Chinese Virus statistics week number 25 as at 05/02/21 since August 21st. 2020 (175 days)

Hi again to all,

We hope that you have had a good week and that everyone is in the pink. Here are this week's Chinese Virus figures which we just know you have been waiting for with bated breath!!

MUNDO - World

Total cases - 105,517,582 - (21,168,111) - up 84,349,471 or 398.5%

Deaths - 2,296,803 - 2.2% - (759,328 - 3.6%) - up 1,537,475 or 202.5%

Recoveries - 77,210,665 - 73.3% - (13,984,843 - 66.1%) - up 63,225,822 or 452.1%

Therefore active cases - 25,865,509 - 24.5% - (6,425,939 - 30.3%) - up 19,439,570 or 302.5%. Of the total population (which is estimated to be increasing by 1,557,692) of 7,843,861,219 (7,804,380,455), the percentage of active cases is 0.330% (0.082%) of the total world population.

Total active cases per 1 million of total population - 3,298  - (1,437)

Compared to last week, active cases are down 77,521 or 0.3%

Some encouraging signs here. Since last week the number of active cases is down by 77,521. And active cases per 1 million population is also down by 10 which is 0.302%. Small movements but maybe sustaining longer term movements. Usual disclaimers concerning the accuracy of these figures. At least we are comparing apples with apples!

ESTADOS UNIDOS - United States

Total cases - 27,274,783 -  (5,429,115) - up 21,845,668 or 402.4%

Deaths - 467,003 - 1.7% - (170,781 - 3.2%) - up 296,222 or 173.5%

Recoveries - 17,033,348 - 62.5% - (2,844,535 - 52.4%) - up 14,188,813 or 498.8%

Therefore active cases - 9,774,432 - 35.8% - (2,413,829 - 44.6%) - up 7,360,603 or 304.9%. Of the total population of 332,161,557 (331,236,184), the percentage of active cases is 2.943% (0.729%) of the total population.

Total active cases per 1 million of total population - 29,427 - (9,043)

Compared to last week, the comparative figures are:

Total cases up 934,152 or 3.6%

Deaths up 23,209 or 5.2%

Recoveries up 961,600 or 6.0%  

Active cases down 50,657 or 0.5%

There are several trending figures which need commenting on. Notwithstanding that there is no doubt that there has been deliberate misreporting and recording cases and deaths as Covid related when in fact they were due to other causes.

Compared to last week, the percentage of active cases to total population is down, total active cases per 1 million of population is down, and active cases are down by 50,657. Small movements but all in the right direction. Maybe partly due to the effect of vaccines so far (notwithstanding our reservations on that subject), but also may be due to overall trends with more and more states belatedly opening up their economies. More than anything it could be due to an overdue movement to more accurate reporting, entirely due to there being a new administration in Washington!! We'll keep an open mind. And it should also be pointed out that if it hadn't been for President Trump, there would be NO vaccine to even discuss. Think on.     

First of all we thought that the following very apt comments from Clint Eastwood might be of interest. Says it all -

"I voted against that incompetent, lying, flip-flopping, insincere, double-talking, radical socialist, terrorist excusing, bleeding heart, narcissistic, scientific and economic moron currently in the White House!!" 

And another one - "I approve of gun control, as long as I'm in control of the gun"!!

Now a few political comments - 

Firstly a comment on the sham and unconstitutional Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. There is no doubt that these make-believe proceedings will fail because of the unconstitutionality (he is no longer in office and therefore cannot be "removed"), and the total lack of proof of any guilt - i.e. of incitement to riot. This is just commonsense but such is the Dims desperation, they cannot help themselves it seems, in their rabid quest to completely destroy the legacy of President Trump, and to prevent him from ever running for office again. They are scared witless of him, and with good reason. 

A fascinating story with some similarities to this utter nonsense is that of Pope Stephen VI who was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 896 - 897 AD when he died by strangulation. If you just go to Wikipedia and read his gruesome story you will see the farcical similarities with the actions now proposed against President Trump by the US Senate. It doesn't say whether he strangled himself or someone else was the perpetrator - shades of Jeffrey Epstein!!  

Apart from all this, as if that wasn't enough Dim shenanigans, we see the hysterical and politically driven Dims trying to perpetuate the nonsense that the seat of government of the United States is under threat of attack from extreme right-wing racists!! They have surrounded the Capitol with fences and razor wire and have instituted metal detectors so that Congressmen and Senators cannot smuggle arms into the Chambers to assassinate God knows who. It is political grandstanding on a massive scale costing tens of millions of dollars that they don't have but will create out of thin air by the Federal Reserve's counterfeiting money machine.

Then there are the many Executive Orders signed by the reclusive President Biden which are unconstitutional and therefore illegal. These include most if not all of his decrees concerning illegal immigration and his arbitrary cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline. Already Texas and Arizona have filed urgent lawsuits against the Administration in respect of these orders. And it is certain that as border states, they will never allow detrimental situations to develop which will cause direct damage to their states from the Dims' crazy immigration reforms. And we use the word "reforms" lightly!.

We also believe that right now there are contingency plans being drawn up by key states to deal with inevitable Secession from the Union if the Administration does not back down from many of their most destructive Socialist schemes. There is actually as we write, a referendum circulating in Texas which would authorise the state government to advance planning for Secession, which as you can imagine is a far more complicated matter than it was in 1861.

The Dims are putting the US and its people in danger with the caravans of illegals now nearing the Mexico - US border and at the same time putting tens of thousands of skilled workers out of work in the vital oil and gas industries. Under President Trump, the US achieved energy self-sufficiency, but Biden is going hell for leather to undo all of that - simply to satisfy the lunatic extreme left of the Democrat Party. And all this at a time when the US is struggling to pay its massive debt - 30 trillion dollars of government debt, but an eye-watering 80 trillion when taking into account private and corporate debt. We've said this before, but how can this debt ever be repaid? Maybe one way - massive inflation and associated devaluation of the currency. This will cause a decline in the US economy to match that of Venezuela and will also have severe repercussions word-wide, but the debt might get repaid!!

However, Secession would see the financially stable Republican (Red) states in a relatively good position due to their prudent financial management over the years, whereas the Democrat states would sink even further into the morass that they have created through crazy Socialist spending schemes together with ever higher state taxes including property taxes which are right now causing a large exodus of people from those states. Florida for example is experiencing an influx of 1,500 people per day from the bankrupt Democrat states. Texas is in a similar position.

And then there is the increasing surveillance and censorship issues with many electronic platforms such as Twitter and Facebook cancelling customers accounts (including President Trump's)  simply because they are deemed in these IT companies' biased political judgement to be expressing conservative political views. WHO THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? But there are moves afoot to counter this anti-democratic stifling of the 1st Amendment and already there is another platform called Gab to counter Twitter. Twitter is losing customers in droves, and rightly so. Trump already has almost 2 million followers on Gab, so it is happening.

The forensic examination of Maricopa County vote counting in Phoenix, Arizona is underway at last, but has suffered further delays due to the County's efforts to thwart the process at every turn. But it will happen - maybe with results in about 2 week's time. This is the FIRST TIME that there has been a proper forensic examination of vote counting in ANY state in relation to the 2020 Presidential Election. The effect on the election as a whole once other states have come on board will be significant and it's anyone's guess just what will happen then. But if justice is finally denied, then we fear that Secession will be inevitable.  

Finally there are reports and indications that the CCP of China is testing Biden and his minions just to see how much they can get away with. This is likely a prelude to invasion of Taiwan and further pressuring and bullying of Australia and NZ.  The US must stand as firm as it did under Trump, but there are worrying signs.

The world is increasingly a fraught place with countries like China always doing their utmost to advance their own plans for world domination.

COLOMBIA

Total cases - 2,135,412 - (433,805) - up 1,701,607 or 392.3%

Deaths - 56,131 - 2.6% - (14,145 - 3.3%) - up 41,986 or 296.8%

Recoveries - 2,001,135 - 93.7% - (250,494 - 57.7%) - up 1,750,641 or 698.9%

Therefore active cases - 79,146  - 3.7% - (169,196 - 39.0%) - down 90,050 or 53.2%. Of the total population of 51,205,793 (50,948,628), the percentage of active cases is 0.155% (0.332%) of the total population.

Total active cases per 1 million of total population - 1,545 - (1,367)

Active cases since last week are down 41,132 or 34.2%

These figures are quite literally unbelievable. How does the number of active cases reduce by 41,000 (34%) in 7 days? Either the previous high figures were "manufactured" to scare the population, or the present low figures are simply not correct. And the active cases percentage of total cases is at a level which lies somewhere between Australia and NZ!!! Really!!? Either way, it inspires absolutely NO confidence in the management of Colombia's health system. Like everything else here, it's as corrupt as hell. Although the actual care and operational expertise if required is world-class, and we suppose that's what we need to be most concerned about.

Speaking of that, the finale of our car emissions debacle with the Alcadia de Envigado played out last week. It turned out actually that we had received 2 tickets, but the 1st one was now out of the discount period because we were absolutely ignorant of the fact that it existed. Sometimes they send you a notice and sometimes they don't. You need to check their website fairly often!!

Anyway, to get the discount, it is necessary to sit a punitive refresher course. So, on Thursday last week we duly presented ourselves for said course - just up the road - an easy 10 minute walk. They were all very cheerful and we had a hilarious time with Google Translate and our limited Spanish. We also met a Venezuelan who works for an oil company in the Middle East and spoke excellent English, so that was certainly helpful. But then they realised that the course would be an absolute waste of time because of course it would be all in Spanish, and they also hid behind the excuse that we were "of a certain age"!!  So, they got us to sign a form saying that we had attended and we paid their fee, which was then deducted from the fine which we had to go upstairs in the same building to pay. One of the staff members accompanied us there and was very helpful showing us where to go. So, we are now legal again. What a performance and not exactly cheap - COP 655,000 (NZD 262). Now we understand another aspect of the car-owning bureaucracy - it was just unfortunate that in the first instance the car was in the workshop when the old certificate expired and the first ticket was the day after we collected the car. 

Once again we owe Clara a debt of gratitude for helping to steer us through this aspect of Colombian bureaucracy! 

Following are this week's headlines from www.colombiareports.com:

Jan. 30th. Colombia tries to recover loss of formal jobs with informal labour

Jan. 30th. Colombia's COVID vaccination drive to kick off "on February 20"

Jan. 30th. Duque isolated as US vows "strong support for peace in Colombia" 

Jan. 31st. Colombia's war crimes tribunal exposes former guerillas' sinister kidnapping practices

Feb. 1st. Colombia's top bankers could face 4 years in prison, but evidence of tax evasion ignored

Feb. 1st. Native Colombia's fighting COVID without government

Feb. 1st. Medellin business elite endorses fraud to obtain poor children's lunch money

Feb. 2nd. Colombia's failing state Part 1: Antioquia and the art of decapitation

Feb. 3rd. Duque's former chief of staff replaces Colombia's late defense minister

Feb. 3rd. Foreigners kidnapped, held hostage in southwest Colombia

Feb. 3rd. Colombia's ex-president asks Biden to remove Cuba from terror list

Feb. 3rd. Colombia's failing state Part 2: who is the boss in Buenaventura?

Feb. 4th. Terrorist attacks in Colombia almost doubled in 2020: Defense Ministry

Feb. 4th. Court revokes detention of cops who discovered Colombia's 2018 election fraud plot

Feb. 5th. Glencore to abandon mining in Colombia amid growing woes

MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY

Following are the "active cases per 1 million of total population" for each country nominated above. We have included 2 further countries - Bolivia and Paraguay for which there are no comparative figures until next week. Now 12 South American countries in total. Figures in parenthesis are for the previous week:

Mexico - 2,126 - (2,268) - down 142 or 6.3% - 7th.

Costa Rica - 7,370 - (7,549) - down 179 or 2.4% - 2nd

Panama - 7,717 - (9,641) - down 1,924 or 20.0% - WORST

Colombia - 1,545 - (2,349) - down 804 or 34.2% - 10th.

Ecuador - 1,604 - (1,526) - up 78 or 5.1% - 9th.

Peru - 1,409 - (1,379) - up 30 or 2.2% - 11th.

Bolivia - 4,139 - (N/A) - 3rd

Paraguay - 3,000 - (N/A) - 6th.

Brazil - 4,109 - (4,289) - down 180 or 4.2% - 4th.

Chile - 1,210 -  (1.334) - down 124 or 9.3% - BEST

Argentina - 3,482 - (3,627) - down 145 or 4.0% - 5th.

Uruguay - 1,700 - (2,059) - down 359 or 17.4% - 8th.

Apart from Colombia's unbelievable improvement referred to above, the figures are generally going in the right direction, except for 2, but even those figures have not deteriorated greatly

AUSTRALIA

Total cases - 28,842 - (23,035) - up 5,807 or 25.2 %

Deaths - 909 - 3.2% - (370 - 1.7%) - up 539 or 145.7%

Recoveries - 26,080 - 90.4% - (13,634 - 59.2%) - up 12,446 or 91.3%

Therefore active cases - 1,853 - 6.4% - (9,022 - 39.2%) - down 7,169 or 79.5%. Of the total population of 25,675,939 (25,536,969), the percentage of active cases is 0.007% (0.035%) of the total population.

Total active cases per 1 million of total population - 72 - (56)

Compared to last week, active cases are down 3 or 0.2%

NUEVA ZELANDA - New Zealand

Total cases - 2,315 -  (1,714) - up 601 or 35.1%

Deaths - 25 - 1.1% - (25 - 1.4%) - same

Recoveries - 2,228 - 96.2% - (1,531 - 95.5%) - up 697 or 45.5%

Therefore active cases - 62 - 2.7% - (49 - 3.0%) - up 13 or 26.5%. Of the total population of 5,002,100 (5,002,100), the percentage of active cases is 0.001% (0.001%) of the total population.

Total active cases per 1 million of total population - 12 - (14)

Compared to last week, active cases are down 10 or 13.9%.

If you do nothing else, unless you've already done so as a result of our last post, please go to www.thebfd.co.nz/2021/02/06/labour-are-selling-nzs-soul/?

This will give you an understanding of just where NZ's Socialist government is taking the country in respect of the CCP of China. A very dangerous and shameful path which will end in tears.

A quote from the article - "Fools deal with the Devil at their peril. No matter how glittering the prize the Prince of Liars dangles before the naive and greedy, the Devil always wins and cheats his dupes".

That is all we will say on the matter.

Hope you have had a good week and that the next one lives up to your expectations.

Cheers and lotsaluv from the City of Eternal Spring

Jim and Jean