Death is inevitable, but tragic if it could have been avoided US, CDC data 1918 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html 50 million worldwide US deaths, 675,000 https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases Cases, 27,993,504 Deaths, 498,993 (589,000 cumulative deaths on June 1, 2021) http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/Projects/COVID/2021/102_briefing_United_States_of_America_2.pdf Past 7 days https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=sf_coronavirus New daily reported cases, down 19.5% New daily reported deaths, 15.5% CoViD related hospitalizations, down 13.2% Test positivity rate, 5% Vaccine doses since 14th December, 65,032,000 Two doses, 19,882,000 (6.9%) https://covidtracking.com/data UK reopens UK, 17.7 million doses of vaccine England, lockdown began 4th January Four-step plan, could see all legal limits on social contact lifted by 21 June https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56158405 Boris Johnson cautious but irreversible Decisions, data not dates Minimum of 5 weeks apart Time required for review of effects no credible route to a zero-Covid Britain nor indeed a zero-Covid world Step One England, From 8 March All schools and colleges will open Twice weekly testing, with masks in secondary schools Outside, with 2 people, tea, picnic England, From 29 March Outdoor gatherings, six people or two households Including private gardens Outdoor sports allowed Step Two From 12 April Pubs and restaurants open for outdoor drinking and eating Non-essential retail opens, hairdressers and some public buildings like libraries Outdoor settings like alcohol takeaways, beer gardens, zoos and theme parks Indoor leisure like swimming pools and gyms Self-contained holiday accommodation, and camp sites Still no indoor mixing between different households Review of international leisure travel, announced by 12 April at the earliest Funerals, up to 30 people, weddings up to 15 guests Step Three From 17 May, at the earliest If the data allows Outdoor, up to 30 people Two households can mix indoors Pubs and restaurants, eating inside, rule of six Cinemas, museums, hotels, open Up to 10,000 spectators outdoor consider the potential role of Covid status certification Step Four From 21 June Potentially see all legal limits on social contact removed Nightclubs Restrictions on weddings and funerals will also be abolished Myanmar https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00457-8/fulltext Lancet 19th February Military coup, Feb 1, 2021 Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) Clinical services have drastically diminished, leading to a health system suddenly in crisis. Decades of underinvestment in public sector Private and charity hospitals used, but limited Busy public emergency departments Were performing screening, testing, and early critical care for COVID-19 Immunisation programme had commenced Death in inevitable, but tragic if it could have been avoided. Mass public rallies and protests Public compliance and goodwill for isolation Myanmar risks profound health system collapse Global isolation and sanctions North Korea Germany, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, UK, US, Japan https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-north-korea-accused-of-using-covid-to-crack-down-on-human-rights/a-55914019 stripped of nearly all their human rights, including the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, movement, and religion or belief appalling and gets worse by the day Prioritizing its nuclear weapons program over the needs of its people longstanding, systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights, serious threat, to international security isolation from the international community is inevitably worsening the impacts of the pandemic on the North Korean population Dr. Choi Jung Hun, defected in 2012 The health care system is very weak. They don't want to show that to the world. North Korea is a museum of viruses Kim Jong Un Not a single coronavirus case on North Korean soil