Saturday, August 20, 2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Chronology Article 86 Published 8/20/22; WORLD EXCEEDS 600 MILLION COVID-19 INFECTIONS (CASES) A HORRIFIC MILESTONE; Global COVID-19 Hotspots Include Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Russia and US; Nearly 50% of New COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Are in Japan and South Korea; Japan Reports the Most Cases and Deadliest Day of the Pandemic; America is on the Mend with Wave 7 Slowly Diminishing; US Reports Over 95 Million Total COVID-19 Infections and 1.066 Million Deaths; First Lady Jill Biden Ends Isolation with 2 Negative Covid Tests; Dr Fauci Resigns Effective December 2022 After the November Mid-Term Elections and Just Before the Republicans Likely Take Control of the US House in January 2023; First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for Covid Again with Paxlovid Rebound; UK Politician Sunak Admits to the Mistake of Empowering Scientists During the Pandemic; Dr Fauci is Deified by Democrats but Trashed by Republicans After Announcing Resignation; Free Covid Tests Program Will End 9/2/22 Due to Lack of Congressional Funding; US Vaccination Rate at 142K Shots Per Day the Lowest Since the Program Started December 2020












 

By K E Stone (Keystone)

Over 600 million people on earth, with a population of 7.67 billion, have been infected with China Virus. One-sixth of the world’s COVID-19 cases to date occurred in the United States (over 95 million infections).

7.8%, or 1 in 13 earthlings, have been stricken with COVID-19 (600/7670 = 0.078 = 7.8%; hit the 1/x button on your calculator for the 13). Communist China, ran by the CCP, owes reparations to the entire world for the once in a century pandemic that likely started when coronavirus escaped the Wuhan Laboratories.

The world’s total COVID-19 infections chart is shown above. It is a cumulative chart showing the increase in China Virus cases over the last 2-1/2 years and the tragic 600 million milestone; maybe millstone would be a better word. Note the sharp uptick at the start of this year as the BA1 Omicron Variant (B11529 Botswana/South Africa Variant dubbed omicron by the WHO’s jackass Greek naming system; Keystone showed via charts that B11529 (BA1) actually started in Zimbabwe) smacked the world silly.

Nearly 6.5 million earthlings have died from China Virus. 0.08% of the world’s population, or 1 in every 1,180 people on the planet, have croaked from COVID-19 over the last 2-1/2 years (6.5/7670 = 0.0008 = 0.08%). If you gathered the entire world’s population into little groups of one thousand people, one person would be plucked from each group to die from COVID-19.

Although the news above is sad and grim, there are brighter skies ahead. The world and the United States are both in a multi-week downtrend with daily new and active cases but deaths remain stubbornly elevated moving sideways. Japan, South Korea and the United States are accounting for 60%, or 2 in every 5 cases, on the planet so the world numbers will improve quickly as these waves diminish.

The world’s daily new cases chart is shown above. The 7-day MA is at 727K cases per day moving lower for nearly 4 weeks. There is obviously a lot more work ahead. There can be no joy until the 7-day moving average drops below the lows from May and June at 500K to 560K cases per day. Confetti will be thrown when the world’s 7-day MA for daily new cases falls below 500K infections per day since it represents a technical breakdown of the chart and lots more downside would be expected.

The world’s daily deaths chart is shown above. The 7-day MA staggers sideways at 2.1K deaths per day a terrible number since the pandemic is over 2-1/2 years along. That is a lot of people that continue dying. The morgue employees are working overtime in Japan carting the dead bodies out of nursing homes. Humans are capable of doing better.

The world’s death rate is the lowest since the start of the pandemic, a good thing, but the deaths have increased for 3 months running. The global death rate could be cut in half if Japan and the United States can get their act together. There are too many folks dying from covid in these two Western nations. It is a scar of incompetence on their medical systems and pandemic leadership mainly the latter.

Japan’s daily new cases chart is shown above. It is an ugly chart but the direction forward is positive with the 7-day MA dropping to 190K cases per day. Japan peaks at over 253K cases on 8/5/22 now 2 weeks in the rearview mirror. One-quarter of the new COVID-19 cases in the world are occurring in Japan. The active cases chart has also rolled over heading lower forming the coveted bell shape to prove that the virus is being defeated so better days are ahead for Japan.

Japan’s daily deaths chart is shown above and the news is not good. Japan reports the deadliest day of the pandemic on Thursday, 8/18/22, at 300 dead covid bodies. That is sad. The BA5 bug is culling the elderly Japanese population in nursing homes and senior centers. Japan could do far better.

The island nation is facing an aging demographic crisis with the population becoming too old and the country does not want to open its borders to foreigners (likely fearing that the population will become ethnically mixed which is a horrible view to have on life and humanity). Japanese women are starting to work (since there are not enough employees available to service the aging population) which is a cultural shock.

Do you think the leaders in Japan care that Uncle Asahi, Grandmother Ichika and Great Uncle Haruto are in body bags getting carted off to the morgue? Probably not. It helps Japan’s aging demographic problem. Sonny and Girly, the world is not a pretty place.

South Korea’s daily new cases chart is shown above. South Korea reports 2 consecutive days of 180K cases per day the most since April. The 7-day MA is at 127K cases per day moving higher. About 15% of the planet’s daily COVID-19 cases are in South Korea.

Russia’s daily new cases chart is shown above. Russia reports 36K cases for Thursday the most for the current infection wave and not seen since March. The 7-day MA is over 30K cases per day heading higher. Dirtbag Dictator Putin should take a break from his Ukraine War and instead handle the new COVID-19 infection wave. Ruskie deaths from covid ramp higher at over 60 souls per day.

Hong Kong’s daily new cases chart is shown above. The CCP took complete control over Hong Kong during the pandemic so it is just another dirtbag communist city now. Hong Kong reports over 6K cases the most since March. The 7-day MA is at 5.5K infections per day heading higher.

Hong Kong and greater China, the mainland, remain in bad shape. The Hainan Island tourist destination remains a mess with tens of thousands of people in lockdown. Dirtbag Dictator Xi continues the failed zero-covid strategy in China because to change direction is to fail and failure displays weakness. A dictator can never show weakness because he will lose power. Mainland China’s charts are rarely shown in the chronology because the data is manipulated by the communists (CCP).

The US daily new cases chart is shown above. The US reports 85K cases for Thursday, 8/18/22, and the 7-day MA is also at 85K cases per day heading lower. The flat-top double-hump wave 7 is different than the other 6 waves that displayed the inverted V pattern. The different omicron subvariants keep wreaking havoc including BA2, BA275, BA4, BA4.6 and BA5 that extend wave 7 in the sideways profile. BA2 and BA5 are the two main culprits creating the two humps waves 7a and 7b.

The 7-day MA for US daily cases is trending lower for nearly a month forecasting better times ahead. The 7-day MA is at lows not seen since May. The downward path in daily cases, however, is painfully slow worse than watching paint dry or waiting for a pot to boil. Perhaps the downside pace will pick up in the week ahead. Is BA5 the last hurrah for the pandemic phase?

The US active cases chart is shown above. The US reports 3.7 million active cases below the 4.1 million peak from 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 weeks ago. This is great news since the coveted bell shape is starting to form but the active cases had dipped to a 3.6 handle a couple days ago. There needs to be more downside progress, which there will be, before the bell of happiness can ring in the official end to wave 7.

The US daily new deaths chart is shown above. The US continues muddling along sideways at 350 COVID-19 deaths per day. The chart is a glaring display of President Biden’s incompetence at handling the pandemic. 400 Americans continue dying from China Virus each day obviously not receiving life-saving treatments such as Paxlovid like the wealthy class.

Such is America that could not have had two worse managers during a once in a century pandemic; King Donnie Trump, the orange-headed bloviating carnival clown, and Sleepy Joe Biden, the mumbling and bumbling confused Alzheimer’s patient.

US wave 7 is on its way out but the path out the door is very slow. Like Uncle Roy that keeps telling stories as he slowly walks to the door and is still talking when the door is shut and locked. It is hard to get rid of Roy and equally difficult to get rid of BA5. Conditions in the US should continue improving and hopefully the death rate will finally venture lower.

The USA has the greatest number of total coronavirus cases in the world at 95.3 million. India is next with 44.3 million total virus cases. France, Brazil, Germany, UK, South Korea, Italy, Russia, Japan, Turkey, Spain, Vietnam, Australia, Argentina, Netherlands, Iran and Mexico round out the top 18 worst nations for total COVID-19 cases. South Korea leapfrogs Italy and Japan leapfrogs Turkey.

COVID-19 has infected 600 million people worldwide. China (the CCP) owes reparations to the world for its sick heinous crime against humanity. 6.47 million people on Earth are dead from the China Flu a grim statistic. 574 million global citizens have recovered from the virus.

96% (574/600) of the people that become infected with COVID-19 recover in a reasonable time frame. This number was 96% for many weeks, but then slipped to 95% for a few weeks, now back to 96% so the BA5 bug is nasty but perhaps dying off.

Worldwide, 1.1% (6.47/600) of the people that are infected with covid die; 1 in 93 (hit the 1/x button on your calculator). This number was 1.2% for over a year so slippage to 1.1% in recent months is great news (less people are dying after they become infected compared to prior waves).

7.8% (600/7670) of the world’s population of 7.67 billion people have been infected with coronavirus; 1 in every 13 people on earth. 0.08% of the world’s population (6.47/7670) died from the pandemic; 1 in every 1,180 people on earth died from China Virus over the last couple years.

In the United States, 95.3 million people have been infected with covid. 1.066 million Americans are dead. 90.6 million Americans have recovered from coronavirus. This equates to 95% (90.6/95.3) of US citizens recovering after becoming infected with COVID-19.

In the US, 1.1% (1.066/95.3) of the people infected with COVID-19 die. 1 in every 89 US citizens that are infected with coronavirus die. Thus, if you are infected with China Virus in the United States, you have about a 1 in 90 chance of dying. 0.3% (1/330) of Americans have died from COVID-19 which is 1 in every 330 Americans over the last 2-1/2 years.

29% (95.3/330) of the American population of 330 million people have been infected with covid; 1 in every 4 Americans (3.5 to be exact so call it 2 in 7). It is likely 60%, or even 80% or more, of the US population has been infected with the omicron and prior bugs and have some level of natural immunity.

The United States has 16% (95.3/600) of the COVID-19 cases in the world. 1 in 6 people that become infected with covid on the planet are Americans. The US vaccination program made an impact month’s ago, but not so much in recent months.

The US accounts for 16.5% (1.066/6.47) of the China Flu deaths in the world. 1 in 6 people that die from COVID-19 around the world are Americans. Over a year ago, it was 1 in 5 so vaccinations helped.

The Keystone Speculator Coronavirus Infection Rate Model, the Keystone Model for short, is a simple model that predicts when the active cases chart 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, New Zealand), 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. As time moves along, nations become better equipped and experienced to fend off outbreaks so the time between the daily new cases peak and active cases peak is shortening.

After 2-1/2 years, Western nations are experienced at handling the virus so the distance between the daily and active cases peaks are decreasing towards the 11-day distance where the authoritarian and communist style nations are at that enforce the strict draconian rules to tamp down infections. Once the majority of the population is either vaccinated or had the virus, the path forward becomes easier.

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 China Virus 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 86 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, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, neurologists, researchers, public officials, news organizations, traders, investors and politicians studying the COVID-19 pandemic both domestically (USA) and internationally.

This eighty-sixth article is published on Saturday, 8/20/22. 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 and through 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 86 Coronavirus Chronology articles are archived on The Keystone Speculator blog. The last couple articles are linked below if you want to remain up to speed with the never-ending COVID-19 saga.

The eighty-fourth article is the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Chronology Article 84 Published 7/30/22; PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPERIENCES PAXLOVID REBOUND TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AGAIN; BA5 Subvariant is Dominant Worldwide; Pesky US Wave 7 Continues for Over 3 Months; US Exceeds 93 Million Total COVID-19 Infections and 1.055 Million Deaths; World Exceeds 581 Million COVID-19 Cases and 6.4 Million Deaths; Worldwide COVID-19 Hot Zones Include Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Russia, Bolivia, Mexico and United States; Japan Reports Highest China Virus Cases Ever; Japan, South Korea and US Account for Nearly One-Half of New Cases Worldwide; South Africa COVID-19 Death Linked to J&J Vaccine; Study in New England Journal of Medicine Says Natural Immunity is Better or at Par with Vaccinations; New BA46 (BA.4.6) Omicron Subvariant Identified in 44 Countries Including United States; PRESIDENT BIDEN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 FOR 7 STRAIGHT DAYS DURING PAXLOVID REBOUND AND NEGATIVE ON 8TH DAY

The eighty-fifth article is the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Chronology Article 85 Published 8/9/22; US Wave 7 Petering Out--Finally; US Reports 94 Million Total COVID-19 Infections and 1.059 Million Deaths; World Reports 590 Million COVID-19 Cases and 6.44 Million Deaths; Global COVID-19 Hotspots Include Japan, South Korea, US, Russia, Eastern Europe and Western Asia; 50% of the World’s New COVID-19 Cases are in Japan, South Korea and United States; Denmark No Longer Vaccinating Children Under 18 Years Old; China Identifies New Virus Infecting 3 Dozen People Dubbed Langya Henipavirus (LayV); CDC DECREES ‘COVID-19 IS LESS OF A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF INFECTIONS AND VACCINES (HERD IMMUNITY)’; Social Media Not Amused that Fauci Jokes that ‘I Created the Virus’; Quadruple Vaccinated US Defense Secretary Austin Tests Positive for COVID-19 for 2nd Time; UK Approves Moderna’s new mRNA Vaccine that Partially Targets Omicron Subvariants; Quadruple Vaccinated First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19; Quadruple Vaccinated Pfizer CEO Bourla Tests Positive for COVID-19;  CDC Announces Reorganization Acknowledging Pandemic Failures; Japan Reports Deadliest Day of the Pandemic; USA EXCEEDS 95 MILLION TOTAL COVID-19 CASES

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.

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 for that infection wave.

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 since they are still experiencing highs and peaks in their daily new cases. On the positive side, the time between the daily new cases peak and the active cases peak will likely shorten due to the nature of the omicron subvariants and the herd immunity at play.

The United States wave 7 is improving peaking almost a month ago. US wave 7 is diminishing and the active cases are dropping to form the coveted bell shape. The news is good for the US and worldwide.

Indonesia (Fifth Wave)
7/27/22 New Case Peak Date
8/7/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is flattening and should drop in the days ahead)
 
United States (Seventh Wave)
7/29/22 New Case Peak Date
8/26/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 28 days) (curve is dropping but give it a few more days)
 
Hungary (Sixth Wave)
8/3/22 New Case Peak Date
8/14/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is trying to flatten)
 
Philippines (Fifth Wave)
8/6/22 New Case Peak Date
8/17/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is rolling over but give it a few more days)
 
Azerbaijan (Seventh Wave)
8/10/22 New Case Peak Date
8/21/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Serbia (Seventh Wave)
8/10/22 New Case Peak Date
8/21/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is rolling over but give it a few more days)
 
Japan (Ninth Wave)
8/11/22 New Case Peak Date
8/22/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days) (curve is rolling over and heading lower but give it a couple more days)
 
Lithuania (Sixth Wave)
8/17/22 New Case Peak Date
8/28/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Poland (Seventh Wave)
8/17/22 New Case Peak Date
8/28/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Hong Kong (Second Wave)
8/18/22 New Case Peak Date
8/29/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
South Korea (Third Wave)
8/18/22 New Case Peak Date
8/29/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
Russia (Sixth Wave)
8/18/22 New Case Peak Date
8/29/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
 
China is in bad shape with infections and lockdowns continuing but their data cannot be trusted. In addition, a record-breaking heat wave is creating further havoc in the commie nation.

The bad country list above becomes shorter with 10 more nations removed because their active cases curves are moving lower; French Guiana, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Turkey Venezuela, Iran, Slovakia, Nepal and Chile.

The COVID-19 hotspots are the United States, parts of Asia especially Japan and South Korea, some nations in eastern Europe and western Asia, and Russia. The US and Japan will likely be taken off the list in the days ahead. The world is looking good with a few exceptions.

Of the 828K daily new cases on the earth Thursday, 208K cases are in Japan (25%), 178K South Korea (22%), 85K USA (10%), 47K Germany (6%), 36K Russia (4%) and Italy, France and Brazil are each accounting for 3% of the COVID-19 cases each day. Germany France and Italy continue reporting robust case numbers even though they are on the mend.

The numbers can be combined for the desired headlines such as ‘Nearly 60% of World’s COVID-19 Cases are in Japan, South Korea and United States’ or ‘76% (3 of 4) of All New China Virus Cases Are in Only 8 Countries’ or ‘Nearly 70% of New COVID-19 Cases are in Japan, South Korea, United States, Germany and Russia’ or a crowd favorite ‘Nearly 50% of New COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Are in Japan and South Korea’.

The world is saying goodbye to the omicron bugs and likely transitioning from the pandemic phase into the endemic phase. Goodbye To You asPatty sings.

76% of the world’s cases are in only 8 countries so the remaining 24% of daily new cases are in the other 192 nations (there are about 200 countries on earth but the numbers shift as territorial lines are constantly changing with wars). As the waves peter out in the 8 troubled nations, the covid clouds will clear and the global picture will brighten quickly.

The US list below identifies the worst states especially at the bottom of the list. 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 (see US active cases chart above) indicates the virus is being defeated and the caseload on healthcare workers will quickly improve. Healthcare workers are not under duress with wave 7 like prior waves but the caseloads are lingering since April so the smart and pretty nurses, like Nurse Goodbody, deserve a break, and a massage.

US wave 7 is diminishing so good things are expected in the days ahead. Wave 7 is unlike the prior 6 waves in its flat topping profile so it would not be surprising after this lingering near 4-month period for the active cases to roll over within days of the daily new cases rolling over (rather than the 28-day period that other US waves followed) and this is occurring for many states.

August may be the last big month for the COVID-19 pandemic phase both for the US and the world but Keystone said July was that month so take the prediction with a big pinch of salt. The United States is improving and the pace of positivity should increase in the days ahead.

Texas (Seventh Wave)
6/21/22 New Case Peak Date (may be multiple days of data)
7/19/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is rolling over but give it a few more days)
 
Alabama (Seventh Wave)
7/12/22 New Case Peak Date
8/9/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve continues higher)
 
New Hampshire (Seventh Wave (7b))
7/26/22 New Case Peak Date
8/23/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat and rolling over but give it a couple more days)
 
North Dakota (Seventh Wave)
7/26/22 New Case Peak Date
8/23/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over)
 
Pennsylvania (Seventh Wave (7b))
7/27/22 New Case Peak Date
8/24/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is rolling over but give it a couple more days)
 
Kentucky (Seventh Wave) (disastrous flooding increasing covid infections)
7/27/22 New Case Peak Date
8/24/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over)
 
New Jersey (Seventh Wave (7b))
7/28/22 New Case Peak Date
8/25/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over lower)
 
West Virginia (Seventh Wave (7b))
7/28/22 New Case Peak Date
8/25/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over)
 
Virginia (Seventh Wave (7b))
7/29/22 New Case Peak Date
8/26/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is trying to flatten)
 
Delaware (Seventh Wave (7b))
8/1/22 New Case Peak Date
8/29/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat and trying to roll over)
 
Iowa (Seventh Wave)
8/2/22 New Case Peak Date
8/30/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is rolling over but give it a few days)
 
South Dakota (Seventh Wave)
8/3/22 New Case Peak Date
8/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat and trying to roll over)
 
Wisconsin (Seventh Wave (7b))
8/3/22 New Case Peak Date
8/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over)
 
Ohio (Seventh Wave (7b))
8/3/22 New Case Peak Date
8/31/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is rolling over but give it a couple more days)
 
Indiana (Seventh Wave)
8/4/22 New Case Peak Date
9/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date
 
Maryland (Seventh Wave (7b))
8/4/22 New Case Peak Date
9/1/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is flat trying to roll over)
 
Georgia (Seventh Wave)
8/9/22 New Case Peak Date (data stopped then it may be grouped in multiple days)
9/8/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve is trying to flatten and roll over)
 
Michigan (Seventh Wave (7b))
8/17/22 New Case Peak Date
9/14/22 Projected Active Case Peak Date

There are 18 states on the bad list above. 15 of the 18 will likely disappear off the list over the coming days. Nine states were removed from the list over the last 10 days since their active cases charts have rolled over including Nebraska, Idaho, Florida, New Mexico, California, Mississippi, Kansas, Nevada and Oklahoma.

America is on the mend with heavy-hitters such as Florida and California seeing their active cases charts roll over to the downside. Also, the worries about the new school year and COVID-19 are likely overblown. Everything's Coming Up Roses like Ethel sang.

18 states are on the bad list equating to 36% of the states; 1 in 3. Thus, 2 of 3 US states, 32 of them, display active cases charts that have already rolled over to the downside; great news. The virus remains active in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states.

The CDC CommunityTransmission map indicates 34% of the US counties at high risk of infection (orange), 41% at medium risk (yellow) and 25% at low risk (green). The data is a few days old for the map but nonetheless the 34% high risk for counties correlates well to the 36% of states on the bad list above.

The CDC map says 75%, or 1 in 3, US counties are at medium or high risk of COVID-19 infection. Walk around any grocery store or other public place you would not think so. Most Americans are walking around maskless not even paying attention to what the medical talking heads like the CDC, or Lord Fauci, have to say.

It is interesting to see the swath of orange and yellow on the map from the upper Midwest, the Dakota’s, and Michigan, Wisconsin, and then down through the mid-Atlantic states such as Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia, and also into the South with Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. Again, the map jives with the bad list above which is based on daily new cases.

The CDC CommunityTransmission map is based on hospital admissions and the number of beds in use metrics that only eggheads could develop (how can we make things complicated?). Always remember the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid). There is no metric better at forecasting infection wave behavior than daily new cases as the Coronavirus Chronology has shown and explained during all seven US waves over the last couple years. Take it from a technical analyst.

The CDC map is an excellent tool that will be needed for future pandemics but there are two improvements needed; one, the data needs updated faster and the CDC can remedy that, and two, people need to know that the map exists. If the CDC asked 10 people about the community transmission map, nine would likely respond with, “Huh? What map? Who? There’s a map?” Clueless people. A number three can be added and that would be to ditch the bed and admission stuff as the basis for the map and instead go with daily new cases.

The CDC and medical control freaks have a hang-up about daily new cases data saying it does not reflect what is happening due to home testing. So what? The mathematical trend will be the same regardless of the number of tests in the hopper. Remember, with home tests, the number of negative, as well as positive tests, would need to be known and the result will likely be on the same scale as the available data show.

The daily new cases provide the trend which is important in following the progression of the infection wave. The overall number of cases is not what matters. The trend of the available data, large data sets or small, will all likely line out about the same for the same infection wave. The CDC should use daily new cases, or a percentage change in daily cases, for the community transmission map. This would simplify things and enable the data and the map to update faster.

The US hospitaladmissions look great curling over to the downside that started about 1-1/2 weeks ago. The admissions for the folks 70 years and older is coming down nicely but this is not yet reflected in the dead body count. Americans continue dropping like flies from China Virus the current rate is 350 souls per day.

Hospital admissions lead US hospitalizations by 3 or 4 days and it is great to see hospitalizations trending lower at 32K COVID-19 patients. Fantastic. Talking heads on television are still saying that US hospitalizations are at 40K. Don’t these people ever look at charts? A 30-second glance at the chart could save a person’s credibility but folks are lazy these days and figure mediocre work is good enough.

US hospitalizations peaked at about 38K, call it 40K if you want, about 2 weeks ago and are moving lower ever since sinking to 32K patients as of Thursday and probably moving even lower today. Nurse Goodbody may squeeze in a summer vacation after all. Keystone gave her several colorful bikini’s on the stipulation that she must model them so he can help her select the best ones.

The US vaccinationrate sinks to 180K shots per day. Dr’s Fauci, Walensky and Jha are beating the bushes trying to drum-up interest in booster shots. The jabs are only effective for 4 or 5 months so the mantra is repeated that ‘if you have not taken a booster shot this year, get one’. A person with only the initial mRNA jabs is about as well protected as an unvaccinated person.

The booster-booster-booster shot is coming this Fall. The CDC is hyping the new Novavax protein-based vaccine for the folks that want to avoid the new mRNA technology. It is interesting that a conventional vaccine could not be developed in a year’s time, the J&J offering was junk, and if Novavax is successful on a wide scale, which it should be, it would have taken about 2-1/2 years to develop.

The Whitehouse, Uncle Joe Biden and the CDC are pimping the vaccines again so of course another negative news story is provided on ivermectin. HCQ and ivermectin are preventive and early treatment options for COVID-19 but not effective after the disease progresses. An ivermectin study from a few months ago was comical in that people on their China Virus death beds, taking One Last Breath, were given ivermectin. Of course the patients died and the so-called scientists proclaimed that ivermectin was not effective. The world is sick and dishonest nowadays.

The Whitehouse limits its information on First Lady Jill Biden’s ongoing bout with COVID-19. She continues to test positive. A news release says her symptoms are waning but it is ridiculous that starting Monday her symptoms were very mild and mid-week they were very very mild and now they are very very very mild and waning. What bull sh*t. Just tell the people the truth otherwise trust in the medical profession will never be restored. The Whitehouse does not want to dwell on the fact that you get four COVID-19 shots, and you get covid. It’s okay to laugh. It’s funny.

The United States and world are on the road to covid redemption and must stay the course. Confetti cannot be thrown until the world’s cases drop below 500K per day, now over 200k per day higher, so there is work to do.

US daily new and active cases should make more substantive progress lower in the week ahead. US daily new cases are at 85K per day but need to drop near or below 10K per day to declare an overwhelming victory against COVID-19.

The US and world’s COVID-19 death rates should begin falling since daily new cases have been moving lower for a month in the States and 3 weeks for the world. US hospital admissions started lower about 1-1/2 weeks ago about 2 to 2-1/2 weeks after the daily new cases peaked. Everything is falling into place.

Everyone wants to say goodbye, goodnight, farewell, adios, au revoir and auf wiedersehen to the pandemic as only Lawrence Welk and his singers could decades ago. Good riddance coronavirus. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. US wave 7 is slowly diminishing.

Note Added 10:00 PM EST: The FDA approves the new protein-based vaccine from Novavax for emergency use in 12 to 17 year old's. The vaccine has emergency approval for use in adults. CDC Director Walensky will rubber stamp the approval. Why? Denmark has halted vaccinating children for COVID-19. The Biden administration has committed to buying and distributing the Novavax vaccine so they need as many arms as possible. Novavax claims two doses of the vaccine are 90% effective at preventing illness and 100% success at preventing severe illness. Did the success have more to do with COVID-19 not being a serious problem for children unless they have preexisting health problems or suffer from childhood obesity? In addition, it remains an unknown as to how the shots will protect against the new omicron subvariants such as BA5. Like the other vaccines, there is risk of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation) with four cases occurring during the trial study. The Whitehouse and CDC hope that more Americans will step up for the shots since Novavax is a non-mRNA offering but that is likely wishful thinking. People that are not vaccinated are more prone to remain unvaccinated now especially since the pandemic phase is likely transitioning into the endemic phase (like the seasonal flu). Police are called to remove a 4-year old kid from a California grade school because he did not want to wear a mask. America has become a sick, twisted society. Kids should not be wearing masks in schools; read the studies people. Masks are more about political and government control than virus control.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/21/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The 600 million total COVID-19 cases worldwide gets your attention. That is a big round number. The 7-day MA trend line for the world's daily new cases drops to 714K cases per day hopefully with a 6-handle on the way. Global covid deaths remain sideways at 2K dead bodies per day. Oh no. Damn. The Japan nightmare continues with over 261K daily new cases on Friday the most infections of the entire pandemic. Terrible news just as Japan was starting to trend lower with daily cases for a couple weeks. 279 Japanese die yesterday and the 7-day MA is parabolic (vertical) at 250 deaths per day. Japan is in trouble. Is there a new variant at play in Japan? Where's the WHO? Are they investigating? Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID-19 and is recovering at home. Planned overseas trips are cancelled. Japan has a very high vaccination rate, almost everyone is vaccinated, but nil natural immunity. Considering that the current infection wave is the worst of the pandemic in cases and deaths, Japan probably needed more of the latter than the former.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/21/22, at 3:30 AM EST: South Korea's cases continue higher at 127K per day. South Korea crosses the 26K total deaths grim milestone. Russia reports 38K daily new cases with the 7-day MA at 32K cases per day threatening to go parabolic. Where's Putin? He's busy killing Ukrainians. 65 Ruskies die from China Virus yesterday the most in 2 months. The new infection waves in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines are abating perhaps due to the high levels of natural immunity. The waves in these three nations are not a big deal so far and have not gone parabolic. Russia is an interesting test case since the population has a high level of natural immunity (many Ruskies do not trust the government's vaccines) so the new infection wave would be expected to flatten-out without getting too out of hand but instead the daily new cases may go parabolic. In central Africa, the WHO is investigating a potential Ebola case in the DRC (Congo).

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/21/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The United States reports 76K daily new cases for Friday a great number since Friday's are typically the largest data day of the week. The 7-day MA continues lower at 73K cases per day. US active cases drop to 3.63 million another pretty sight that will help build the bell shape on the chart and kick BA5 to the door. America is heading in the right direction to defeat wave 7 but the death rate remains elevated at over 310 dead bodies per day. There needs to be progress on the US death rate this week. President Biden's incompetency at handling the pandemic is on full display as the casket makers dance with glee shipping 400 coffins per day to the funeral homes. Sleepy Joe is on a beach vacation for the last week after lying around for 3 weeks before that sick with bouts of COVID-19. Poor Americans bury their loved ones that died from covid while watching the near 80 year old Biden bicycling along a beach. Such is America, land of the rich and the poor, the have's and the have-not's.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/21/22, at 8:00 AM EST: As the monkeypox disease spreads across the gay male community, the organizers of the LGBTQ parade and pride festival in Charlotte, North Carolina, decide to forge ahead with the event this weekend. Huh? The government is sending extra doses of monkeypox vaccine to the event. Why? Instead, send it to the folks that are serious about stopping the spread of the virus. Always help people that are trying to help themselves but screw those unwilling to help themselves. Society becomes more corrupt and stupid each day. Does anyone think it is helpful encouraging male gays to bump and grind all weekend long at a party event where they will spread monekypox but at the same time provide vaccines? The adult baby society appears unable to make logical decisions. The event should have been cancelled and instead the vaccines promoted. After the jab, the folks should be told to go home and watch television for a couple weeks and refrain from the extracurricular activities. 

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/21/22, at 11:00 AM EST: 71-year old quadruple vaccinated First Lady Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19 a short time ago and also tested negative yesterday. Her isolation ends with the two negative tests and she is heading back to Delaware today. Jill Biden tested positive Monday through Friday that is five consecutive days. She took Paxlovid so now the watch begins for a rebound case and if it shows up it is typically 3 or 4 days after the all-clear so it will be interesting to see if First Lady Jill announces a Paxlovid rebound case with another positive covid test between Wednesday and Friday. Hopefully, she has better luck than her husband.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/22/22, at 3:00 AM EST: It did not take long for the world to now cross 601 million total COVID-19 cases. The world's daily new cases continue making progress the 7-day MA dropping to 709K cases per day. The global death rate dips back below 2K deaths per day to 1.95K per day but will it last? Japan crosses the 37K COVID-19 deaths grim milestone with 283 Japanese biting the dust yesterday. Japan reports 256K daily new cases another huge day the last 2 days are the highest cases of the pandemic. That is 5 American football stadiums of people getting sick with covid every day in Japan. Wow. Every 4 days, 1% of the Japanese population contracts China Virus. Japan's current infection numbers are 10 times worse than the United States when factoring in overall population. Japan is getting beaten senseless by the virus. South Korea reports 84 deaths the most since April. Boom. Russia tags 40K cases yesterday with the 7-day MA at 34K cases per day ascending sharply higher. Hong Kong reports 6.4K cases for each of the last 2 days the most since late March. Hong Kong and China remain under duress. China is also dealing with an epic drought in the middle of the country. China's China Virus cases tag another 3-month high at 2.2K cases so the actual numbers are 4 or 5 times higher since the CCP lies and cannot be trusted. In mid-August of 2022, the global COVID-19 hotspots are Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Russia and the United States.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/22/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The highest cases last week were 108K on Wednesday continuing the one-month move lower for daily new cases. The 7-day MA for US daily new cases is down to 65K cases per day a 6-handle! Perhaps a faster acceleration lower in cases is in our future. The US active cases drop (see chart above) to 3.498 million; a 3.4-handle makes you Happy and will continue forming the coveted bell shape. The 7-day MA for American deaths drops below 300 souls per day. Is it the start of a much-needed move lower in covid deaths or is it a fake-out move and deaths will run towards 4 hundo per day again? Probably the former since daily new cases are trending lower for one month the death rate is expected to drop going forward. No thanks to incompetent Biden spending time tilting at windmills and solar cells instead of preventing Americans from dying from COVID-19. Way to go, Joe. Biden's priorities are misguided. Isn't it more important to save American lives instead of worrying about how many glorified golf carts (EV's) are manufactured?

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/22/22, at 9:00 AM EST: Quadruple vaccinated Rhode Island democrat Governor McKee tests positive for COVID-19. He is provided Paxlovid immediately since he is privileged and will isolate for 5 days. A few NFL (American football) players test positive for coivd and have to isolate for a game or two. Other players recover from covid after a week or so and are back on the field practicing. Blink182's Travis Barker tests positive for COVID-19 which is not good since he had a bad bout with pancreatitis a few weeks ago.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/22/22, at 11:20 AM EST: Huge news.... dit ... dit ... dit....BULLETIN ......  Dr Fauci is stepping down from NIAID and resigning as the Whitehouse chief medical  officer effective in December. It is great news that he resigns but why do we have to wait four more months to be rid of him? Can he move up the end day to maybe next week? Fauci expects the US House to have a republican majority after the mid-term elections on 11/8/22 and since the new likely republican-controlled Congress begins in January 2023, sneaky Fauci wants to creep out the back door in December. He will need to hire a few good lawyers since investigations will likely begin into his pandemic missteps, the origin of coronavirus and his involvement in the nefarious funding of gain of function research projects. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, buddy. America would have been better off without him and his draconian shutdowns. Beat It. Get lost. You should have resigned 20 years ago. Good Riddance.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/22/22, at 11:50 AM EST: Pfizer and BioNTech submit data to the FDA for an updated booster that targets the BA4 and BA5 subvariants. It would be shot number 5 in the covid vaccination series the booster-booster-booster. Keystone joked at the beginning of the vaccination program in early 2021 that in a year or so people would be asking each other if they had the booster-booster or the booster-booster-booster (since confidence was low that the efficacy would hold up and it did not hold up requiring never-ending multiple shots; the covid jabs are only effective for 4 or 5 months) and it is even funnier that it came true. A COVID-19 vaccination that was supposed to be one and done quickly turned into a 2-shot offering and now the vaccinated folks are looking at shot number five in the series and comically you still get sick with covid and pass the virus to others. Pfizer CEO Bourla is recovering from his current bout with COVID-19. The quadruple vaccinated guy in charge of making the COVID-19 vaccine is sick with covid. That's funny.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 8/23/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The COVID-19 outbreaks continue in Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Russia. Hong Kong reports over 6.5K daily new cases the most for the new infection wave well underway. Russia reports 2 consecutive days of 40K new cases. The United States reports 44K cases on Saturday and 33K on Sunday small weekend numbers that continue the downward trend. US active cases are down to 3.49 million a great sight that needs to continue lower to create the bell shape and prove that BA5 is toast. Americans continue dying at 300 souls per day but the death rate may be showing the first signs of abating and a downward trend developing. The 3-day MA for US daily new deaths displays lower lows and lower highs so a downside trend in deaths is in play despite Biden sleeping on the job. Sleepy Joe is still on vacation while 300 Americans are placed in caskets each day. The CDC admits to bungling the pandemic and plans a restructuring. Lord Fauci is sneaking out the back door to try and avoid testifying to Congress for his mistakes and, according to his own emails, his involvement in snuffing-out the narrative that coronavirus escaped from the Wuhan Labs which is the likely origin. Big Pharma works on the fifth vaccine shot, the booster-booster-booster, that will likely continue to allow infection and transmission of China Virus. That is some vaccine. The only reason they call the multiple jabs a COVID-19 vaccine is because the corrupt scientists changed the definition of vaccine. Such is modern day society as the rigged and corrupt crony capitalism system is in its last throes. The chaotic and mismanaged pandemic continues. Keep your fingers crossed for lower daily new cases this week, which should occur, so the final nails can be placed in the BA5 coffin.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 8/23/22, at 4:00 AM EST: Instead of the COVID-19 vaccines, or in addition to the vaccines, the United States needs to pursue nasal sprays with more vigor. The UK and India perform a study on a covid nasal spray, pHOXWELL, that prevents covid infection by 62%. There are a dozen nasal spray offerings in clinical trials around the world currently. The hope with nasal sprays is that they will build mucosal immunity and prevent the person from getting infected with COVID-19 or transmitting the virus to another person (what the vaccines don't do). Nasal sprays may be the ultimate solution in battling COVID-19. Keystone remains unvaccinated throughout the pandemic, going on about life as usual. What's all the fuss about? Triple-vaccinated Nurse Goodbody is mad at Keystone for not getting vaccinated but she does not stay mad for long. One of Keystone's regimens during the pandemic, in addition to taking ivermectin during the infection waves and eating healthy and taking many supplements including turmeric, quercetin, melatonin, vitamins C and D-3, selenium, zinc, K-2 (taken with zinc), and others, is using Zicam and Betadine. Upon returning home from a trip to the grocery store or other gatherings where lots of people are around, Keystone washes the face and hands vigorously. Then, 2 spritzes of Zicam are shot up each nostril. If you get infected with COVID-19, chances are it enters through your nose and naval cavity which is why people wearing masks that do not cover the nose is comical. Mucosal immunity is needed to stop virus infections and nasal sprays may be the key. Keystone then gargles with Betadine antiseptic, this is the stuff the hospitals use, and spits that out (never swallow it). The Zicam covers the nasal cavity and Betadine will kill virus that drips down into the back of the throat. Keystone also uses ACT rinse daily because it contains cetylpyridinium chloride. There are other mouthwashes that also have this ingredient. Of course, you would never follow such a regimen without discussing a plan with your doctors and healthcare providers because everybody's bodies are different and people live different lifestyles. In a year, people will likely be shooting a COVID-19 nasal spray up their schnoz instead of, or in addition to, taking a covid shot in the arm.

Note Added Tuesday Morning, 8/23/22, at 11:00 AM EST: CNN cable news (democrat-run media) rolls out the red carpet for Lord Fauci so he could opine about his career and retirement. Fauci comments on the republicans that are champing at the bit to investigate and hold him accountable for his actions over the last few years. Fauci decrees, "I have nothing to hide and I can defend everything I've done." Republicans are repeating the refrain, "You (Fauci) can run but you can't hide." Fauci is interviewed in a fluff piece with CNN medical correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta that comes across as boot-licking and hero worship. Humorously, does Gupta want Fauci's job? Gupta says it will probably take three or four doctors to fill Fauci's shoes. That is enough to make you puke. Gag me with a spoon as the Valley Girls would say. To get ahead in the rigged crony capitalism system you must do a lot of *ss-kissing. Fauci and Trump are the lockdown twins. They should have instead focused on the elderly in 2020 that were most impacted by COVID-19. The younger age groups should not have been locked down and most businesses and schools should have remained open. The lockdowns damaged the United States. Perhaps the right call in early 2020 would have been to tell all the folks over 50 or 60 years old to stay home. The pandemic will be analyzed a million different ways over the coming years. Fauci opines that one of his greatest accomplishments was starting the push for vaccines in early 2020. Yes, vaccines that are not really vaccines since the inoculated people can still catch COVID-19 and transmit the virus to others. It is a crazy world these days. It is time to leave Fauci Far Behind.

Note Added Tuesday Afternoon, 8/23/22: Some Apple employees are pushing back against returning to work at the office. The babies want to remain at home in their bathrobes instead of commuting to work to interact directly with their colleagues. Such is the adult baby society these days. The Apple workers ae protesting a three days per week return to the office policy. The babies want more flexible schedules. The media personalities continue commenting on Fauci's resignation effective December. Fox News (republican-run media) commentator Dr Marc Siegel says Fauci made a mistake when he said he represents science and his claim to bend the curve in 2 weeks turned into 2 years. Siegel says Fauci never investigated the origin of coronavirus another failure. Siegel says the mask messaging was confusing. On MSNBC (democrat-run media), commentator Alicia Menendez shows a Fauci montage and decrees, "In Fauci We Trust." Where's that gag spoon? Fauci runs to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC for the first interview after the resignation announcement proclaiming she is his favorite interviewer. Fauci's bread is buttered by the democrats. Fox News commentator Jesse Watters bids farewell to Dr Fauci pointing out several of his failures during the pandemic.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 8/24/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The world reports 547K daily new cases for Monday a low number not seen since the current worldwide infection wave started taking off higher in June; good news. Global COVID-19 deaths remain at 1.9K per day but at least the rate is back under 2K souls per day. Japan remains under covid duress with the 7-day MA up to 221K cases per day a new record high for the pandemic. Japan was improving for 2 weeks but is now flushed down the covid rabbit hole again. 272 Japanese are dying every day from China Virus the highest death rate of the pandemic. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, that is in isolation recovering from COVID-19, eases covid travel restrictions to boost the tourism industry. Come to the covid-infected nest of Japan, folks. Japanese hospitals are overrun with patients and staff are complaining that too much of their time is taken up with reporting statistics rather than treating patients. Japanese governors coordinate a response to the government proclaiming that the COVID-19 outbreak situation "is getting worse and there are no signs of a turnaround." But be sure to book your flight to Tokyo today. South Korea's new infection wave continues higher averaging 135K cases per day. Ditto Russia averaging 36K cases per day heading higher. Hong Kong reports 6.6K cases for Monday and the 7-day MA continues higher at 6.4K cases per day the worst numbers for the current wave.

Note Added Wednesday Morning, 8/24/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports only 38K daily new cases for Monday a beautiful sight. The 7-day MA trend line is down to 66K daily new cases per day. America is finally gaining the upper hand against wave 7. US active cases are down to 3.46 million with the chart continuing to form the bell shape forecasting happier times ahead. 272 Americans are dying from covid each day. The shameful parade of dead bodies are carried past Fauci, Trump, Biden, Walensky, and a host of other politicians and medical officials, none of them good at the jobs. The CDC says, as per their data, that only 7 US states are showing a rise in cases (since their data is slow to update it is probably zero states now). We got wave 7, and the blues, on the run. US hospital admissions continue rolling over to the downside for all ages. US hospitalizations continue lower off the late July peak at near 40K COVID-19 patients now down to 33K patients. The positive hospital numbers will start to factor into the CDC Community Transmission map turning more counties green (but the CDC data is always a few days or week or so behind).

Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 8/24/22: First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 now experiencing a Paxlovid rebound case. As predicted, the rebound comes right on schedule 3 to 4 days after the second negative test. Jill Biden tested positive with her first bout of China Virus from Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday were negative tests so she ditched isolation and went home to Delaware. Count 3 days from Sunday; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Bingo. Obviously, Paxlovid rebound is far more common than the 2%, 5% and 20% numbers bandied about. The CDC was saying about 5% of the Paxlovid users experience rebound but then started saying about 10%. Some idiots trying to paint a rosy picture, probably Whitehouse staff, said only 2% of Paxlovid users experience rebound. The 20% number comes from doctors treating patients so it is obviously the most reliable number and it may be too low. Both Biden's are Paxlovid rebound cases. Dr Fauci had a Paxlovid rebound case. Ditto comedian Stephen Colbert. Rebound does not appear rare. Confidence will wane in Paxlovid if the people are not told the truth. They can handle it. Does 30%, 40%, or even one-half of Paxlovid users experience rebound? The same amount of Americans will likely take Paxlovid in the future regardless of the rebound percentage so tell people the truth. Good luck to First Lady Jill that is back in isolation. The president plans on wearing a mask around his wife for 10 days; that sounds romantic.

Note Added Wednesday Evening, 8/24/22: The Biden administration is planning a big vaccine booster shot campaign after Labor Day (9/5/22). What for? Americans know where they stand on vaccines after 2-1/2 years of a pandemic and a glitzy campaign with bold colors, songs by pop starts that want attention, or more web sites to visit, is not going to cut the mustard. Americans have moved on from the pandemic like it or lump it. People do not even wear masks where they should and no one scolds anyone anymore like the initial days of the pandemic. If you want to wear a mask, that's cool, go for it, but if not, that's fine, too. If Biden opens up a bunch of mobile vaccination sites, tell the nurses to get ready to hear a bunch of crickets as they watch tumbleweeds roll by. With wave 7 ending, many Americans may consider vaccines to be passe, like heroin. The medical talking heads say the next generation booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna will protect against a winter surge. The shots will target Americans over 12 years old and have some amount of protection against the omicron subvariants. The line forms over here on the right.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 8/25/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The world is at 604 million total COVID-19 cases with 6.48 million earthlings dead. What carnage. Japan continues averaging a quarter of a million new China Virus infections per day with 277 Japanese  croaking per day. One-third of the new COVID-19 infections around the world are in Japan. That gets your attention. The population did not have any natural immunity and the vaccinations are not effective against the omicron strains. South Korea is up to 129K cases per day with the infection wave worsening. Hong Kong reports 7K daily new cases yesterday with its wave worsening. China remains a mess with millions of people across the country standing outside in the hot baking sun for hours waiting for a covid test as mandated by the filthy CCP. The Chinese folks have no choice but to do what their communist government tells them to do but the natives are getting restless speaking out against the draconian rules; and the Chinese people know that you do not speak against the CCP without receiving punishment. Russia's infection wave continues higher at 37K cases per day.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 8/25/22, at 5:30 AM EST: In the UK, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, that stabbed Boris Johnson in the back now hoping that he can become prime minister, opines about the pandemic proclaiming, "We shouldn't have empowered the scientists in the way we did." Sunak says it was a mistake to give power to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) during the pandemic. He was against closing schools but no one else spoke up. Everyone wants to sound like a hero when they are running for office. Next, he will be promising a chicken in every pot. The Jerusalem Post reports on a Clalit Health Services study of 30K individuals that says Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) reduces deaths by 81% and hospitalizations by 73% in those 65 years old and older. The bad news in the study is that Paxlovid did not provide a measurable benefit for those from 40 to 65 years old. Did these folks simply recover on their own?  If so, it would be good news. The study is based on data. EARLY TREATMENT is the key to overcoming COVID-19. If you test positive, you must immediately seek care, treatments and therapies. Every hour counts. The WHO reports that 99% of the new covid cases worldwide are omicron variants and 74% are BA5.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 8/25/22, at 6:00 AM EST: The US reports 77K daily new cases for Tuesday another great number continuing the positive path forward and the beat-down of wave 7. The US death rate is at 312 Americans per day stubbornly refusing to break that 3 hundo level with initiative. The daily cases are in retreat for a month so the US death rate should begin dropping despite receiving no help from incompetent President Biden that has either been sick with covid or on vacation for the last month.

Note Added Thursday Morning, 8/25/22, at 7:00 AM EST: The US House, with the democrat majority, is investigating the pandemic response and releases a memo trashing former President Trump as would be expected. The committee says Trump officials were pressuring the FDA to quickly approve COVID-19 treatments such as the vaccines, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and ivermectin. Trump did call his push for treatments and vaccines, "Operation Warp Speed." King Donnie no doubt wanted a vaccine before the election and accused Pfizer of holding back but they say no. Pfizer, however, announced the vaccine only days after the November 2020 election. The investigators drum-up the HCQ and ivermectin controversy again. The studies are clear and there is something for everyone as has been explained a few times in the chronology. HCQ and ivermectin are effective pretreatments and early treatments for COVID-19 but less effective after the disease has progressed. That is easy to understand, isn't it? The story remains muddled after 2 years, however, since the democrat tribe calls the drugs snake oil saying they do not work against COVID-19. Wrong. The democrats repeat this narrative to instead promote vaccines. Also, vaccines cannot receive emergency approval if other treatments exist so it is convenient to proclaim that everything except a vaccine is junk science. Are you beginning to understand the way the crony corrupt country operates? The republican tribe is no better because they promote the drugs as miraculous medicines that can cure the deathly ill which is not exactly true either. EARLY TREATMENT is the best way to handle a China Virus infection. The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance has lots of great information on these topics such as HCQ and ivermectin and you can discuss the different protocols with your doctors to see if any are applicable for your treatment. As a side note, Keystone remains unvaccinated throughout the pandemic and has taken ivermectin during the infection waves and it has zero side effects. Humorously, the democrat tribe will keep dissing HCQ and ivermectin proving their ignorance while the republican tribe will promote the drugs as panaceas but in reality they are most effective in pretreatment and early treatment applications. As Rodney King said, "Can't we all just get along?"

Note Added Thursday Morning, 8/25/22, at 8:00 AM EST: The Fauci resignation news was big for a few days but that is now fading into the background as Tony opens up the yellow pages searching for lawyers he can hire. Fauci is going to be around for 4 more months but maybe he can help the country and leave now. Dr Scott Atlas, that worked in the Trump administration, decrees that Fauci leaves a legacy of failure. Atlas proclaims, "The sins against our children are a disgraceful legacy of the policies recommended by Dr Fauci." The other day Fauci said he does not think children will suffer any lasting damage from the decisions made during the pandemic (closing schools, lockdowns, restrictions, masks, vaccinations, etc...). He is delusional. Comically, in a Fox News (republican-run media but he is interviewed by Cavuto who tries to appear only right of center) spot, Fauci says he never advocated for lockdowns or shutting-down anything in 2020. The problem for Fauci is that it is documented on videotape. Fauci and Trump are the lockdown twins; Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber. Florida Governor DeSantis, the likely republican favorite to run for president in 2024 as Donnie's star fades, goes over the top on Dr Fauci firing both barrels. DeSantis stands on a soapbox proclaiming, "I'm just sick of seeing him (Fauci). I know he says he's gonna retire. Someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac!" Wow. That is an intense comment. As they say in these parts in southwestern Pennsylvania, "Those are fightin' words." DeSantis should not have made the childish comment. He should have simply told Fauci to not let the door hit him on the way out. That would have been sufficient.

Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 8/25/22: Unvaccinated top tennis star Novak Djokovic receives the shaft again from the COVID-19 control freaks. The United States requires foreign visitors to be vaccinated so Djokovic will not play in the US Open in New York. Djokovic has a good attitude as he deals with the *ssholes in charge saying, "I'll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. I'm not vaccinated and I'm not planning to get vaccinated." Good on him for standing up for what he believes in with an independent mind. The democrat media, as would be expected, slams Djokovic, blaming him for not wanting to kneel before power and inject things into his body. He will miss the fourth and final event of the tennis Grand Slam and the fans are disappointed because they will not see the best tennis player in the world competing. Bloomberg disses Djokovic calling him "anti-vaccine." That is sloppy reporting but worse, it is dishonest journalism. Sure, there is an anti-vaccine crowd in America but the majority of people choosing to not take the COVID-19 vaccine are not anti-vaccine and if Bloomberg took the time to ask Djokovic he will likely say he is not anti-vaccine as well. Many unvaccinated have done their homework and choose not to be injected with multiple shots of mRNA that will circulate spike proteins in their bodies for months on end that create risk that a cluster will form in small areas such as heart tissue (myocarditis). Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, or at least used to be. Alex Berenson at Substack writes about the pandemic including the book Pandemia, and is banned from many social media sites because he does not tout the government line on vaccines. So much for free speech. Berenson is uncovering information that there may be far more deaths due to the vaccines than is being reported. There are more deaths from all medical ailments and diseases occurring in Europe now compared to the last couple years of the pandemic. Why are people dying? Bloomberg is democrat-run media and they diss the tennis star to promote and support the Biden administration's vaccine only strategy. Why do the jackass political parties and their media whores spread divisiveness? The answer is simple. The people in media pledge allegiance and undying fidelity to one of the two dirtbag political tribes (republicans (conservatives and right-wingers that lean towards authoritarianism and fascism) or democrats (liberals, leftists, left-winger's, progressives, that lean towards socialism, Marxism and communism)) instead of, and ahead of, doing what is best for the United States of America as a whole. It's over. Do you pledge allegiance to one of the dirtbag political parties instead of America?

Note Added Friday Morning, 8/26/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The world is averaging 722K daily new COVID-19 cases per day moving lower but not fast enough. Ditto the global deaths at 2K per day. Japan is at 228K cases per day keeping the world's case rate elevated. Japan's peak days for the current wave are last Friday and Saturday with both days over 250K cases. This sets up a test for today and tomorrow. Japan can right the ship as long as the cases remain below 250K for today and tomorrow, preferably far lower, and this outcome is expected. Damn. 317 Japanese die on Wednesday from China Virus the deadliest day of the pandemic. Is the Japanese government okay with covid culling the elderly population? It is a convenient cure for the aging demographic problem. South Korea is averaging 121K cases per day a slight pullback off the peak numbers the last few days so there is hope that the wave may be peaking. South Korea and Japan keep the world's numbers elevated. Boom. Hong Kong reports 7.9K daily new cases for Wednesday the most for the current wave. 14 Hong Kong folks die from China Flu on Wednesday the most since April. Proving that Hong Kong is now just another dirtbag communist city, the CCP decrees that mass testing begins to get a handle on the new infection wave. The covid testing is not as extensive as the mainland cities as yet but the Hong Kong officials, that are puppets of the CCP like Lam that destroyed the city, say anyone that tests positive will need to go to concentration camps, er isolation facilities. The CCP runs Hong Kong; it is a commie city now like Beijing and Shanghai. Russia reports another day of 40K cases with the 7-day MA trend line up to 38K cases per day. 72 Ruskies die on Wednesday from COVID-19 the most since June. What's with all the elevated death counts around the world including the United States? Obviously, the vaccines are not as effective at preventing deaths with the omicron strains as the official's tout. Duh.

Note Added Friday Morning, 8/26/22, at 6:00 AM EST: The US reports 94K cases for Wednesday an elevated number but the hump day numbers have been robust in recent weeks rivaling the Friday numbers. The trend remains down and the 7-day MA is at 79K cases per day jumpy but heading lower. 319 Americans continue dying every day. President Biden was supposed to handle the pandemic. That was why he was elected but considering the death count that refuses to drop, Sleepy Joe must own stock in casket manufacturers and suppliers of embalming chemicals. Any other president would have done better at handling the pandemic than the two bozo's; carnival clown Donnie and Alzheimer's Joe.

Note Added Friday Morning, 8/26/22, at 7:00 AM EST: Dr Fauci is interviewed on Bloomberg (left-leaning media friendly to the doctor) and says the pandemic has gone on longer than he would have expected. Fauci repeats the mantra, "We've just got to get more people vaccinated and more people boosted." What's this 'we' stuff, Kemosabe? Fauci ends the interview with the perfect phrase that encapsulates his entire career; "But I think we're really on the threshold, of getting covid to the point, where it is at a level, where it is low enough, that we can actually not have it disrupt the social order." Comedian Tyler Fischer captures the Fauci persona perfectly in his viral video with over a half million views.

Note Added Friday Morning, 8/26/22, at 9:00 AM EST: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over patent infringement accusing the two drug companies of stealing intellectual property concerning the mRNA vaccines. Meow. The pandemic phase must be drawing to a close since the people in leadership positions have the knives out stabbing backs and blaming each other for the pandemic missteps. Many books will be written about the COVID-19 pandemic and the people involved will try and rewrite history but the Coronavirus Chronology has it all recorded in real-time ready to expose any future liars.

Note Added Friday Afternoon, 8/26/22: Pfizer CEO Bourla, recovering from COVID-19, is surprised at the Moderna lawsuit. He is offering the 'who me?' defense. The US government recovers $300 billion in fraudulent pandemic loans seizing bank accounts. It is always scary when you hear the government seizing bank accounts. Hopefully, they did their homework and are not screwing people. When you take a loan or accept money from a bank or an individual, or the government, your become subservient to that person or institution. Some Google employees want the vaccine mandate for the offices dropped. Unvaccinated employees are asking Google why the vaccine mandate is in place when the Google offices, that only have vaccinated people physically there, are suffering regular outbreaks of COVID-19 among coworkers. Hey Google management idiots, are you finally realizing that the so-called vaccines do not prevent people from getting China Virus or transmitting it to others? Of course the vaccine mandate garbage should be dropped. There should never have been any vaccine mandates especially for the mRNA multiple shot series that is not a vaccine in the true sense of the word. Do you need a better study on the effectiveness of the vaccines when Google offices are a closed system for vaccinated people only and yet they are infecting each other. It's funny and hopefully, the vaccinated Google employees will recover from covid without lasting effects. The pandemic has made Americans stupid.

Note Added Friday Evening, 8/26/22: The US stock market mini-crashes with the Dow Jones Industrials down over 1,000 points. President Biden's out of control spending and misguided climate change agenda sends inflation skyward so the Federal Reserve is raising rates to try and stop the rise in prices. Unfortunately, raising rates stifles business so folks will be laid off and lose their jobs hurting the economy. The stock market is rattled expecting more shaky times ahead. All that bozo Biden had to do is handle the pandemic and not touch anything else. Instead, Alzheimer Joe did the opposite. It is shameful that after over 2-1/2 years of the pandemic, over 3 hundo Americans continue dying from China Flu each day. Biden is a failure at managing the pandemic just like Trump.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 8/27/22, at 3:00 AM EST: The world exceeds 605 million total COVID-19 cases. The 7-day MA moves lower at a painfully slow pace at 712K cases per day. Japan reports a big 237K cases for Thursday teasing the record high cases the week before above 250K. The Friday cases need to remain below 250K for Japan to show that they are getting a handle on the outbreak. 281 Japanese die per day from covid rivaling America's sick death rate but Japan is only about one-third of the population of the United States. Japan's aging demographic problem is being solved right before your eyes. Keep wheeling those caskets up to the nursing homes, boys, let's cart those burdensome old folks off to the morgue. The news is better in South Korea where the daily new cases may have peaked last week. Oh no. The death numbers for South Korea spike higher with 108 people dying on Thursday. Many of the dead souls are in Seoul. With all the folks dying from covid these days around the world and in the United States, and the global death rate at that sticky 2K bodies per day, do the vaccines actually prevent serious illness and death against the omicron strains? That mantra, repeated by medical folks and politicians ad nauseam, is a vaccine loin cloth starting to look more like gauze.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 8/27/22, at 4:00 AM EST:  Hong Kong reports 8.6K cases for Thursday another record high for the current infection wave. The dirtbag CCP will lower the boom on Hong Kong and likely implement mass covid testing any day forward. Russia tags the 384K total deaths grim milestone. Russia has about 40% of the population of the US and also the same approximate percentage of deaths as the US. Russia has the junk Sputnik V vaccine that many Russians did not even want to take since they do not trust the government. Are the US vaccines as good at preventing death as touted when comparing the numbers with Russia? Probably not against the omicron strains which places enormous pressure on Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech to provide a useful Fall vaccine. The rumor mill says the Fall vaccines may be approved in the US as soon as next week. Americans are not paying attention anymore. They have moved on from the pandemic.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 8/27/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 83K daily new cases for Thursday. The Wednesday number is bumped higher to 102K cases. It is not good that revisions are still in play but all that matters is that the trend remains down. The Friday cases are not yet released. 342 Americans continue dying each day from COVID-19. All that can be said over and over again is that it is a shameful number representing Biden as a failure at managing the pandemic. None of the officials ever mention the death rate. Of course not since it highlights their failure at handling the pandemic. First Lady Jill remains sick with the Paxlovid rebound case; perhaps she will have better news when she tests for covid this morning. Several Illinois politicians test positive for COVID-19 over the last few weeks and go into isolation. The triple and quadruple vaccinated politicians repeat the same mantra about 'getting vaccinated to prevent serious illness or death'. Americans are not listening anymore. The vaccines obviously do not provide much protection against infection or transmission of the omicron strains. 

Note Added Saturday Morning, 8/27/22, at 6:00 AM EST: With the school year quickly approaching or already starting in some communities, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser stupidly decrees that if a child is not vaccinated for COVID-19, they are not allowed to physically attend school and remote learning will not be available either. No soup for you! Say what? Bowser is the Grinch that stole the schoolyear. Of course, parents are livid at the mayor's proclamation and push back on social media. In a related matter, a judge overturns the vaccine mandate for Washington, DC, employees which further angers parents because teachers and other workers do not have to be vaccinated and yet the children are forced to take the shots. COVID-19 is not a serious threat to kids. The low number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States for children under 18 years old occurs in kids suffering from childhood obesity or from other health ailments and diseases. Idiot Bowser buckles under the weight of her dictatorial decree. Washington, DC, decides to delay the enforcement of the asinine "No Shots, No School" vaccine mandate policy. About 1 in 4 DC students do not meet the covid vaccine requirements so obviously Bowser had no choice but to buckle under the pressure. She proved her stupidity by proclaiming such nonsense. Maybe she will discover common sense and simply let kids return to school regardless of vaccination status.

Note Added Saturday Morning, 8/27/22, at 7:00 AM EST: Folks, order your free COVID-19 tests now because the program ends in a few days. On the covid.gov website, where free covid tests can be ordered, a blue box appears with the following message; "Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile of tests." First of all, the copy writer needs another comma after the 2, but it is just another day of viewing American mediocrity. Nitpicking aside, the message blames the lack of Congressional funding for the free test program ending. Everyone that wanted tests has a medicine cabinet full of them right now and the tests may not be working as well with identifying the omicron strains. Multiple tests can provide better information if the initial results are sketchy. Keystone thought there was a line on his covid test but it turned out to be a hair on his glasses. This week, the Whitehouse will be banging the drum for more funding from Congress; you can hear the parade coming. Biden, the Whitehouse staff and the CDC will be opining about the loss of the free covid test program. This stuff is so predictable. Dr Jha will probably be holding out the tin cup this week, also passing the hat around, lamenting the loss of Congressional funding for COVID-19. The democrats want to see further funding provided for covid-related issues but the republicans are not enthusiastic about spending more money on the pandemic. Fortunately, US wave 7 daily new and active cases (not deaths) charts are in retreat and likely opening the gateway from the pandemic phase into the endemic phase (like seasonal flu).

Note Added Saturday Afternoon, 8/27/22: From the medical oddities department, an Italian man tests positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV at the same time. Perhaps he was having sex with other men without wearing a mask. The 36-year old Italian lover boy achieves the trifecta of viruses. Obviously, he is very active in the community.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/28/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The world reports an average of 681K daily new cases per day finally dipping below the 700K level. Japan, South Korea and the US are the biggest contributors to the world's elevated cases but all three are on the road to redemption. Japan is in the worst shape of the three reporting 227K cases for Friday and 237K on Thursday but there is a glimmer of hope. Japan's peak in daily new cases is 262K on Friday, 8/19/22, and the following day, Saturday, 8/20/22, is 256K cases. The daily cases remain elevated but week on week it looks good for a peak for Japan. Even so, Japan faces a few more weeks of duress for the healthcare workers handling the ongoing cases and deaths will likely remain high for a month. 310 Japanese die on Friday from covid the second deadliest day of the pandemic only surpassed by the 317 dead bodies on Wednesday, 8/24/22. South Korea's daily new cases roll over to 109K per day as per the 7-day MA hinting that the top is at hand. The active cases, however, continue higher and sadly, the deaths ramp strongly higher with 75 South Koreans dying per day from China Virus. The good news is the daily cases may be peaking and they lead all other infection wave metrics (active cases, hospital admissions, hospitalizations and deaths) so South Korea should see brighter skies ahead. Hong Kong remains under duress with cases averaging over 7.5K per day. Mainland China remains a mess including the resort island of Hainan with Chinese folks fed up with the mass testing, isolation facilities, draconian lockdowns and heavy-hand of the 'Big White's' the police and CCP agents dressed in the white olefin hazmat jump suits that conduct the China Virus testing and try to maintain order during the outbreaks. Boom. Russia reports over 46K cases for Friday the most of the new infection wave and not seen since early March when the Ukraine War was only about 3 weeks along. The war is now one-half year along, 6 months, starting the 7th month. Putin succeeds in becoming the modern-day Napoleon meeting his Waterloo. Maybe Vlad's cancer will bring an end to the war. 81 Russians die on Friday the most for the new infection wave and not seen in 3 months.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/28/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The United States exceeds 96 million total COVID-19 cases. 1.069 million Americans have died from China Virus a grim milestone. The US reports only 67K daily new cases for Friday fantastic news since a far higher number would be expected even 100K. America is on the mend and has the upper hand on wave 7 beating it with a baseball bat. The 7-day MA trend line for US daily new cases is at 73K cases per day continuing lower. US active cases are down to 3.399 million barely a 3.3 handle but we will take it and rejoice at the downside progress. The coveted bell shape is forming on the active cases chart which signals that the covid workload is decreasing at hospitals and clinics. US hospital admissions are in a solid downtrend. Ditto hospitalizations. The United States is improving and has wave 7 on the run but a solid acceleration lower in daily and active cases is still needed and this behavior should appear in the days ahead. The CDC Community Transmission map is prettying-up with more green (low risk of infection). Hopefully, the map will be a sea of green in a couple weeks. The CDC says 73% of the country is at medium or high risk (yellow and orange colors) for infection (BA5 is the dominant strain) and 27% is at low risk (green). The numbers are better than the map shows since the data are a few days old. 'Daily new cases' remains the best metric for monitoring and forecasting COVID-19 infection waves. The faster the data is updated in real-time, the more good it can do for society. Slow data uptake is like driving a car while looking in the rearview mirror. The most important improvement the CDC could make to its troubled institution is speeding-up data analysis and charting in real-time, or near real-time. Consult with Wall Street; those greedy bastards that used the corrupt crony capitalism system for their own gain over the last few decades should help the CDC bring the data and charting technology up to date pro bono.

Note Added Sunday Morning, 8/28/22, at 6:00 AM EST: First Lady Jill continues recovering from Paxlovid rebound so the assumption is that she continues to test positive for COVID-19. The Whitehouse is keeping mum about her condition and will likely only release news to their democrat-controlled media hounds when she finally tests negative. CNN (democrat-run media) health correspondent Dr Leana Wen pens an article discussing how "masking has harmed our son's language development." Wen, the former president of Planned Parenthood, says her children's social development is negatively impacted from the COVID-19 restrictions which hamper extracurricular activities. Of course, social media erupts with mostly negative comments (from republicans) since Dr Wen had been supportive of masking and other regulations during the pandemic touting the same on CNN which is democrat media. In fairness, Wen provided a balanced commentary on covid developments compared to other commentators and does not deserve the intense criticism. People are not happy with the medical establishment's handling of the pandemic, so anger is directed at all medical folks nowadays. Society has become sick where every news bite is filtered through either the republican lens or the democrat lens instead of people thinking what is good for the country as a whole. This is why the majority of people registering to vote are independents these days not wanting to attach themselves to one of the two infected political parties. They are smart pledging allegiance to America rather than to the political tribes. Americans should be gad that Wen provides an assessment of her reasoning through the pandemic. Wen now places more thought into the risks and problems that develop from strict masking and covid regulations. She says she was okay with following the COVID-19 guidelines for a couple years but no longer wants to see her kids continue through childhood with the masking and other regulations. Her kids are vaccinated and she is resigned to thinking they will get covid at some point anyways and should make it through any infection without much trouble. 

Note Added Sunday Afternoon, 8/28/22: The monkeypox outbreak continues with 48K cases worldwide; 17K are in the United States with New York, California, Florida and Texas hit the hardest. Black and Hispanic men are contracting monkeypox disproportionately due to less access to care and a mistrust of medical procedures and vaccines. Out of the over 17K cases in the US, only 17 kids under 15 years old have monkeypox. The virus is spread mainly by gay guys bumping and grinding all night long.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/29/22, at 4:00 AM EST: The world's cases drop to 656K per day. It will be great to see sub 600K numbers like June when the current infection wave of misery started. 1,886 global citizens are dying each day from COVID-19 as per the 7-day MA trend line the first time the global death rate has dropped below 1.9K souls per day in 6 weeks a positive development. The world, including the United States, and especially Japan, China and Hong Kong, need to get a handle on the China Virus death rates. Japan crosses the 39K total covid deaths grim milestone. Japan's daily new and active cases may be peaking right now but that was the thought 2 weeks ago when daily cases popped higher printing the record high on 8/19/22 at over 261K cases in one day. Japan's daily new and active charts are looking like double-top patterns in stock trading terms indicating that the cases are likely peaking-out and about to retreat. It would be fantastic news for the world if Japan's covid cases drop as fast as they rose. Oh no. 327 Japanese die from COVID-19 on Saturday, 8/29/22, the deadliest day of the pandemic. Each death helps cure Japan's aging demographic problem. Ditto for China and Hong Kong. Are leaders turning a blind eye to the deaths? In communism, when you get old you are viewed as a burden to society. The world is not a pretty place. The 7-day MA for South Korea's cases drops to 106K cases per day and the active cases are trying to top-out at 2.1 million cases potentially forming the top of the bell shape needed to prove the virus is being defeated. South Korea deaths ramp higher at 75 souls per day many are dying in Seoul. Boom. Hong Kong cases remain elevated with 8.6K daily new cases on Saturday and the 7-day MA trend line steepens to 8K cases per day. Hong Kong is in trouble. The filthy CCP will become more strict in Hong Kong with lockdowns and mandatory mass testing. Beijing expands its covid lockdown and mass testing. The CCP orders the important Shenzhen manufacturing district of 17 million people to shutdown for 4 days which will hurt the domestic and global economy. Dirtbag Dictator Xi's zero-covid policy is not going over well with Chinese folks that are mired in the COVID-19 quagmire for the last half-year with no end in sight. The asinine zero-covid strategy is a pipe dream but a dictator can never be wrong because he (usually it is a man) will lose power. Xi wants to be elected dictator for life in China before year-end so obviously things are not going well for the bastard. Good. The Chinese people deserve better. Russia reports 47K daily new cases per day on Saturday a half-year high and another new high for the infection wave that is 6 weeks along. Russia has a COVID-19 problem as dirtbag Dictator Putin continues demanding that his troops kill Ukrainians. 90 Russians die from China Virus yesterday, slumping face-down in their borscht, the most deaths since May. The 7-day MA for COVID-19 deaths in Russia is ramping higher at 74 souls per day.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/29/22, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports only 22K daily new cases for Saturday a beautiful sight even if it is a weekend number. The 7-day MA for daily new cases retreats to 64K cases per day. It will be great to see an acceleration lower this week. US active cases are coming down nicely at 3.31 million continuing to form the coveted bell shape to prove wave 7 is in the bag. 293 Americans are dying per day from COVID-19 another foray below 3 hundo per day but it will need to hold for a week before it can be proven that deaths are finally dropping. Bozo Biden cares more about the stupid climate change agenda than Americans dropping like flies each day due to the pandemic. The push for more EV's, which are nothing more than glorified golf carts, and limited-life solar cells and wind turbines, creates inflation, increases ecological damage from mining, battery, solar cell and turbine blade disposal, and the funniest part is the electric vehicles run on power generated by coal. Comically, EV owners can place a portable generator in the trunk with the cord plugged in and basically run the glorified golf cart on gasoline. When will stupid humans realize that natural gas is the gift from the God's? The US is defeating wave 7 and more progress is expected this week.

Note Added Monday Morning, 8/29/22, at 5:30 AM EST: The vaccine makers, Big Pharma, and the FDA are ready to approve the COVID-19 booster shots for this Fall but human testing is not completed. The pubic will become more skeptical of vaccines as authorities keep saying the shots are safe but basing the conclusion on mice studies rather than rigorous human studies. As they say in the Bronx, "good luck wit dat." The US vaccination rate falls to 142K shots per day slipping below the March and July 2022 lows and the lowest US vax rate since the vaccination program started in December 2020. That is a surprising and telling statistic. The US government has lost the vaccination message. Biden will be carted out this month to receive his fifth shot, the booster-booster-booster, and tell everyone to do the same. Few will be listening. The majority of Americans already consider COVID-19 to be like the seasonal flu. Regular flu deaths are from 12K to 52K per year as per the CDC so averaging that over an entire year is 34 to 142 deaths per day. However, since regular flu is mainly a six-month thing, averaging the regular flu data over 6 months is 68 to 284 deaths per day (176 deaths per day on average). Thus, when the China Flu deaths in the United States drop below 200 souls per day, that will be comparable to regular flu deaths. Now that US wave 7 is in retreat with daily new and active cases falling, as well as hospital admissions and hospitalizations (now at 33K covid patients but a CDC spokesperson said yesterday US hospitalizations are down to 32K (the data is always several days old)), the US death rate should start lower. Deaths are always the last domino to fall.

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