Canada has now had 30,452 deaths, and counting, from Covid. The U.S. has roughly 10 times our population so you'd think that they should have 10 times our death count, around 300,000. Instead, they have buried 853,452 victims, or 28 times as many as Canada.
As a result, we now live, on average, 5 years longer than the average American, i.e. 83 years versus 78. Used to be 4 years longer, based on our better health system, but their response to Covid has cost them another year of life.
Their current average daily death rate is above 1,500 per day. If this continues they'll add another half a million deaths in 2022 and further widen the longevity gap.
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Meanwhile, some positive news items for today:
- idiot tennis star Novak Djokovic was denied entry to Australia due to visa/vaccination issues.
- idiot folks from Canada who partied and vaped aboard a Sunwing charter flight to Mexico are not welcome on any flight home. And some of them have contracted Covid. Hope they enjoy their extended stay. They'll likely be facing significant fines when they finally get back.
- after a slow start, I ended up winning the first Skip-Bo game of the year. And I don't feel the least bit guilty about beating a foggy-minded invalid.
- said foggy-minded invalid had a much better day today. Almost human once again😏.
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Stay well.
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