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 Covid-19 and the deaths by age in the US*: No additional commentary from me. Just read the numbers. Start END Location Age Group COVID-19 Deaths  Influenza Deaths  Total Deaths  Percentage of Covid Deaths 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US Under 1 year 16 15 9,159 0.011% 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US 1-4 years 10 41 1,751 0.007% 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US 5-14 years 23 51 2,714 0.015% 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US 15-24 years 242 52 17,079 0.162% 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US 25-34 years 1,133 150 35,456 0.759% 2/1/2020 8/8/2020 US 35-44 years ...

Well we are entering one of my favorite times of the year - Flu & Cold season! My family tells me (and truth be told, I admit) that I am a bit more germ-a-phobic than I was in my younger days. I am not to the Howard Hughes/Adrian Monk stage, but I find myself very uncomfortable in the presence of someone obviously sick with a cough, cold, or flu. One thing I have never understood is people that go to work deathly ill. That is how we all get sick people! Who are these creatures anyway? Most of the folks I have had working for me or with me over the years would stay home for a sick pet bird, much less for themselves! A scenario - I am traveling down the road and decide to take a bathroom break and maybe pick up a Slim Jim and drink. I stop at the convenience mart at the next exit and head in. Don't even get me started on the condition of most bathrooms, but I'm just saying: germ-avoidance is impossible here. Heading to the counter with my processed meat snack I hear a hackin...