The Corona Virus, June 30, 2022

There are currently 87,350,493 reported cases in the US and 1,013,999 deaths.

US Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 4,740,701

Jan 10- Jan 16--5,613,621

Jan 17- Jan 23--4.833,136

Jan 24- Jan 30-3.635,947

Jan 31- Feb 6-- 2,067,191

Feb 7 - Feb 13--1,222,144

Feb 14-Feb 20-   718,130

Feb 21-Feb 27-   460,334

Feb 28-Mar 6-   310,702

Mar 7- Mar 13-  239,624

Mar 14-Mar 20- 209,335

Mar 21-Mar 27- 210,840

Mar 28-Apr 3-  189,616

Apr 4 - Apr 10- 217,735

Apr 11- Apr 17- 262,333

Apr 18- Apr 24- 328,475

Apr 25- May 1--396.900

May 2- May 8--492,870

May 9-May 15--632,961

May 16-May 22-756,455

May 23-May 29-769,979

May 30-Jun 5-- 706,874

Jun 6 -Jun 12-- 722,351

Jun 13 -Jun 20-705,425

Jun 21 -Jun 27-745,145

We appear to definitely be in the middle of an upswing and the bad news is that the 4th of July weekend is coming up.

'New Jersey Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 192,979-407 - 0.21%

Jan 10- Jan 16--132,232-628 - 0.47%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 63,948-668 - 1.04%

Jan 24- Jan 30--37,270-641 - 1.72%

Jan 31- Feb 6--- 17,740-557 - 3.14%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--  11,591-425 - 3.67%

Feb 14-Feb 20-  10,885

Feb 21-Feb 27-    7,264

Feb 28-Mar 6-    6,109

Mar 7- Mar 13-   5,982

Mar 14-Mar 20- 5.524

Mar 21-Mar 27- 5,640

Mar 28-Apr 3-   6,758

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  9,562

Apr 11- Apr 17- 11,936

Apr 18- Apr 24-12,190

Apr 25- May 1--15,032

May 2- May 8--20,151

May 9-May 15--26,275

May 16-May 22-27,458

May 23-May 29-26,694

May 30-Jun 5--  19,849

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  18,224

Jun 13 -Jun 20- 15,084

Jun 21 -Jun 27- 15,187

New Jersey is beginning to swing up as well. The first few days of this week haven't been encouraging at all.

Bergen County Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 20,479 - 49 - 0.24%

Jan 10- Jan 16--13,322 - 57 - 0.43%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 7,076 - 56 - 0.79%

Jan 24- Jan 30--3,200 -50 - 1.56%

Jan 31- Feb 6---  1,691--47 - 2.78%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--- 1,139 - 29 -2.55%

Feb 14-Feb 20-      942

Feb 21-Feb 27-      779

Feb 28-Mar 6-      747

Mar 7- Mar 13-     803

Mar 14-Mar 20-   991

Mar 21-Mar 27-   854

Mar 28-Apr 3-     974

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  1.466

Apr 11- Apr 17-  1,777

Apr 18- Apr 24-1,867

Apr 25- May 1--2,073

May 2- May 8--2,900

May 9-May 15--3,704

May 16-May 22-3,338

May 23-May 29-3,207

May 30-Jun 5--  2,268

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  2,133

Jun 13 -Jun 20- 1,784

Jun 21 -Jun 27- 1,896

The same story in Bergen County. A slight upward trend.

Still nothing really new on the home front and that's good news.

Now that Roe v. Wade is Gone...

This is for all the "PRO-LIFE" folks. Adoption in the answer right? Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to set up three adoption buckets. A general one, one for babies with genetic problems such as Tay Sachs and one for Black children because it's often hard to find adoptive parents for Black kids.

Then here's how it will work. If we can't find anyone willing to adopt an unwanted child and if the child fits one of the special categories, we'll draw the name of the person to adopt that child from that bucket. If not, or that bucket is empty, we'll draw the name from the general bucket.

Now, my question for the "PRO-LIFE" folks is, which buckets should I put your name in?

The Supreme Court

 As expected the Supreme Court has now officially overturned Roe v. Wade by a 6-3 decision. The court has also struck down a New York law requiring a license to carry a firearm.

Both of these decisions are nonsensical and are going to cost lives.

On top of that several court "justices" clearly perjured themselves during nomination hearings when they declared that Roe was "settled law."

To my mind this is grounds for impeachment and the nullification of all of this court's decisions. Of course that's not going to happen and we're going to have to move forward as best we can.

Conservatives are nucking futs. How any reasonable person could make this rulings baffles me. Hey, anti-lynching is "settled law" as well but I would have no problem stringing these bastards up. Well, perhaps that's a bit extreme but we could always tar and feather them.

The Corona Virus, June 22, 2022

There are currently 86,391,004 reported cases in the US and 1,010,552 deaths.

US Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 4,740,701

Jan 10- Jan 16--5,613,621

Jan 17- Jan 23--4.833,136

Jan 24- Jan 30-3.635,947

Jan 31- Feb 6-- 2,067,191

Feb 7 - Feb 13--1,222,144

Feb 14-Feb 20-   718,130

Feb 21-Feb 27-   460,334

Feb 28-Mar 6-   310,702

Mar 7- Mar 13-  239,624

Mar 14-Mar 20- 209,335

Mar 21-Mar 27- 210,840

Mar 28-Apr 3-  189,616

Apr 4 - Apr 10- 217,735

Apr 11- Apr 17- 262,333

Apr 18- Apr 24- 328,475

Apr 25- May 1--396.900

May 2- May 8--492,870

May 9-May 15--632,961

May 16-May 22-756,455

May 23-May 29-769,979

May 30-Jun 5-- 706,874

Jun 6 -Jun 12-- 722,351

Jun 13 -Jun 20-705,425

The national numbers dropped back down to where they were at the beginning of June. I keep hearing about new Omicron variants that can get around immunity. Honestly, I don't know what to believe any more.

'New Jersey Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 192,979-407 - 0.21%

Jan 10- Jan 16--132,232-628 - 0.47%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 63,948-668 - 1.04%

Jan 24- Jan 30--37,270-641 - 1.72%

Jan 31- Feb 6--- 17,740-557 - 3.14%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--  11,591-425 - 3.67%

Feb 14-Feb 20-  10,885

Feb 21-Feb 27-    7,264

Feb 28-Mar 6-    6,109

Mar 7- Mar 13-   5,982

Mar 14-Mar 20- 5.524

Mar 21-Mar 27- 5,640

Mar 28-Apr 3-   6,758

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  9,562

Apr 11- Apr 17- 11,936

Apr 18- Apr 24-12,190

Apr 25- May 1--15,032

May 2- May 8--20,151

May 9-May 15--26,275

May 16-May 22-27,458

May 23-May 29-26,694

May 30-Jun 5--  19,849

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  18,224

Jun 13 -Jun 20- 15,084

New Jersey had a healthy drop of about 17%. In the meantime the Health Department website appears to have rolled back to the numbers of June 14. I have no idea what's going on.

Bergen County Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 20,479 - 49 - 0.24%

Jan 10- Jan 16--13,322 - 57 - 0.43%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 7,076 - 56 - 0.79%

Jan 24- Jan 30--3,200 -50 - 1.56%

Jan 31- Feb 6---  1,691--47 - 2.78%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--- 1,139 - 29 -2.55%

Feb 14-Feb 20-      942

Feb 21-Feb 27-      779

Feb 28-Mar 6-      747

Mar 7- Mar 13-     803

Mar 14-Mar 20-   991

Mar 21-Mar 27-   854

Mar 28-Apr 3-     974

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  1.466

Apr 11- Apr 17-  1,777

Apr 18- Apr 24-1,867

Apr 25- May 1--2,073

May 2- May 8--2,900

May 9-May 15--3,704

May 16-May 22-3,338

May 23-May 29-3,207

May 30-Jun 5--  2,268

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  2,133

Jun 13 -Jun 20- 1,784

Bergen County had a decent drop of about 16% as well. But the website has dropped back to June 14th for Bergen County as well.

Nothing really new on the home front.

The Corona Virus, June 14, 2022

There are currently 85,570,063 reported cases in the US and 1.008.116 deaths.

US Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 4,740,701

Jan 10- Jan 16--5,613,621

Jan 17- Jan 23--4.833,136

Jan 24- Jan 30-3.635,947

Jan 31- Feb 6-- 2,067,191

Feb 7 - Feb 13--1,222,144

Feb 14-Feb 20-   718,130

Feb 21-Feb 27-   460,334

Feb 28-Mar 6-   310,702

Mar 7- Mar 13-  239,624

Mar 14-Mar 20- 209,335

Mar 21-Mar 27- 210,840

Mar 28-Apr 3-  189,616

Apr 4 - Apr 10- 217,735

Apr 11- Apr 17- 262,333

Apr 18- Apr 24- 328,475

Apr 25- May 1--396.900

May 2- May 8--492,870

May 9-May 15--632,961

May 16-May 22-756,455

May 23-May 29-769,979

May 30-Jun 5-- 706,874

Jun 6 -Jun 12-- 722,351

A slight rise nationwide of about 2%. Possibly some fallout from the Memorial Day weekend. The federal government is expected to approve vaccines for under 5 year olds this week. How many people will actually have their kids get the shots is a big question mark. Only 36% of children in the 5-12 range have been vaccinated.

'New Jersey Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 192,979-407 - 0.21%

Jan 10- Jan 16--132,232-628 - 0.47%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 63,948-668 - 1.04%

Jan 24- Jan 30--37,270-641 - 1.72%

Jan 31- Feb 6--- 17,740-557 - 3.14%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--  11,591-425 - 3.67%

Feb 14-Feb 20-  10,885

Feb 21-Feb 27-    7,264

Feb 28-Mar 6-    6,109

Mar 7- Mar 13-   5,982

Mar 14-Mar 20- 5.524

Mar 21-Mar 27- 5,640

Mar 28-Apr 3-   6,758

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  9,562

Apr 11- Apr 17- 11,936

Apr 18- Apr 24-12,190

Apr 25- May 1--15,032

May 2- May 8--20,151

May 9-May 15--26,275

May 16-May 22-27,458

May 23-May 29-26,694

May 30-Jun 5--  19,849

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  18,224

New Jersey ended up pretty flat and dropped only 8%. New Jersey has ordered only 51,000 of the under 5 vaccine shots.

Bergen County Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 20,479 - 49 - 0.24%

Jan 10- Jan 16--13,322 - 57 - 0.43%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 7,076 - 56 - 0.79%

Jan 24- Jan 30--3,200 -50 - 1.56%

Jan 31- Feb 6---  1,691--47 - 2.78%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--- 1,139 - 29 -2.55%

Feb 14-Feb 20-      942

Feb 21-Feb 27-      779

Feb 28-Mar 6-      747

Mar 7- Mar 13-     803

Mar 14-Mar 20-   991

Mar 21-Mar 27-   854

Mar 28-Apr 3-     974

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  1.466

Apr 11- Apr 17-  1,777

Apr 18- Apr 24-1,867

Apr 25- May 1--2,073

May 2- May 8--2,900

May 9-May 15--3,704

May 16-May 22-3,338

May 23-May 29-3,207

May 30-Jun 5--  2,268

Jun 6 -Jun 12--  2,133

Bergen County flattened out as well dropping only 6%. I'm assuming this is due to the Memorial Dat weekend.

So, the kids were over to check out the trains and the older one got to do bank laps around the neighborhood with his aunts and mother. Overall a good day.

The Corona Virus, June 7, 2022

There are currently 84,815,307 reported cases in the US and 1.005.473 deaths.

US Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 4,740,701

Jan 10- Jan 16--5,613,621

Jan 17- Jan 23--4.833,136

Jan 24- Jan 30-3.635,947

Jan 31- Feb 6-- 2,067,191

Feb 7 - Feb 13--1,222,144

Feb 14-Feb 20-   718,130

Feb 21-Feb 27-   460,334

Feb 28-Mar 6-   310,702

Mar 7- Mar 13-  239,624

Mar 14-Mar 20- 209,335

Mar 21-Mar 27- 210,840

Mar 28-Apr 3-  189,616

Apr 4 - Apr 10- 217,735

Apr 11- Apr 17- 262,333

Apr 18- Apr 24- 328,475

Apr 25- May 1--396.900

May 2- May 8--492,870

May 9-May 15--632,961

May 16-May 22-756,455

May 23-May 29-769,979

May 30-Jun 5-- 706,874

A slight drop nationwide.

'New Jersey Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 192,979-407 - 0.21%

Jan 10- Jan 16--132,232-628 - 0.47%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 63,948-668 - 1.04%

Jan 24- Jan 30--37,270-641 - 1.72%

Jan 31- Feb 6--- 17,740-557 - 3.14%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--  11,591-425 - 3.67%

Feb 14-Feb 20-  10,885

Feb 21-Feb 27-    7,264

Feb 28-Mar 6-    6,109

Mar 7- Mar 13-   5,982

Mar 14-Mar 20- 5.524

Mar 21-Mar 27- 5,640

Mar 28-Apr 3-   6,758

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  9,562

Apr 11- Apr 17- 11,936

Apr 18- Apr 24-12,190

Apr 25- May 1--15,032

May 2- May 8--20,151

May 9-May 15--26,275

May 16-May 22-27,458

May 23-May 29-26,694

May 30-Jun 5--  19,849

New Jersey dropped around 25%. Unfortunately the first two days of this week are showing a rise.

Bergen County Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 20,479 - 49 - 0.24%

Jan 10- Jan 16--13,322 - 57 - 0.43%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 7,076 - 56 - 0.79%

Jan 24- Jan 30--3,200 -50 - 1.56%

Jan 31- Feb 6---  1,691--47 - 2.78%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--- 1,139 - 29 -2.55%

Feb 14-Feb 20-      942

Feb 21-Feb 27-      779

Feb 28-Mar 6-      747

Mar 7- Mar 13-     803

Mar 14-Mar 20-   991

Mar 21-Mar 27-   854

Mar 28-Apr 3-     974

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  1.466

Apr 11- Apr 17-  1,777

Apr 18- Apr 24-1,867

Apr 25- May 1--2,073

May 2- May 8--2,900

May 9-May 15--3,704

May 16-May 22-3,338

May 23-May 29-3,207

May 30-Jun 5--  2,268

Bergen County dropped over 29% but the first two of this week aren't that great.

So I'm cleaning out my basement. Actually I'm trying to get to the Lionel trains I have there because my grandson wants to see them. I can't believe some of the stuff I'm finding included five shoe boxes of photos. The weirdest things were my CAM-18 manual from high school and some photos my uncle took of us in 1974.

The Corona Virus, June 1, 2022

There are currently 84,145,569 reported cases in the US and 1.003.571 deaths.

US Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 4,740,701

Jan 10- Jan 16--5,613,621

Jan 17- Jan 23--4.833,136

Jan 24- Jan 30-3.635,947

Jan 31- Feb 6-- 2,067,191

Feb 7 - Feb 13--1,222,144

Feb 14-Feb 20-   718,130

Feb 21-Feb 27-   460,334

Feb 28-Mar 6-   310,702

Mar 7- Mar 13-  239,624

Mar 14-Mar 20- 209,335

Mar 21-Mar 27- 210,840

Mar 28-Apr 3-  189,616

Apr 4 - Apr 10- 217,735

Apr 11- Apr 17- 262,333

Apr 18- Apr 24- 328,475

Apr 25- May 1--396.900

May 2- May 8--492,870

May 9-May 15--632,961

May 16-May 22-756,455

May 23-May 29-769,979

The numbers appear to be flattening out but then again it was a holiday weekend which tends to slow reporting down.

'New Jersey Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 192,979-407 - 0.21%

Jan 10- Jan 16--132,232-628 - 0.47%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 63,948-668 - 1.04%

Jan 24- Jan 30--37,270-641 - 1.72%

Jan 31- Feb 6--- 17,740-557 - 3.14%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--  11,591-425 - 3.67%

Feb 14-Feb 20-  10,885

Feb 21-Feb 27-    7,264

Feb 28-Mar 6-    6,109

Mar 7- Mar 13-   5,982

Mar 14-Mar 20- 5.524

Mar 21-Mar 27- 5,640

Mar 28-Apr 3-   6,758

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  9,562

Apr 11- Apr 17- 11,936

Apr 18- Apr 24-12,190

Apr 25- May 1--15,032

May 2- May 8--20,151

May 9-May 15--26,275

May 16-May 22-27,458

May 23-May 29-26,694

New Jersey actually dropped a little but, again, reporting over a holiday weekend can sometimes be iffy.

Bergen County Cases

Jan 3-- Jan 9--- 20,479 - 49 - 0.24%

Jan 10- Jan 16--13,322 - 57 - 0.43%

Jan 17- Jan 23-- 7,076 - 56 - 0.79%

Jan 24- Jan 30--3,200 -50 - 1.56%

Jan 31- Feb 6---  1,691--47 - 2.78%

Feb 7 - Feb 13--- 1,139 - 29 -2.55%

Feb 14-Feb 20-      942

Feb 21-Feb 27-      779

Feb 28-Mar 6-      747

Mar 7- Mar 13-     803

Mar 14-Mar 20-   991

Mar 21-Mar 27-   854

Mar 28-Apr 3-     974

Apr 4 - Apr 10-  1.466

Apr 11- Apr 17-  1,777

Apr 18- Apr 24-1,867

Apr 25- May 1--2,073

May 2- May 8--2,900

May 9-May 15--3,704

May 16-May 22-3,338

May 23-May 29-3,207

Bergen County dropped about 4% which is actually less than last week

All quiet on the home front. I finally got the filter for my microwave (long story) and putting it in actually turned off the warning light.