it's worth pointing out that the united states has 158 cases and 11 deaths from coronavirus, and canada has much fewer cases, but zero deaths.

germany has 322 cases and zero deaths. switzerland has 93 cases and zero deaths; the uk has 87 cases and zero deaths. spain has 2 deaths out of 228, and france has 4 deaths out of 285. there is one death in san marino. while most countries have seen few cases, the only other country with deaths is italy, which has a very high poverty rate.

if you look at just france, the mortality rate is 1.4%. in spain, it's 0.8%. put together, and it's 6/513=1.1%. add the uk & germany & switzerland, and it's 6/1015 = 0.5%. i'm not cherry-picking countries in western europe - the more countries i add, the lower the death rate gets, because there aren't any more deaths.

while there are probably unreported cases, the official numbers put the death rate in the united states at nearly 7% - 15x as high as western europe.

why is that?

could it have something to do with the health care delivery system in the united states?

this is the best argument for medicare for all that's ever existed....just look at the numbers. if you're an american, you should be embarrassed - your mortality rates are comparable to those of developing countries, not those of the industrialized world.

the first act is co-operating with my plan, by doing three sets tomorrow, and starting at 20:00 sharp. so, they'll be doing 45 minute sets that start at 20:00, 21:00 and 22:00...

i would need to come in early to get the beethoven tickets.

if i can get on the bus at 21:00, i can make it to the late show before 22:00. but, i don't know set times, yet. if they're a little later, i could even catch two sets....

but, this was supposed to be a spring-has-sprung show, and the spike in temperatures this week has undone itself. so, do i want to be out all night?

i'll decide tomorrow.

knowing set times for the second show would help.

so, i took a nap, and i'm in for the night.

i decided yesterday that i wanted to get something to eat while i was watching the results come in, so i got most of my grocery shopping done for the month last night (and made some eggs when i got back). i finished that up with a last run this morning, before crashing when i came in.

i need to take a shower, and hopefully the laptop comes out of hibernation nicely...

the weather forecast has taken a turn towards the crappy tomorrow night, and i'm wondering if i want to go out at all. we'll see tomorrow.

so, if i go to the jazz show, i'm going to be sitting nicely, in a behaved space for a few hours, and then come home. 

if i go to the funk show, i'm more going to an actual party.

the steve hackett show is $60 cdn, minimum, and i'm....i can watch it at home. it's a dad show....really....

i'm waiting on answers regarding set times, but this is what i want to do:

1) talking ear @ cliff bell's, 20:00-21:30 - first set.

2) take the bus to royal oak for roughly 10:00 and hopefully catch the last two acts, sunsquabi and the floozies. i want this to go late - until after 2:00.
3) get something to eat. it's a thursday, so i don't expect to find an after party. but, the bus runs all night, now. so, i can make my way back to detroit for the morning.

4) the beethoven concerto is running at 10:45 in the morning.

5) go home, shower, sleep.

i may then follow that up with a friday night funk show with headliners dizgo, at tangent. this will also require a late night, but i can take the early morning bus back on saturday.

this might not work, scheduling wise. but, i'd rather go party than go sit in a jazz bar....