Julian Fry

COVID has more sequels than the Fast & Furious Franchise

What does COVID and the Fast and Furious have in common… more sequels

Arkansas and Missouri are not with the program

A few states are not with the vaccine program – the path to the success by now is clear…. get vaccinated

Pfizer and Delta

From wsj 7-6-21. Still reasons to be cautious around delta 64% — The percentage of Pfizer vaccine recipients who were protected from infection during an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19, according to Israel’s health ministry. The data indicates the Pfizer vaccine is less effective against the Delta variant than other strains of theContinueContinue reading “Pfizer and Delta”

Brazil likely to become world #1 for COVID Deaths

While the US recorded 600,000 deaths in late June / early July (depending on the source of data), what many may not realize is that Brazil has currently recorded 523,000 official COVID deaths. Brazil COVID deaths are about 1500 per day, compared to US deaths of about 250. That means Brazil could catch up toContinueContinue reading “Brazil likely to become world #1 for COVID Deaths”

Don’t be complacent about COVID Delta

UK shows that even with 80% partially vaccinated – COVID Delta is having a significant effect on new cases. Its an important example for the US which isn’t as far along in vaccinations.

600,000 US deaths

Thankfully the last 100,000 deaths recorded in the US took almost 4x longer to arrive than the previous one. I think its the last milestone we’ll record.

Global Covid round up 6-11-21

The global covid round up shows South America remains the hot spot. US has made great progress. Only 4 counties are on the ‘worst’ list. Time to resume US travel…where will you go this summer.

Water shortages – climate change ?

Reservoirs are low in the West. Time to do a pivot on how we use water. Climate change is here.

Cyber attack hits JBS meat works in Australia, North America | Reuters

In the grand scale of cyber terrorism this is one that might actually be ethically ok. Disrupting meat production isn’t the end of the world and if encourages a few more ‘meatless Monday’s ‘ it may have a positive impact. Who knew that IT was critical in meat production? I’d take this over disrupting gasolineContinueContinue reading “Cyber attack hits JBS meat works in Australia, North America | Reuters”

A great milestone for the UK – zero covid deaths yesterday

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-01/u-k-businesses-implore-johnson-to-go-ahead-with-june-21-easing This is a great, but long to attain, milestone for the UK! I will fact check later but probably something like 15 months since the first death we have the first day with zero deaths. Let’s hope for many more to come.