Monday 08/02/2021
What Happened Today?
Part 1
Current reading and listening list: Reading- Knock, Knock by Anders Roslund, Windfallen by JoJo Moyes, Empire Builders by Ben Bova, Last to Die by James Grippando, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, Basil’s War by Stephen Hunter, and How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. Listening to: Legacy of War by Wilbur Smith when I’m in my office and The Stand by Stephen King, Gunmetal Gray (Gray Man book #6) by Mark Greaney and The Hive by Gregg Olsen while walking. Also reading books on 2 Kindles and an iPad.
Kindle #1: Hiero’s Journey by Sterling Lanier, To Renew The Ages by Robert Coulson (Laser Book #26) and Aztec by Gary Jennings.
Kindle #2: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and Cryptic (short stories) by Jack McDevitt.
iPad: The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva (his first book).
Part 2
(6 pink dandelions) 17846 steps yesterday.
Part 3
Kay, Yvonne, Gizmo and I went for our morning walks. Following information on the Delta Variant is from CNN:
“For a while there, it seemed like this whole pandemic situation was looking up. But the Delta variant is spreading rapidly and Americans’ pessimism about the pandemic is back on the rise, new polling finds. Louisiana is battling one of the worst Covid-19 surges in the country right now. The ICU of its largest hospital is being stretched to its limit, with symptomatic patients waiting in line for a bed. “We no longer think we’re giving adequate care to anybody,” a hospital administrator said. Cases are rising around the world, too. The CDC recently added 16 destinations to its “very high” Covid-19 travel risk list. Florida leads the nation in pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19, another sign of the pandemic’s hold on the state. The White House is offering Florida and other states help from “surge response teams” as the delta variant spreads.”
The Tampa Bay Rays lost to the Seattle mariners at home. The Tampa Bay Rays are now 1 game in 1st place.
Part 4
*** New Delta version is causing another serious surge in coronavirus cases where vaccinations are at a low level. Numbers below are not always updated daily nor are they accurate. Florida is deliberating making it hard to get current information on the coronavirus. ***
136,811 coronavirus cases in the US yesterday. (7-day average: 85,866 cases)
35,200,000+ total coronavirus cases in US- 613,000+ deaths.
2,590,000+ total coronavirus cases in Florida, 39079 deaths.