COVID-19 Update

For what it's worth, I took a look at Deaths Per Million Population Per Day.

• World:   .6 Deaths/Million/Day
• USA:   2.9 Deaths/Million/Day

So the shock of reality continues. With 4.3% of the world's people, we're zooming along at almost 5 times the world's COVID-19 death rate.

Ain't we just so fucking awesome.

USA yesterday

• New Cases:  43,660
• New Deaths:      790

If we catch a couple of really big breaks, we could see a vaccine some time mid-summer next year. And, of course, they're getting better at dealing with the disease all the time. So anyway, a string of happier occurrences could fall into place.

1. Biden wins
2. Nation-wide plans and policies get put in place
3. Public compliance with safety measures improves
4. We continue to make advances in therapies
5. Vaccination project rolls out next summer

Cutting to the chase now: if we can knock the growth rate down - and keep it down - to about 1.002, then the anticipated "worst case" of over a million dead is reduced to less than 400,000.

And somehow "only 400,000 dead Americans" will be something to celebrate.

This country is fucked up in the head.