The USA is increasing its lead in per capita income (Purchasing power parity and nominal income) versus major European countries, Japan and Latin American and central american countries. Only faster growing asian countries are catching up in per capita income compared to the USA. The rate of catchup for Asian countries has slowed. The pandemic …
Worldometers reports the official Global total of nationally reported COVID deaths will pass 5 million this weekend. It is reported at 4.995 million today. Worldometers reports the US death total at over 760,000 but the CDC reports the US COVID death total at 740,000. The officially reported national COVID death totals are known to be …
Looking at a list of pandemics COVID-19 is ranking at about the percent of global population loss (0.07-0.25%) at about the level of the 1957 flu (0.03-0.1%). World population is now over three times larger so instead of 1.1-4.0 million global population hit, the 1957 flu would adjust to 3.6 to 13 million. COVID-19 is …
There was a Veteran Health Administration Study of 620,000 people that showed the decline in COVID Vaccine effectiveness from February 1 to Mid August, 2021. Overall vaccine protection was down to 53.9% in August 13 from 92% in March. J&J vaccine protection was down to 3% in August. The J&J vaccine is almost no protection …
Before the recent political and business campaign and censorship against Ivermectin was a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug. It was being given to 200 million people per year in Africa to reduce River Blindness. There were many other diseases it was being tested and was a major treatment for other human parasitic diseases. Ivermectin was given for …
Israel has 63% of its people vaccinated versus 53% in the USA but Israel doubled daily COVID infections peak. Israel also has about 20% of its population with booster shots. Israel had over 20,000 daily COVID infections versus their old 10,000 peak. Israel is lowering the booster shot age to 40. The Daily COVID deaths …
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists have found a way to rejuvenate the aging process of the body’s immune system. B cells (aka B lymphocytes) are the cells that produce antibodies against any pathogen that enters the body. They play a key role in protecting people from viruses and diseases. B cells are produced in bone …
Israel is being closely watched now because it was one of the first countries out of the gate with vaccinations in December 2020 and got more people vaccinated more quickly. Israel is seeing weaker immunity for people with earlier vaccinations. Weakening immunity may be beginning to show in Israelis vaccinated in early winter. A preprint …
The Delta covid variant is the dominant variant in most places around the world and there is information on the level of reduced effectiveness of the vaccines from the CDC. Israel has more people vaccinated than the USA. Israel has found that the Pfizer vaccine is only about 40% effective against preventing infection or symptoms. …
Weekly deaths from COVID are highest in Indonesia, Brazil, Russia and then the USA. Weekly COVID deaths are also high in Mexico, India and many other countries. The USA has the highest weekly official COVID case count. SOURCES- Worldometers Written by Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular …
China has travel and other restrictions to fight its latest delta COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak is in its fifth week and involving more than a dozen cities. China closed the world’s third-busiest port after a single worker tested positive for COVID-19. The Meidong Terminal processes 25% of the cargo that passes through the Ningbo-Zhoushan port. …