. The HHS has a Therapeutics Distribution web page shows locations with monoclonal antibody treatments but is still mentioning the Regeneron and Eli Lilly mAb treatments that were pulled by the FDA. American mediocrity is on full display daily. The pandemic remains a confusing and chaotic mess with Sleepy Joe Biden sleeping at the wheel. Maybe Americans can assume that the Pfizer Paxlovid oral pills will be delivered to the same locations on the map? This is no way to run a pandemic. Here is a link to the HHS web page that displays where the Evusheld (AstraZeneca), Paxlovid (Pfizer) and molnupiravir (Merck) treatments are available. MAKE SURE ANY LOVED ONE, OR EVEN NON-LOVED ONE, HAS THESE HHS LINKS IF THEY TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. TELL THEM TO TAKE THE INFORMATION TO THEIR DOCTOR AND MAKE SURE THEY RECEIVE EARLY TREATMENT WHICH IS THE KEY TO RECOVERY. HHS needs to create a map for the Glaxo mAb treatments. Chop, chop.

Note Added Tuesday Evening, 1/25/22, at 9:00 PM EST: A new poll by Morning Consult says the triple-vaccinated people are more worried about catching COVID-19 than unvaccinated folks. That makes you laugh out loud. It is hilarious. People take multiple shots and are still hiding under the bed. God Bless them. It shows you how mass fear can be engrained into people's minds via the media. Also funny is that older Americans (that are more vulnerable to covid) are less worried about the virus than younger people. Again, you have to laugh out loud. Many young folks are afraid of their own shadows. That's a shame. If you spend each day frozen in fear, you will never live life.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The world reports 3.4 million daily new cases yesterday an elevated number but remaining below the peak of 3.8 million cases on 1/20/22 and 1/21/22 (last Thursday and Friday). 9,847 global citizens die yesterday a 4-month high and teasing the 10K per day level. The world is going the wrong way with deaths. Omicron does not care if you are vaccinated or not; the variant seeks any warm body with a heartbeat. India crosses the 40 million total COVID-19 cases terrible milestone. Over 491K Indians have died from China Flu over the last 2 years. The daily cases remain on the downside of the skinny inverted V pattern with the peak in India's cases at 347K on 1/20/22. Brazil reports another day of 200K cases which boosts the world's numbers. Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia are  improving. Chile remains in bad shape. Paraguay and Uruguay continue battling the current wave. Central America remains under siege. Russia reports nearly 68K daily cases another record for the pandemic. The omicron infections are spiraling out of control as Russia and Ukraine puff their chests in a border standoff. 125K Russian troops are at the Ukraine border and Russia media says 110K Ukrainian soldiers are at their border (Putin controls the messaging). Both sides are bluffing as they bump chests with faces turning red. Hopefully, no one does something stupid. Israel continues struggling at handling the omicron wave despite pumping 4 shots of serum into people's arms. Daily cases are over 64K yesterday and the peak for the omicron wave is at 84K on 1/23/22 (Sunday). It is spooky seeing heavily vaccinated nations whacked hard by omicron as if there is no protection. Israeli deaths are at 4-month highs. Heavily vaccinated Portugal is in the same covid boat as Israel reporting 58K daily new cases remaining at record highs for the omicron wave. It is as if the countries with a higher vaccination rate are having a slightly worse time at handling omicron. Figure that one out. France flies completely off the rails. Daily cases hit a new record at 502K. 15% of the world's cases are occurring in France. 1 in every 7 infections on earth are in France. What are the French doing? They must be licking doorknobs as the infection rate catapults to the moon. Is there a new variant at play? 467 French die yesterday the most in 9 months! Italy reports 187K cases remaining below its peak. Oh no. Germany reports over 148K daily new cases the most ever. Whatever nastiness is occurring in France it is going on in the Deutschland as well. Ditto the Netherlands that crosses the 4 million total cases terrible milestone. Europe is the main reason that the world's cases show a little bit of buoyancy. The Philippines is on the mend which is great news but thwack, with every yin there is a yang,  and Indonesia is now in trouble. Indonesia cases pop to 4.9K yesterday starting the parabolic up phase of the omicron wave. Buckle up, Indonesia, it is your turn to feel the omicron pain. Malaysia needs to watch out because the omicron wave will likely wash up on their shores in a few days.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports 443K daily new cases a great number below Monday's 475K. Typically, the Tuesday number will be greater than Monday's. The US active cases chart (see charts above) remains on the up swing at 27.4K cases. This chart needs to reverse to form the bell shape. The rise in US active cases is frightening. America took 2 years for active cases to grow to 10 million and then in only a month's time, the active cases catapult to over 27 million. That is outrageous. It does not matter if you are vaccinated or not; everyone gets sick with omicron. 30 million is a serious number; 1 in 10 Americans are either sick with covid and trying to recover or suffering long-covid. This number has a lot to do with the contagious of omicron and when cases are far lower in the days and weeks ahead, the US active cases chart is expected to retreat sharply which will improve this dire statistic. 2,159 Americans are dying each day from covid 2 years into the pandemic the most deaths since wave 3 in February almost a year ago. Casket makers send thank you cards to the Whitehouse. Lots of states are in good shape but Kentucky and Tennessee continue struggling. Alabama and Montana, too. The United States remains on a positive path although the daily deaths are a depressing sight. Most deaths are the unvaccinated folks and people over 65 years old but there are plenty of vaccinated, even triple-vaccinated folks, that are croaking. Obesity remains the 900-pound gorilla sitting on the living room sofa during the entire pandemic. No one wants to talk about it but it is the fat folks dying. Even the children that die, which is negligible, comparable to the deaths caused by regular flu, are obese or with comorbidities. If you want to beat covid-like diseases in the future, get up and walk around the block, eat healthy with a salad each day, limit your meat intake eating nuts and other protein instead, consume lots of water, take supplements, minerals and vitamins daily, especially C, D, zinc for covid, and turmeric, and get a lot of fresh air (because if you are breathing fresh air you are standing or walking outside which means you are burning calories and not eating snacks). 

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 5:00 AM EST: Singer/songwriter and musician extraordinaire Elton John tests positive for COVID-19. Gigs are postponed. It is a sad Friday night when Susie cannot wear her dresses tight. Elton is triple vaccinated, fully vaccinated and boosted, and says he is only experiencing mild symptoms. Humorously, get the shots, and get covid. Florida republican Governor DeSantis is pushing back against the Biden administration and FDA for halting the Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatments. Interestingly, DeSantis says some of the omicron patients benefit from the mAb treatments contrary to the FDA's findings. Florida has the most experience with the mAb treatments. The Whitehouse shunned the mAb treatments last year, instead focusing on the vaccine-only strategy, which probably could have saved a couple hundred thousand lives. There are nurses, doctors and patients also coming forward anecdotally saying that the Regeneron and Eli Lilly mAb treatments are helpful for omicron. As it turns out, the FDA bases its decision dissing the mAb treatments on tabulating and modeling data. There is no clinical trial. There is only one observational study performed by another drug company. What!? It is sickening stuff. No wonder Americans do not trust the government and now the medical industry. In a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham (right-leaning media), DeSantis says that 75% to 80% of the folks that were at the monoclonal antibody sites were vaccinated and many also boosted. Get the shots, get covid. Drug maker Lilly agrees with the FDA decision so they know where their bread is buttered. Be glad the corrupt and rigged crony capitalism system in America is in its last throes. A democrat or republican narrative is attached to every news bite in America these days and, if you decide to nibble, you are forced to eat the entire meal.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 7:00 AM EST: US diplomats are filing requests to evacuate from China because they see the writing on the wall. Omicron cases are increasing and the Olympics bubble in Beijing is compromised with more infections. Americans would be stupid to not get their butts out of there. The filthy CCP imposes lockdowns and other harsh measures and the situation could get ugly fast. An American may get stuck there for a few months, not allowed to leave, with the CCP goon squad knocking at the door telling you to spread your legs for the anal swab. Ouch. Are you sure that's an anal swab? China is "annoyed" that US diplomats are trying to flee the covid-infected nest because it goes against the communist's narrative that China is the safest country that can control COVID-19. The zero-covid strategy is falling apart. Screw the commies. If American, you would be wise to make a run for it from China, otherwise, you may be spending Christmas (December 2022) in a smelly apartment room in Shanghai hoping the filthy CCP does not turn down your sixth request for travel papers.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 8:00 AM EST: The unvaccinated folks on the US transplant lists are shafted again. Bingham and Women's Hospital in Boston is refusing a heart transplant to DJ Ferguson, a 31 year old father, with a child on the way, because he is not vaccinated. Ferguson had COVID-19 and has natural antibodies but the hospital hard*sses demand the shots. No vaccine, no heart. No tickey, no laundry. No soup for you. America's medical system now allows people to die over a stupid vaccine shot that may not even work against omicron. It is a world gone mad. The hospital will say that he will need drugs after the transplant that will lower his immune system and make him susceptible to a bad outcome if he gets COVID-19 but he had the virus already and has natural immunity which some studies say is better than the vaccine. Would you trust a hospital that tells you that natural immunity does not exist? Those are stupid medical people. Keystone's happy and fond memories of Boston, and especially Cambridge, home of MIT, decades ago in a younger man's body, are now forever sullied and stained by the lack of empathy and compassion.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 1/26/22, at 11:00 AM EST: Bingo. Over 10 billion vaccine doses have been administered around the world according to Bloomberg data. Other data sources are about to attain the same milestone. That is a lot of doses and 10 billion arms that rolled up their sleeves some for second and third (booster) shots. 4.8 billion earthlings have at least one shot (mainly folks in the wealthy nations) which is 62% of the world's 7.7 billion population. The WHO and others have set a goal to get over 75% of the world vaccinated as soon as possible. Of the 10 billion doses, about 3 billion went into Chinese arms, 1.7 billion doses were administered in India, the EU (European Union: 27 nations after the UK did Brexit and left the EU) 811 million doses, US 536 million, Brazil 355 million doses administered, Indonesia 308 million, Japan 203 million and Vietnam 176 million. All of these nations are punched in the face by omicron except for China and Indonesia but they are in trouble right now with cases jumping higher. Indonesia will be into the wild parabolic jump in daily cases in only a couple days. It will be interesting to see if/when China implodes and perhaps abandons the zero-covid strategy embarrassing themselves in front of the world. How fitting it would be for omicron to find its final resting place in China since coronavirus started in Wuhan, but alas, no one wants to see the Chinese folks suffer. The filthy CCP is a different story. What goes around, comes around. If omicron explodes in China, inflation would skyrocket as goods would be delayed for many weeks and months as ports operate at reduced capacities. In the United States, the most vaccinated states according to doses per 100 people (not total doses) are Northern Marianas, Vermont, Guam, Palau, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Hawaii, New York, Maryland, California and Virginia. Interestingly, the charts for the daily new cases of highly vaccinated countries and US states look the same if not worse than their less vaccinated counterparts (but the peanut gallery yells out that the shots save lives; yada, yada).

Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 1/26/22, at 1:00 PM EST: The New York courts issue a stay on the mask mandate ruling. Recapping the saga, New York Governor Hochul institutes a mask rule indoors, the courts shoot it down, but the mask mandate remains in effect while it is on appeal. Hochul fails to use the court ruling as a stepping stone to transition into a different phase of the pandemic; it is there on a silver platter. Instead, Hochul doubles-down cheerleading more masks, more shots and more boosters. She is on the wrong side of history moving forward. Little Carlos, a child in the New York school system is happy today telling Mommy that he could see all the kids faces and everyone was smiling and laughing. Today, Hochul the Horrible, who probably wears a dominatrix outfit each evening, sends those kids back to school having to wear masks again. That is child abuse. It is cruel. It is sick. Hochul should think about the kids instead of her political narratives. Some parents are keeping the kids home the rest of the week knowing this stuff is getting out of hand and may be too much to process for their young minds.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 1/27/22, at 2:00 AM EST: The world reports 3.6 million daily new cases moving back towards the peak at 3.8 million a week ago. 10,542 earthlings die yesterday, back above the 10K per day level, with the 7-day MA at 8.5K global deaths per day; lousy numbers. India reports 264K daily cases and may be on the downside of the inverted V pattern for daily cases. Damn. Brazil explodes to 220K daily new cases yesterday the most ever. France remains a mess at 428K daily new cases. Russia is a disaster at 75K daily new cases the most ever. Is Dictator Putin going to start a war with Ukraine when the hospitals likely have patients lying in the hallways due to China Flu (Putin controls the media so the hospital situation is hidden)? Ukraine is reporting near record daily cases in the same boat as Russia. Turkey is a mess with over 74K daily new cases and dealing with an odd cold front and snow crippling the nation. Boom. Germany just crashed on the Autobahn reporting 189K daily new cases a huge spike higher the most ever. Romania's cases are off the charts. Ditto Bulgaria and many north-central and eastern European and western Asian nations are getting slapped hard by omicron. Portugal remains in serious trouble with daily cases spiking to 66K the highest ever. Something is going wrong in Portugal. The EU regulator approves the Pfizer Paxlovid oral pills for treating COVID-19. Everyone wants those Paxlovid pills to save their fat *sses. Indonesia is over 7K daily cases yesterday jumping higher from 4.8K cases the day before. If you want to watch a country go into its parabolic up phase in daily cases in real-time, simply watch Indonesia over the next few days; they will likely be a mess next week. Philippines is on the mend. Malaysia is in trouble with the daily cases starting to edge higher. Malaysia, you are next and will be in a parabolic up phase with omicron daily cases next week. Japan reports 61K daily cases the most ever. Omicron is infecting Asia nations. 36 Japanese die yesterday the most in over 3 months.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 1/27/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The US continues on its rosy path forward with 533K daily new cases for hump day so the 896K daily new cases on 1/7/22 is the peak occurring almost exactly one year after the 1/8/21 peak in daily cases during wave 3. Thus, if the China Virus refuses to go away this year, there will likely be a peak in daily cases occurring on 1/7/23 or 1/8/23; let's hope it is from a tiny base of remaining cases one year from now. The 7-day MA trend line for US daily new cases is coming down nicely to 614K cases per day and dropping. The 3-day MA trend line for US daily cases prints a lower low, a lower high, and now a lower low so the downtrend in cases is real and expected to continue. The US active cases, however, keep moving higher teasing towards 28 million a horrible number. Lots of Americans are not feeling well as 2022 is off and stumbling. 3,143 Americans die yesterday many needlessly only perishing because of the bungling of the Biden administration. There could not be two worse presidents in power during a pandemic than the orange-headed bloviating carnival clown King Donnie and the inept confused Alzheimer's patient Sleepy Joe Biden. Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber. Such is America. The 7-day MA for US deaths is at 2.3K deaths per day moving higher a shameful display. Sure, more unvaccinated folks are perishing, especially the fatties, and old fatties, but there are lots of vaccinated people croaking as evidenced by triple-vaccinated celebrities ending up in caskets. Daily cases are in good shape and hospitalizations lag cases by a week or two and deaths lag hospitalizations by a week or two. The CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker shows hospital admissions continuing to trail lower for all age groups since the peak on 1/16/22. US hospitalizations are at 136K but this data is 3 days old. The 7-day MA trend line has rolled over and is heading lower at 142K hospitalizations and dropping. Hospitalizations peaked on 1/20/22 at 147K which is great news. Thus, cases peak on 1/7/22 and tease the highs again 1/14/22, leading to hospitalizations peaking on 1/20/22 from 6 to 13 days later, one to two weeks later, so adding a couple weeks to 1/20/22 for deaths, forecasts a peak in US daily deaths perhaps on Groundhog Day (2/2/22). California daily cases are on the downside for a few days a positive development. Texas cases are also improving but 283 Texans die yesterday the most in over 3 months. Kentucky and Tennessee daily new cases are coming off the top a welcome sight. America is going to have a happy February. Biden needs to focus on the production of the GSK Sotrovimab monoclonal antibody treatments and the Pfizer Paxlovid anti-viral oral pills. Two tasks, Sleepy Joe. Can you handle it? Chop, chop.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 1/27/22, at 3:30 AM EST: Global markets are on the move lower after Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's remarks yesterday afternoon. Major indexes in Asia tank from -1% to -5%. A major Chinese stock market index slips into a bear market (down more than -20% off its top). European indexes are down from -1% to -3% and US futures are down about -1%. Inflation, the never-ending pandemic, potential Russia/Ukraine war, the southern border crisis, and an incompetent President Biden that was out shopping at stores and eating ice cream yesterday, create the sogginess in markets. Fascinating times.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 1/27/22, at 3:30 AM EST: Canada Prime Minister Trudeau tests negative for COVID-19 but is isolating because he came in contact with someone that tested positive. Trudeau will not say where or when this contact occurred. Or, humorously, perhaps who she was? Trudeau has his hands full with a convoy of truckers and others heading towards Ottawa to tell the politicians enough with the tyrannical rule. Trudeau labels the protesters "a small fringe minority." It actually sounds like a lot of smart Canucks that care deeply about their country, liberty and freedom. A truck sports a big banner on its front grill that reads, "Freedom from Fear; No Mandates." This story is not over until the group reaches Ottawa. The truckers tell everyone to remain peaceful, they say it is the only way they will win, and Canadians are known for being peaceful anyway, but there are always a couple trouble-makers in the crowd that may cause mayhem especially if beer is sloshing around in their bellies. King Trudeau proclaims that the truckers have "unacceptable views." Trudeau and his elite's decree what is acceptable and not acceptable for the Canadians that bow at their feet each day. Fox News (republican-run media) personality and talk show host Dan Bongino is permanently banned from YouTube for COVID-19 misinformation. Bongino was on a suspension but kept posting information and daring YouTube to ban him so they did. Bongino allows people with different opinions to speak and the information should be permitted on the platform. The Spotify controversy with rock musician Neil Young telling that platform to either remove Joe Rogan's content, because Young deems it as covid misinformation, or he wants his content removed. Spotify told Neil to not let the door hit him on the way out. Rogan has 11 million loyal followers so Spotify goes with the Rogan cash cow. Spotify and Rogan should perform a duet singing "Sweet Home Alabama" to Neil Young emphasizing the lyrics, "Well I heard Mr Young sing about her, I heard ole Neil put her down, well I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow." America is done with COVID-19 so getting in the way of that freight train coming down the tracks is a mistake. Folks are getting on with life. In a twofer from the southern rock genre, Kid Rock drops a new song and he goes political with the pandemic singing, "Let's Go Brandon" 13 times in the ditty (the "Let's Go Brandon" meme means "F$#& Joe Biden"). Kid Rock is a popular artist so of course the "We The People" song immediately goes viral already approaching 2 million views in a heartbeat. Caution is warranted because the song is anti-pandemic slamming everything and everybody involved with COVID-19 and uses explicit language not suitable for youngsters. "Wear your mask, take your pills, now the whole generation is mentally ill." Gotta love the drum machine. Humorously, Kid Rock displays a gifted ability for rhyming swear words.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 1/27/22, at 11:00 AM EST: Hello? Test kits? Where are you? The mailbox is empty. Keystone ordered the test kits from the covidtests.gov website on 1/11/22. It is now 16 days and no test kits. It is a good thing they were not needed quickly. You can order the test kits superfast on the internet but then the packages are sent out on stagecoach and via Pony Express. By the time you receive the test kits, you are either already recovered from the virus, or in the hospital hearing a doctor and nurse discussing something called Rem-death-is near (Remdesivir), or in a casket. Test kits,are you in there? Come on test kits. Where are you? 

Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 1/27/22: The COVID-19 misinformation wars become more ridiculous each day. Democrat-run media outlets accuse the republican-run media of covid misinformation but have been proven wrong several times. Even now, in real-time, CNN calls out Fox News for saying young healthy people have next to no chance of dying from COVID-19. It is true but CNN, that carries water for the Whitehouse, deems this statement as misinformation. Global studies show the inadequacy of cloth masks but anyone saying this on social internet was de-platformed for misinformation, until now, after the CDC admits that cloth masks do little in preventing infection. People and businesses have been banned from social media platforms because of misinformation that actually turns out to be correct information a few months later. Anyone that said the vaccinated people can still become infected and transmit the virus was called a quack and conspiracy theorist until, a few months later, the CDC and other so-called professionals admitted that vaccinated people can become infected, carry and transmit the virus (as breakthrough cases run rampant and vaccinated parents infect their kids). The Coronavirus Chronology is shadow-banned, screwed in the algorithm search engines and harassed in other ways but it will continue recording the pandemic mess for prosperity until the bitter end. Always ask who it the arbiter of what is and what is not misinformation. Typically, the professor of truth is the most corrupt one in the bunch. The republican tribe is no better than the democrat tribe in the misinformation game. The republicans said for months that more COVID-19 deaths occurred under President Biden than former President Trump. That was a lie repeated over and over. It is truthful now, as of 1/13/22, but was never true until two weeks ago. There are now more deaths under Biden's watch than Trump's. Americans see the corruption of both tribes and know a new path will have to be forged ahead for the United States without them. Leave the corrupt folks inside the Washington, DC, beltway behind in the ashes of the crony capitalism system now gasping its last breaths.

Note Added Thursday Evening, 1/27/22: The heat is turned up on Dr Fauci as more emails and documents concerning the initial handling of the pandemic come to light. In January 2020, Fauci actively pushed the natural origin theory of COVID-19. As it turns out, the doctor may have known a lot more about the virus than he told former President Trump and others. Fauci, Collins and others were actively squashing any attention to the Wuhan Lab leak theory and instead promoting the natural origin theory. People were called conspiracy theorists and labeled as spreading misinformation if they mentioned a Wuhan Lab leak, but they were likely correct. Fauci, Collins and others need to be held accountable for what was going on at the Wuhan Labs in 2019. Canada is likely involved in this mess as well. If Fauci had told Trump that the virus likely came from the labs, the US may have placed immense pressure on China and the pandemic could have evolved in a far different way. Perhaps China would have been forced to hand over the genomic sequence of the virus instead of conveniently destroying all records at the lab as would be expected by filthy communists. Fauci needs to be fired if he continues to refuse to resign. Fauci needs to get himself a good lawyer. The American people deserve to know the truth about what was going on with Fauci, Collins, the communist scientists, Canadian scientists, and others, at the Wuhan Institute of Virology labs, and what part they played in the development of viruses under the gain of function research programs. The truth is probably very ugly (the US funded research that may have led to the development of COVID-19 that leaked from the Wuhan Labs) but the truth will set you free. The chorus of voices calling for the removal of Fauci, CDC Director Walensky and Whitehouse spokesman Zients is growing louder. The handling of the pandemic was a mess under Trump and it remains a mess under Biden so it is time to clean house and get new blood in the driver's seat.

Note Added Friday Morning, 1/28/22, at 3:00 AM EST: European nations are worried about their economies. Several countries loosen covid restrictions saying omicron causes less severe illness and it is less lethal than the prior COVID-19 strains. The UK ditches its covid measures and even countries such as the Netherlands, in a harsh lockdown through the holidays, is opening up bars and restaurants again. Prime Minister Rutte says the Dutch will have to balance the risk of covid. The Netherlands daily new infections remain at record levels as the Dutch bartender pours a draft beer for a patron that is coughing without covering his mouth. Denmark is also stopping its covid measures since omicron is a less severe form of COVID-19. Ridiculously, Denmark reports a big spike in cases to 48K the highest ever. No wonder. The government is telling everyone to party-on, Wayne, party-on Garth. Sweden is at record high infections. France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal and other European nations remain under siege from the China Flu. France crosses the 130K deaths grim milestone. Earthlings are not as afraid of COVID-19 as 2 years ago. The unknown breeds fear in human minds since the imagination runs rampant, but if the situation is known, even if the news is bad, the mind is less afraid.

Note Added Friday Morning, 1/28/22, at 4:00 AM EST: Brazil reports 229K daily new cases another record high. The Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are postponed until April when typically the dancing, music, fun, bright colors, feather  boas and erotic debauchery was planed to begin late February. Guatemala reports record high cases for the omicron wave. Ditto Costa Rica at 7K daily new cases the most ever. Indonesia and Malaysia need to wake up and be aware that omicron is in their backyard. China reports over 100 cases inside the Olympics bubble in Beijing (which is actually several smaller bubbles). Athletes are stressed undergoing non-stop covid testing not exactly the Olympic experience they hoped for. Athletes are concerned about going to the Olympics, getting covid, and ruining their career and future. This concern is balanced against going to the Games and hoping for the best. One dozen Chinese cities are dealing with ongoing infections. South Korea is a living breathing covid Hell hole. South Korea was touted as the greatest country at handling coronavirus in 2020 but the luster is off the rose in 2021 and in 2022 the country is in shambles with daily new cases at 14.5K the most ever. Japan cases explode into the stratosphere at 70K the most ever. Both nations will blame the out of control spreading virus on the US military bases and the frisky American soldiers chasing those pretty Korean and Japanese young ladies.

Note Added Friday Morning, 1/28/22, at 5:00 AM EST: Damn. THE UNITED STATES CROSSES THE 900K DEATHS GRIM MILESTONE. 902,140 AMERICANS HAVE DIED FROM THE CHINA VIRUS. America deserves to know what really happened at the Wuhan Laboratories with the nefarious gain of function research that likely went amuck. Nearly 75 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19. Despite the glum deaths news, the US remains in good shape and recovering from the omicron tidal wave. The US reports 497Kdaily new cases yesterday, sub 500K, a great number for a Thursday (it would be expected to be higher). The US daily cases, hospital admissions and hospitalizations are on the right track, heading consistently lower, but active cases and deaths still need to join the happy party. The US active cases represents the strain on the medical system and healthcare workers and is over 28 million ongoing cases. The US active case chart rate of daily change is slowing, however, which is a good thing, and indicates the upside momentum is fading and the curve should flatten and begin to reverse and move lower. This would be expected since the daily new cases topped-out on 1/7/22 and 1/14/22. The US deaths are at 2.3K per day on average a terrible number. Texas reports 3 new cases of the BA2 omicron subvariant; not good. There is concern over the new subvariant since it is sending Denmark's cases to the moon. Can the new BA2 subvariant evade vaccine and natural immunities? IF YOU TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, SEEK EARLY TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY. FIND THE NEAREST LOCATIONS OFFERING TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES (Therapeutics Locator and Therapeutics Distribution) AND TAKE THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR DOCTOR SO THEY CAN WRITE YOU A PRESCRIPTION. America is on the mend. Sleepy Joe Biden needs to wake up and incentivize GlaxoSmithKline to crank out more monoclonal antibodies while also whipping Pfizer into boosting production of the Paxlovid anti-viral oral pills that are showing great success. The United States would be in great shape now if Biden had vision, but he did not because he was spending time on stupid stuff Americans do not care about right now. They care about feeding their family. There's a pandemic going on, buddy.

Note Added Friday Morning, 1/28/22, at 5:30 AM EST: Inflation is on people's minds these days as the cost of living becomes more expensive. Rising wages do not mean squat if they cannot keep up with the rise in the costs of goods and services. A recent poll sadly reports that 42 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table. If you grew up poor, being hungry is something you will never forget as long as you live. The pandemic, spawned in China, creates a world in chaos. The Spotify saga continues. Musician Neil Young pulls his content from the Spotify platform in protest to Joe Rogan's podcast. Young believes that Rogan and his guests are spewing COVID-19 misinformation but he likely never listened to any of the podcasts. The Spotify saga becomes weirder when it is reported that Barry Manilow, men, stop laughing, the singer/songwriter and performer, is pulling his content from Spotify in support of Young and against covid misinformation. Manilow, a jingle-writer early in life, is a talented songwriter with many hits but young people probably do not know him from Adam. Flamboyant Barry is popular with the older women; he is a nationalized lounge act that can be campy, corny and sentimental, but folks, mainly older women, have fun at his gigs. The blue-haired gal's at the bingo parlor adore Barry Manilow. As it turns out, the Manilow story is bunk and a rumor. Barry, from the Copacabana, says he does not know how the rumor started but his music remains on Spotify. The pandemic is turning everyone whacko. 

Note Added Friday Afternoon, 1/28/22: It is 17 days since Keystone ordered the test kits on the government web site. Hello? Test kits? Where are you? The rural mailbox is empty. Maybe the cold frigid weather will be used as an excuse but this is standard fare for the hills and mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania. It is so cold here that Keystone's teeth are chattering uncontrollably, and they are still in the cup! Humorously, if the test kits have an expiration date, by the time they arrive they may not be useable. The www.covidtests.gov website was all show and no go. It is easy to order tests but that request goes into a black hole where someone is trying to figure out how to ship the tests. Maybe the covid tests will arrive on day 18 but no one around here is holding their breath. The website has received 60 million orders thus far and at 4 kits each, is 240 million tests people expect to receive over the next week or two. As they say in the Bronx, "Good luck wit dat." The Biden administration says 10's of millions of tests are shipped already; it is a lie.

Note Added Friday Evening, 1/28/22: Colorado detects the BA2 Omicron subvariant, dubbed stealth omicron, in Colorado. Denmark has the most experience with the new variant as half their new infections are BA2. Danish scientists say BA2 is 1.5 times as transmissible as BA1 (original Omicron variant B11529). The United States reports 130 new cases that are the BA2 subvariant scattered across two dozen states. The BA2 variant also explains the big pop in cases in Sweden. UK scientists say that BA2 has a "substantial" growth advantage over BA1. The WHO does not list BA2 as a variant under monitoring (VUM), variant of interest (VOI) or variant of concern (VOC; the worst variants), so they are not worried about BA2. Is that because the WHO is legitimately not concerned or is it because they are stupid and slow to react? BA2 appears in 49 countries. There are about 200 countries on earth so one-fourth of the nations in the world have identified the new BA2 subvariant within their borders.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 1/29/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The world's daily new cases are 3.5 million yesterday continuing to come off the peak highs above 3.8 million. Perhaps big strides lower will occur in the days ahead as many countries peak-out in daily cases. The world's deaths are trending higher at an average of 8.9K per day. India's daily cases are dropping a welcome sight although Bangladesh remains challenged by omicron. Indonesia is at 9.9K daily new cases with its parabolic spike occurring. Malaysia is starting a new wave higher. Europe remains challenged and it is obvious that some of the mayhem is due to the BA2 subvariant. Denmark reports 50.4K daily new cases a new record which is bad news because most of the new daily cases are likely the BA2 subvariant. Denmark crosses the 3.7K deaths grim milestone. Sweden reports 54K daily new cases a big spike higher and the most ever, again, BA2 is likely flexing its infectious muscles in the Nordic states. Despite the high infections, Sweden does not plan to vaccinate the 5 to 11 year old children. Sweden smartly knows that the chances of a child dying from COVID-19 are nil and the kids dying have comorbidities such as cancer or are obese. France and Italy are struggling to beat down the daily cases perhaps it is BA2 making mischief? Germany reports record cases at 190K per day for the last 3 days. The jackass Health Minister Lauterbach proclaims that the virus is "well under control" and "omicron cases are lower than expected." Say what? Humorously, albeit tragically, he expects cases to hit 400K per day, over double these huge current levels, but at the same time says the virus is "under control." That sounds more like out of control. Lauterbach expects cases to ramp higher into mid-February at 400K per day then trail-off at the end of February. He is likely wrong. Germany's daily cases are probably topping-out now and may not even hit 200K per day, but he is the expert. Maybe he sees BA2 subvariant trouble coming? When your house burns to the ground and you are left with a smoldering cinder and only the clothes on your back, Lauterbach is the neighbor that walks over cheerfully exclaiming, "What great luck that your shed in the back yard did not catch fire." Whoa. Russia reports nearly 100K daily new cases. Dictator Putin is hiding behind the gold-plated toilet in the basement of palace number three. 100,000 Ruskies infected with COVID-19 per day is off the charts, and perhaps BA2 is at play? It is doubtful Putin will invade Ukraine any time soon with 100K Russians testing positive for coronavirus per day. Brazil reports over 257K daily new cases the most ever.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 1/29/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The typically peaceful and quiet Ottawa, Canada, countryside is violated by the cracking echoes of the Jake Brakes on the big rigs cruising into town. The "Freedom Convoy" of Canadian truckers protesting PM Trudeau's tyrannical rule begin arriving at their destination; Ottawa. The government is surprised that the boot-licking Canadians are rising-up; usually they always eat whatever Trudeau dishes-out. Not anymore. The Canucks are fed up with the covid restrictions and Trudeau authoritarianism. Case counts are way down and people want Canada to get back to normal. The trucker convoy stresses that they want everything to remain peaceful but the Canadian government and media are ginning-up stories that the truckers are radicals and there will be violence (a technique used to convince the population that Trudeau is in the right and the people associated with the trucker convoy are bad and radical). It is the opposite. The corrupt left-wing government under King Trudeau will not acknowledge the number of trucks, vehicles and people involved in the convoy because the numbers are massive. Delivery of goods is negatively impacted across Canada due to the truckers supporting the convoy. Every single Canadian town that the convoy passes through has townspeople hanging large banners of support from bridge overpasses as the trucks pass underneath. Noble Canadians want to take their country back from King Trudeau although, sadly, there are likely more Canucks that want to lay around and think the current system is good enough. Ottawa will be in the news this weekend.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 1/29/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 522K daily new cases which is great news since Friday's numbers are typically the highest of the week. US daily cases peak at 896K on Friday, 1/7/22. Daily cases are then 882K on Friday, 1/14/22, then 822K last Friday and now down to 522K yesterday. That is what you want to see. The 7-day MA for US daily cases is down to 545K cases per day and dropping sharply. The 522K cases will pull the 7-day MA lower and since it was a Friday number, the weekend numbers will be lower and the numbers next week should remain below yesterday's 522K cases per day. It's all good. However, the US active cases curve keeps moving higher which maintains the strain on healthcare workers. The Keystone Model projects the US active cases chart to flatten and begin dropping on 2/11/22 or sooner. With a little bit of luck, perhaps the active cases will top out in the days ahead and form the coveted bell shape that guarantees better times ahead and recuperation time for the healthcare folks. US deaths remain the ugly story with over 2.3K Americans dying per day from COVID-19. Of course they are. Biden places all his eggs in the vaccine basket while failing to take advantage of the many treatments and therapies available that would have reduced hospitalizations and deaths. That is on Biden. Trump the clown could not handle the pandemic and neither can bungling Biden. Both men are often wrong but never in doubt. The Biden administration keeps touting the get vaccinated message but the folks repeating the mantra say it with an unenthusiastic tone and yawn. The US vaccination rate is falling faster than Neil Young's music career after leaving Spotify. 87% of Americans 18 years and older are vaccinated with at least one dose. This number is fantastic. If natural immunity is factored in, the US has accumulated some serious herd immunity. Only 41% of the people eligible for booster shots are boosted which represents only 26% of the total US population. Some say this is why the CDC will not declare 3 shots as fully vaccinated (only 26% of the country would be fully vaccinated) and instead go with the 'up to date' confusion. The Whitehouse fearmongering and vaccine cheerleading continues but it falls on deaf ears each day. People see that COVID-19 is becoming milder, more flu-like, and are less interested in vaccines. It is a tough sell asking an unvaccinated person to sign up for a first shot, then wait a month for the second shot, then wait 5 or 6 months to take the third booster shot, and then a couple weeks more for the protection to be at its maximum which may be in the 70% to 80% range, 7 or 8 months in all, which will be the end of the summer, for a vaccine that may not even work against current or future variants. That is a lot to ask unless you are old, have health problems or are obese. The Whitehouse and CDC are having trouble getting double-vaccinated people to take the booster jab let alone convince others that are not vaccinated. Vaccine proponents will say a couple hundred thousand lives or more could have been saved if they were vaccinated but the same or more lives could have been saved if Biden would have promoted an integrated approach (preventive and early treatments, therapies and vaccines) to handling COVID-19 instead of putting on the horse blinders for over one year mumbling, "get vaccinated" ad nauseam. A closed mind always loses. By the end of today, 906K AMERICANS WILL BE DEAD FROM CHINA FLU, and the trek to 1 million dead bodies begins.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 1/29/22, at 10:00 AM EST: 74-year old Utah republican Senator Mitt Romney tests positive for COVID-19 but he is asymptomatic. Romney is triple-vaccinated so another breakthrough case of someone with the booster jab. Not even 3 mRNA shots could stop the infection. Add Romney to the expanding list of sick politicians; a few dozen have tested positive over the last few weeks nearly all of them triple-vaccinated breakthrough cases. Singer/songwriter and musician Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in pulling her content from Spotify because she thinks Joe Rogan is providing COVID-19 misinformation. Joni proclaims, "Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives." She's a poet and she knows it. "I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue." Young people ask, "Joni who?" She was a folk singer in the 1960's and 1970's, a flower child, but faded over time; a great talent. Joni uses to look at "Both Sides Now," but not anymore. Now she decrees her opinions as the righteous path forward for the pandemic. Spotify probably thanked her for freeing up storage capacity for future The Joe Rogan Experience shows.

Note Added Saturday Afternoon, 1/29/22: It is day 18 and the mailbox remains empty with no sign of test kits in sight. Tomorrow is Sunday and a delivery is not expected so Monday will be 20 days since the test kits were ordered off the www.covidtests.gov website. Keystone should do a poll. Will the test kits arrive after 20 days, 21 days, 30 days, in 2023 sometime, or never? Surgeon General Vivek Murthy weighs appears on MSNBC (democrat-run media) commenting on the Joe Rogan controversy. Murthy opines and moans about misinformation on social media. This from a man that spouts the vaccine only strategy while ignoring other treatments and therapies, and he is the surgeon general. Murthy stands on a soap box proclaiming he is the sole truthteller for all things concerning the pandemic. He declares, "Now when it comes to how we root out the misinformation in society right now, and give people access to accurate information, we've got to do several things. Number one, we've got to recognize that our technology platforms, whether particularly social media, these have an important role to play. These are the predominant places where we're seeing misinformation spread. These platforms have still not stepped-up to do the right thing and do enough, I should say, to reduce the spread of misinformation." Note that he does not give one single example of misinformation. It is jackass talk like this that Americans hear and immediately ignore. The failed pandemic leadership should be sent packing including Fauci, Walensky, Zients and Murthy. All Murthy's got is a fancy hat.

Note Added Saturday Evening, 1/29/22: Two nurses in New York are charged with fraud for a vaccination card scam. The two healthcare criminals netted over a million dollars charging $220 for each fake vaccine card. Now they sit in a jail cell and the hospitals have two less employees. Human greed knows no bounds. Canada Prime Minister Trudeau cannot ignore the crowds anymore that are protesting his tyrannical rule during the pandemic. The trucker's "Freedom Convoy," that is pushing back against vaccine mandates, descends on Ottawa. There are thousands of Canadians demonstrating. Good on them. King Trudeau is ushered away to a non-disclosed location as the crowd grows bigger. The dirtbags in charge label all those liberty-wanting loyal Canadian folks as anti-vaccine trouble-maker's. Of course they do. King Trudeau calls the peaceful protesters a "fringe minority." Not true. That is not a good way to diffuse the situation. The crowd of Canadians protesting the mandates grows massive. King cry-baby Trudeau is hiding under a bed at the Motel 6.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/30/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports only 192K cases for Saturday but it is a weekend number. Today should be less than 192K. America is on the mend and with a little luck the active cases chart may top-out this week. The US death rate remains the disturbing statistic at 2.28K deaths per day, as per the 7-day MA, however, it is down a smidgeon from 2.34K deaths per day the day before. One day does not make a trend but perhaps the death rate will top-out in the days ahead. It is expected since daily cases topped-out first on 1/7/22 and 1/14/22, then hospital admissions and hospitalizations topped out a week or so ago, so deaths should top out over the coming days. Tennessee's daily new cases are off the peak so better times are ahead in the Volunteer State in a couple weeks. Kentucky remains challenged. Omicron, or whatever bug is floating around in the Bluegrass State, is a bugger to defeat. The US is in good shape but states need to begin rolling-over the active cases charts this week, which is expected. The active cases for New Jersey and New York are starting to flatten. Illinois's active cases chart has actually peaked and reversing to the downside a beautiful sight. Hopefully, that ugly BA2 subvariant will remain in the background and not a concern. Denmark is the key bellwether for BA2 since over half the current cases are this new subvariant of omicron. Denmark reports the highest cases ever, over 50K, on Friday. The severity of the illness is not as bad as prior strains so nations such as Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, UK, and Denmark are relaxing their covid restrictions despite elevated daily cases. Smart governments know that the natives are getting restless and the concerns of people and their families must be respected and addressed. Perhaps King Trudeau will learn this lesson over the coming days.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/30/22, at 4:30 AM EST: Fingers remain crossed that the world's daily new cases peaked on 1/20/22 and 1/21/22 a week ago. Sadly, 9K earthlings continue to die each day from the China Virus. India and Bangladesh have likely placed their tops in daily new cases. Indonesia reports nearly 12K cases yesterday as the new omicron wave travels ever higher. Europe, and western Asia remain a mess with cases remaining elevated at or near record levels but as mentioned above, nations are relaxing covid measures since the omicron strain is not as deadly. Russia is a covid disaster zone reporting a humungous 113K daily new cases exploding well over 100K per day. Are these sick Ruskies going to go to war with Ukraine? Russia's active cases chart is the highest ever verifying that Russian hospitals are the busiest of the entire pandemic. Are the hospitals prepared to handle wounded soldiers from a conflict? Probably not. News reports say Russia children are getting hit the hardest and schools have gone to remote learning. Only about one-half of the Ruskies are vaccinated and this is after Covid Vlad boasted of the first vaccine in 2020, Sputnik V, that turned out to be junk. Russians are not vaccinated because they do not trust what Putin wants to inject into their bodies. Would you? Comically the 'V' in Sputnik V is supposed to stand for victory but from day one everyone calls the garbage vaccine Sputnik Five. Israel's daily new cases peak on 1/23/22 so today's number is key because it can be compared to the peak number last Sunday. As long as the number is below 83K cases, the top is in for Israel. Israel's active cases peak on 1/26/22 only 3 days after the daily cases peaked so Israel appears in good shape after getting hit as hard, or harder, than other nations by the omicron wave. The majority of Israeli's have 3 shots of mRNA serum flowing through their veins and yet one-half of the population has been infected with omicron. A lot of good it did them. The mantra that vaccines prevent serious illness is not holding up since over 1K Israeli's are hospitalized in intensive care the most ever. Israeli is now lining-up citizens for the fourth vaccine dose. Good luck to them. Brazil remains a covid mess. Generally, things look good for the United States and the world going forward. Russia and Brazil are the world's global hotspots that are struggling mightily to contain the covid monster.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 1/30/22, at 4:30 AM EST: Dr Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner and a Pfizer board member, says a two-dose vaccine may be available for children 4 years old and younger by March. Oh my. It is interesting to see the different approaches to vaccines around the world. The United States remains on the vaccine only path and wants the mRNA serum in everyone's arms, young and old, no matter what, come Hell or highwater, while countries such as Sweden do not plan to inoculate the children at all since COVID-19 is not a significant threat for them. Go figure. Who's science is better? Who's science are you following? At least you have two choices.

Note Added Sunday Afternoon, 1/30/22: The Spotify saga continues with the platform adding a content advisory for podcasts that discuss COVID-19. The latest people trying to gain publicity from the Spotify drama includes guitarist Nils Lofgren, that most folks will not know, that pulls content in protest against the Joe Rogan podcast. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, trying to make themselves relevant after shunning the royal family, moan about the Rogan podcast. Joe Rogan releases a backyard video where he pledges to try and balance controversial guests with others of differing views. He wants to explore all viewpoints and "show all kinds of opinions." Spotify likely asked him to make a statement so the babies will calm down. Also, Rogan may have his contract connected to the Spotify stock price. SPOT stock dumped -12% last week on the controversy, and was already down big, so everyone is making nice because they all want to preserve the money-making platform. Humans are greedy animals; money is their sustenance. The covid misinformation drama rises from the failed vaccine only strategy employed by President Biden. He blew it. The Whitehouse and CDC are mad that everyone did not take the jabs, even madder that double-vaccinated folks are shunning the booster shots, so they are peddling the misinformation narratives to serve as both an excuse for the failed policy and a strongarm to force people to take the MRNA shots. Such is the corrupt crony capitalism system in America falling apart in real-time. It is fascinating to watch.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 2:00 AM EST: The COVID-19 infections continue increasing in China including inside the Beijing Olympics bubble. The Games begin Friday. Athletes on the American bobsled team are testing positive creating an uncertain future. Over 200 athletes and their coaches and staff have tested positive for coronavirus inside the Olympics bubble of about 8,000 people (about 3,000 athletes and 5,000 of their support staff). Beijing imposes additional lockdowns on neighborhoods around the Olympics as the city reports the most infections in 18 months. This Olympics feels a lot like Tokyo's Games where coronavirus has a front seat to the events. Participating in the Beijing Olympics is like volunteering to serve a month in prison. China is not permitting the general public to attend the games and is discouraging traveling during the Lunar New Year holiday. The CCP is accusing the United States of hurting the Olympics with negative rhetoric. Screw the murderous CCP gang. Hey *ssholes, you have COVID-19 infections running amuck with 3% of the people inside the Olympics bubble infected with China Flu and the Games do not start for another 4 days. China is already looking for excuses if the Olympics devolves into a debacle. The world is watching.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 2:30 AM EST: India's daily cases have peaked and the active cases have rolled over and are heading lower so they have the virus on the run. Bangladesh may have peaked with daily cases but its active cases chart has not rolled over as yet. India is at 495K deaths a grim milestone heading for a half a million dead bodies. Brazil's peak in cases on Friday at over a quarter of a million new infections is holding so far but the next week will have to play out to see if conditions improve. European nations such as Austria and Denmark continue lifting restrictions despite infections remaining elevated. Germany is not relaxing the covid measures. Denmark is not concerned because the illness is not as serious. Denmark says the key to handling coronavirus is to protect the vulnerable groups. Smart people, such as those signed on to the Great Barrington Declaration, have preached this from the beginning of the pandemic and one by one, the nations realize this truth as time moves along. Perhaps Sleepy Joe Biden will learn to focus on the elderly and most vulnerable in handling the pandemic rather than pushing shots on healthy people and kids that are at nil risk from COVID-19. After humans exhaust all the wrong decisions, they finally choose the correct path. In France, 77% of the population is vaccinated and the daily cases peaked on 1/25/22, last Tuesday. It is best to wait for Tuesday's case data for a week on week comparison to the peak to see if it holds. Russia reports 121K daily new cases another record as the numbers skyrocket. Turkey reports 95K daily new cases the most ever but it is relaxing covid measures. Italy's active cases curve rolls over to the downside so the hospitals in the boot-shaped nation should see significant improvements in conditions and caseloads dropping this week. Portugal may have peaked with daily cases last Thursday. Indonesia cases are over 12K another high for the current omicron wave but the good news is that their well vaccinated population is faring better than other countries. The jury remains out, however, for Indonesia. If a huge spike in cases appears in Indonesia, it will occur this week. Malaysia needs to remain vigilant. The BA2 Omicron Subvariant, or stealth omicron, or sister omicron, is identified in 49 countries including the United States. The new bug is more contagious but experts in Denmark and the UK say prior infections and vaccinations will likely provide protection. A new Israeli study shows that vaccinations reduce the impact of long-covid on patients, however, wouldn't you say that if your government is now shooting the fourth shot of mRNA into the people's arms?

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 3:00 AM EST: Japan reports over 82K daily new cases the most ever. Interestingly, an official double-blind Phase III clinical trial on ivermectin proves that it is effective against the Omicron variant. Do not hold your breath for the vaccine-only Biden and CDC to herald the study. Ivermectin is extremely valuable in prevention and treatment of COVID-19 including omicron. Americans need educated on these findings. It is science but Biden, Fauci, and the CDC only want to tell people 'their science'. The pro-vaccine zealots attack the study and all other ivermectin trials around the world that are showing the drugs effectiveness against China Flu because it does not fit the vaccine only agenda. Why hasn't the United States performed a study on ivermectin? 10 studies on ivermectin could have been completed by now. Probably because they know ivermectin helps and did not want to steer anyone away from taking the vaccine? Also, vaccines cannot be emergency approved if other treatments exist, therefore, the US says other treatments do not exist. Japan has not yet approved ivermectin for widescale use by the public but that is likely considering the successful studies. The United States should perform an ivermectin study; they would have no problem finding 100's of thousands of Americans willing to take it which would be a large sampling and put the issue to rest once and for all. Which horse are you betting on? That ivermectin has efficacy in the pretreatment and early treatment of China Flu, or, that it is completely useless and tens of millions of people around the world are mistaken, and they must have felt a placebo effect, or they simply got better on their own? 

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 3:30 AM EST: The US EXCEEDS 907K DEATHS A GRIM MILESTONE. The US reports only 97K daily new cases for Sunday orders of magnitude below the peak at 896K on 1/7/22, but it is a Sunday number. 2.2K Americans die per day on average from the Wuhan Virus with the trend down for 2 days. Nearly 300 Californians die from China Flu on Friday the most since March nearly a year ago. Ohio, that had a difficult time beating back the omicron wave, finally succeeds with daily cases way down and Ohio's active cases curve rolls over dropping fast. Ohio will notice hospital conditions improving dramatically this week. Kentucky continues struggling so the medical teams that helped out in Ohio would be greatly welcomed in Kentucky. A few medical teams would be helpful in Tennessee, also. Montana cases remain elevated. Washington and Oregon continue struggling but their daily cases should subside in the days ahead. New Mexico is struggling probably due to the placement and handling of migrants entering the southern border. Mexico's infections peak on 1/20/22 so the impact of the infections spreading north into the southern border states is subsiding. Mexico slips into economic recession on today's data. The situations in California, Arizona and Texas appear stable right now and are not worsening. America is on the mend. Hopefully, the BA2 subvariant will not pose an additional risk; it has not so far.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 7:00 AM EST: The Freedom Convoy is blocking the streets of Ottawa, Canada. The truckers and others supporting the movement are protesting the pandemic mandates. PM Trudeau, that is now in hiding, has his hands full for treating Canadians like dogs in cages over the last couple years. It is payback time. Police say several statues were vandalized. Fear not, the red-breasted Mounties will get to the bottom of the desecration. A couple of city vehicles are also damaged and city workers are harassed. Humorously, Canadians are probably polite as they harass each other. 90% of the truckers are vaccinated in Canada. King Trudeau needs to rise from his porcelain throne and announce an end to the draconian covid rules. The truckers say they are prepared to stay on the streets of Ottawa for as long as it takes. Normally calm and peaceful Canada has a real drama on its hands. People can only take so much dictatorial rule and then they rise up. A picture of a protester with a Nazi flag is plastered on the internet obviously to sway public opinion against the truckers. The guy with the Nazi flag is in a tiny group, a handful of people, and there isn't any large crowd around anywhere. No one wants this garbage around including the truckers but the Canadian government, orchestrated by King Trudeau from his undisclosed bedroom, want to paint the truckers as right wing radicals. That small Nazi flag group was likely nowhere near the trucker's convoy. This is the sick world on full display daily. Enjoy. This just came across the wires. Prime Minister Trudeau tests positive for covid another breakthrough case of a triple-vaccinated guy, boosted and all that rot, and sick with covid. How convenient for King Trudeau since he can continue hiding behind his wife's dresses in the walk-in closet. Trudeau opines that the behavior of protesters is abhorrent but the government is making up narratives about right wing radicals. The trucker's convoy story gets crazier. American truckers say they want to support their brothers and sisters in Canada. Some American big rigs are driving north to Ottawa. Another convoy will travel from California to Washington, DC. People are rising up because they are sick of being prisoners in their own homes due to covid restrictions. Trudeau says Canada will impose fines against truckers that are traveling to Ottawa for the protests. What happened to Canada? It is under King Trudeau's  dictatorial rule.

Note Added Monday Morning, 1/31/22, at 11:00 AM EST: The UK releases a report on the Partygate scandal where PM Boris Johnson is accused of partying at a dozen different events, at his residence at Number 10 Downing, while he imposed lockdowns on the population. It is a classic tale of 'do as II say not as I do'. Johnson controls the report and says it will not be immediately released to the public. Folks that have read the report say it is a scathing review of the behavior of Boris and his partying gang. Alcohol should not be consumed while performing work for the country. The report says the parties cannot be justified while lockdowns were in play. Party-boy Boris borrows a page out of Bill "Slick Willie" Clinton's playbook, but instead of saying, "I feel your pain," Jolly Johnson says, "I'm sorry. I get it, and I will fix it. I know what the issue is. We can be trusted." Much of the parliament boos and jeers. Boris hopes empathy will boost his chances of surviving the scandal. Despite the report, Johnson wants to carry on. The police are investigating the parties and reviewing 300 photos. They may not be in as lenient a mood especially after seeing the pics of Boris dancing on top of the conference table wearing nothing but a lampshade on his head. It will be interesting to see if he survives. Boris is pleading for one more chance but will the Brit's forgive him for his partying indiscretions?

Note Added Monday Afternoon, 1/31/22: Hello? Test kits? Where are you? Day 20 has passed for deliveries and the test kits remain in the netherworld. Where art thou test kits? Maybe 21 days will be the winner. Snow White sings, "Some day, my test kits will come." San Francisco is lifting mask mandates for restaurants, offices and gyms for fully vaccinated folks whatever that is these days. It is funny how across all the US states, it does not matter if there is a mask rule, no masks, five masks, or vaccine mandates, or no mandates, every state shows the same omicron wave, the ice pick formation, the skinny inverted V pattern for daily new cases exploding higher then coming down the other side just as fast. Viruses are going to do what viruses do; it is plain to see. Whitehouse spokesperson Psaki proclaims, "We are seeing record hospitalizations." Nope, you are not. Isn't it great how the people that purport to be the purveyors of all things truthful are dishing out misinformation from the Whitehouse podium? As per the CDC COVID Data Tracker, US hospitalizations are dropping fast at 126K and this data is 3 days old. Hospitalizations peaked at 147K on 1/20/22 a week and a half ago. Psaki is supposed to be providing up to date information and her hospitalization claim is 11 days old! She likely knows she is lying but the Biden administration will do anything to shove a vaccine down your throat. The US hospitalizations touted by Psaki is blatant misinformation and sloppy work. It paints a worse picture perhaps to encourage vaccinations? If America is working together, this type of dribble is ignored in the interest of everyone rowing in the same direction. This political pandemic, however, remains a chaotic and confusing mess, for over 2 years running, with the democrat and republican tribes rowing in different directions, and in the process drowning common Americans. The Whitehouse, CDC, Psaki, and others mouth-off daily about misinformation but perhaps they should look in the mirror before moving their lips. It takes a lot of chutzpah to be wrong so often for 2 years (people in both the Trump and Biden administrations) but then, with a straight face, proclaim that you will be the sole guiding light on righteous coronavirus information. It is laughable. Humorously, Keystone would beat everyone in a COVID-19 pandemic information and trivia contest; that is why it is so easy to spot the misinformation. It will be nice when the pandemic does subside and end so the chronology can be put to rest as well but that is not on tap just yet.

Note Added Monday Evening, 1/31/22: US health officials officially approve the Moderna vaccine. Pfizer's vaccine was fully approved last August but it took longer for Moderna to get their data into the FDA. A Manmouth University poll reports that 70% of Americans say it's  time to accept COVID-19 and get on with life. 89% of republicans say get on with life, 71% of independents and only 47% of democrats say get on with life. This poll says that over half the democrats are hiding under their beds right now. Canada's tyrant King Trudeau must be going mad in his undisclosed castle as he releases propaganda stating that the trucker's convoy is stealing food from the homeless. It is ludicrous. In fact, the truckers are very well-prepared and organized and are helping the homeless in Ottawa. The truckers await Trudeau's decision about meeting their demands to end mandates and other covid measures. Trudeau is going to have to put on his big-boy pants, talk to the truckers face to face and ditch the mandates. California Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti, that shove mask and vaccine mandates down everyone's throat, are photographed at the NFL football game last weekend chumming it up maskless spitting on the covid rules they force on others. Americans are sick of this garbage. Politicians view themselves as royalty decreeing rules upon the population that they do not plan to follow; edicts for thee, but not for me. The Canadians are rising up and Americans are following the Canucks lead. It is time to ditch all the mandate garbage. After over 2 years of the pandemic, people are mad as Hell and not going to take it anymore.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 2/1/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The world's daily cases continue lower but the deaths continue higher at 9.4K earthlings per day. Russia is the COVID-19 Hell hole on earth reporting over 124K daily new cases another big spike higher the most ever. Russia's active cases explode higher to 1.3 million people; 1 in every 100 Ruskies are under doctor's care for COVID-19. The Russian people are likely not in a mood to invade Ukraine. Turkey is a mess with over 90K cases per day for 4 days running the most ever. Where's dirtbag Dictator Erdogan hiding? Turkey was a beautiful place in the 1970's and 1980's, beautiful women on beautiful beaches (the times were very risque back then, becoming Westernized, with pretty ladies in colorful skimpy swimwear; such a different place compared to now) and Erdogan was a good guy when he first came on the scene, but over the last 2 decades, Turkey goes downhill and Erdogan devolves into a ruthless dirtbag dictator. Japan reports over 85K daily new cases with officials screaming Banzai! while downing shots of sake. South Korea is a disaster zone reporting record cases the last 2 days. There is a story in South Korea that no one is reporting. Perhaps the huge number of Americans stationed in South Korea with the military are sick? Something is going on in South Korea and whatever it is, it may have traveled to Japan. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden remain a mess, likely due to the new BA2 Omicron Subvariant, that is maintaining elevated daily cases. All 6 nations, however, with a little bit of luck, may have topped already over the last day or three, or, are topping-out in real-time right now. South America is improving so the world's case counts would be expected to trail lower and the globe will start to feel better about the pandemic in general in the days and weeks ahead.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 2/1/22, at 9:00 AM EST: Pfizer submits data and asks the FDA to authorize its  vaccine for kids from 6 months to 5 years old. The Pfizer news is sloppy like prior approval processes. There is confusion as to whether Pfizer provided the data. There was prior talk that 2 vaccines did not provide enough immunity for the young children so the 3-shot trial remains underway but they want the 2 shots approved. What is going on? Pundits cannot answer because no one has seen the data. According to KFF data, only about 30% of American parents plan to have their youngster vaccinated. 29% will wait and see. 12% will only vaccinate their young child if required. 26% say they will definitely not vaccinate their child. 

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 2/1/22, at 10:00 AM EST: 24 new COVID-19 cases are identified in the Beijing Olympics bubble. Hopefully, the communists can keep the infections to about 3% in the bubble so the athletes can have a safe and competitive Games. Athletes are unhappy because they may test positive but feel 100% fine and ready to compete. They want to compete but the Chinese prison has different rules in  place. Since they control the testing, Maybe the CCP will say that athletes test positive before events where a Chinese contender is near the top. If you say the competition is sick with covid and cannot compete, China can walk away with a lot of medals. Look at Nadal that wins the men's tennis tournament because Australia kicked Djokovic out of the country. If people want this stupid rigged stuff, give them what they want; shove it down their throats until they gag on it. The Games are not a normal Olympics by any stretch. It may come down to whoever does not contract covid in the infected bubble, wins.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 2/1/22, at 11:00 AM EST: The US CROSSES THE 910K DEATHS GRIM MILESTONE. They're dropping like flies. The CDC reports 881K deaths. Johns-Hopkins reports 887K Americans dead. The IHME reports 874K deaths. The US reports 274K daily new cases for Monday so the downside of wave 6 continues. Tennessee, Kentucky, Arizona, Montana and a few others still have work to do but America is heading in the right direction and notable improvements should continue going forward. February is shaping up to be a heck of a lot better month than January. Punxsutawney Phil, the world famous groundhog (woodchuck), will come out of his hole tomorrow (2/2/22) at Gobbler's Knob in southwestern Pennsylvania, Keystone's back yard, and forecast if 6 more weeks of winter is ahead, or not, depending on if Phil sees his shadow, or does not see his shadow, respectively (an early spring will occur if Punxsy Phill does not see his shadow). It is great fun for the hardy folks in rural Pennsylvania. There are lots of imitators but there is only one original Punxsutawney Phil. Too bad Phil cannot predict the pandemic.

Note Added Tuesday Afternoon, 2/1/22: Test kits? Nope. Keystone ordered the covid test kits 21 days ago and they are nowhere in sight. The mailbox is empty. Maybe the covid tests  will arrive tomorrow on Day 22 on 2/2/22? Keystone will look like Rip van Winkle by the time the tests arrive.