On A Day Like This, Time To Chill -- May 11, 2021

When Lana Del Rey is good, she is very, very good. Unfortunately her themes are very "adult" themes and not suitable for work. But, wow, on a day like today, I need Lana Del Ray. Her music. Not the singer.

I couldn't possibly be in a better mood, but wow, it's mentally exhausting to have a day like today. 

Re-posting:

US equities plunging.

Perfect storm. The trifecta timeline:

• FAANG with record earnings; investors not rewarded; I'm personally most disappointed with AAPL/Apple, Inc.
  
• jobs report blindsides everyone; now they're all worried about wage inflation;
  
• Colonial Pipeline shutdown; symptomatic of the Biden administration;

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Vaccine Hesitancy

CDC data here.

With a capacity to provide upwards of 4 million vaccinations per day, in the most recent 24-hour period, 1.5 million vaccinations were given. Going back ten weeks, this was the fewest number of vaccinations given one Monday-Tuesday 24-hour period except for last week, when it actually dropped below a million vaccinations given in one 24-hour period. 

On another note, assuming the US population is about 330 million, and 117 million folks considered fully vaccinated, the percentage of Americans fully vaccinated is about 35%. One site suggests there are 210 million "adults" (those greater than 18 years of age). Assuming 117 million folks were "all adults," the adult percentage fully vaccinated: 56%. 

The administration's goal is 70%. 

0.70 x 210 = 147 million.

Delta: 147 - 117 = 30 million. Getting to 70% adults fully vaccinated by July 4, 2021, should be a slam dunk. One million per 24-hour period and by mid-June 70% of all US adults will be fully vaccinated.

		Doses of vaccine distributed to health facilities	Change from day before	Vaccinations given	Change from day before
Tuesday	May 11, 2021	334,081,065	4,237,240	263,132,561	1,533,180
Tuesday	May 4, 2021	318,474,035	5,964,460	247,769,049	988,846
Tuesday	April 27, 2021	297,543,635	6,851,630	232,407,669	1,639,215
Tuesday	April 20, 2021	272,030,795	7,525,070	213,388,238	1,806,929
Tuesday	April 13, 2021	245,364,805	7,568,500	192,282,781	2,590,736
Tuesday	April 6, 2021	219,194,215	11,302,820	168,592,075	1,404,280
Tuesday	March 30, 2021	189,451,285	8,804,720	147,602,345	1,789,510
Tuesday	March 23, 2021	162,978,840	6,244,285	128,491,795	1,982,059
Tuesday	March 16, 2021	142,918,525	7,070,690	110,737,856	1,655,996
Tuesday	March 9, 2021	123,232,775	6,854,160	93,692,598	1,602,746
Tuesday	March 2, 2021	102,353,940	5,951,450	78,631,601	1,731,614