The Nominal: Work, Chiropractor, & Tooth; Family Heritage: for Dad; and “Poly-ticks:” Ginsburg's Passing (published 9-20-2020)

The Nominal

First, let us begin with the nominal. On Monday, 9/14/2020, after I worked from home and Mrs. Appalachian Irishman taught at school, we had our usual every-four-week chiropractic adjustments. I especially needed mine due to the latest “whatever” (i.e., a left shoulder ricochet into my right shoulder and down both sides of my back) that started the day before. Chiropractic adjustments are usually pain-free. I felt the tolerable pain in my left shoulder at the adjustment, which helped greatly.

Tomorrow, I work from home. (The current routine is working from home on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday but at the office on Wednesday and Thursday. It's an insane schedule.) Tomorrow, however, I plan to work from 8 to 10:30 AM only. My dentist will “corona” (i.e., crown) the upper left tooth (the one just before the wisdom tooth) that I chipped on Monday, 8/10/2020, while eating my noon meal at home. I bit into a peach seed, certainly not on purpose.

Afterward, I hope that our fine chiropractor will be able to see me in the afternoon. My current “whatever” is significant. My core back muscles on both sides and the muscle group across the back of my neck are stiff. I hope that this is another go backward to go forward. I have done the going backward to go forward enough. “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?” No, scratch that! Dear Lord, won’t you balance out all my muscles? The trauma recovery with these muscles is taking too long. I’m tired of it.

Family Heritage

My father, Earl Ferrell (middle name not mentioned, since he didn’t like it for a known family heritage reason), was the final (and eighth) child of Marion and Gertrude Archer Ferrell, my grandparents. He was born on 9/17/1927.

Dad was a fine Christian man, despite his Irish temper (which I too have). I got to know Dad well once I became a man. I understood his Irish temper as well as I do my own. He went to his eternal home to be with my mother and many others on 1/25/2008.

On Thursday, 9/17/2020, I worked at the office. I remembered my father.

A search of this website for “Dad” finds several articles about him. One of my favorite articles about him is Well Machine & Water Truck Legacy (published 6-26-2010). Dad, thank you for being a fine father. The Winesap trees that you planted are still producing Winesap apples. I know that you planted them, even with your ticker trouble, for me, years ago. Ferrell men don’t drop the “love” word often. We prefer to show it by our actions. I love you, Dad. I’ll see you again.

“Poly-ticks”

“Poly,” from Greek, means many. A tick is a bloodsucker. I hope that you like my invented word, “poly-ticks.” I like it.

Well, Ruth Ginsburg died two days ago on 9/18/2020. The day was also Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה‎), New Year on the Hebrew calendar, which began at sundown.

I have read and heard on various media sources about her life. Ruth Ginsburg endured her share of hardship in life, to say the least. It is interesting. I do not diminish her life story. I admire the toughness of her strong-willed spirit. Likewise, I have the same type of spirit from predominantly Irish roots.

I hope that Ruth Ginsburg accepted the Good Lord’s free gift offer of salvation through his Son. I don’t know. If she did, I will see her. If she didn’t, I will not.

Ruth Ginsburg was the second at-the-time female Supreme Court Justice, my politically correct moment in writing. Still in my politically correct writing moment, Sandra Day O’Connor was the first. Two more on the Court now came later. Okay, my politically correct writing moment is done.

Gender (i.e., two only), however, does not matter. What matters for Supreme Court Justices is how they interpret the Constitution. They are either traditional (i.e., the plain meaning of the Constitution as written means what it says) or “living” (i.e., the Constitution means what folks say that it means now).

As a theological sidetrack, biblical interpretation is the same. Conservative theologians, including me, interpret the Bible as it was inspired and written. Liberal theologians interpret a “living Bible,” meaning whatever they say it means. These “living Word” theologians are wrong. I can prove it.

The “living Constitution” folks are also wrong. I can prove it. It is easy enough to do, if these folks have logical minds, educated in valid reasoning. If they don't have such minds, then I don’t argue with fence posts.

Ruth Ginsburg was on the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton’s 6/15/1993 nomination, from 8/10/1993 to the day that she died. (That’s 27 years.) I found a few articles, which seem credible enough, that listed her “notable” Supreme Court decisions. Neither of the two websites that I list is conservative. I read “Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Most Famous Supreme Court Cases,” Newsweek, by James Crowley, 9/18/2020, and “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Second Woman on Supreme Court, Dies at 87,” Bloomberg, by Greg Stohr and Laurence Arnold, 9/18/2020.

My comments on Ruth Ginsburg's “notable” decisions are as follows:

Stenberg v. Carhart: Ruth Ginsburg was wrong in her opinion. Life in the womb is life. The male or female unborn child is a human being, developing in the early stages of life. Murder (inside or outside the womb, unless to save the physical life in reality of the mother) is murder. She was wrong.

Gonzalez v. Carhart: the Supreme Court upheld, as it should have, based on God’s highest court, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. Ruth Ginsburg dissented. She, again, was wrong.

United States v. Virginia: Ruth Ginsburg was right—if a woman serving in the military can do the same exact physical tasks as a man. I know women who can do more physical tasks than men. Women who serve in the military and have the same ability as men are great. Women in the military who do not have these abilities are liabilities in combat.

Safford Unified School District v. Redding: Ruth Ginsburg was right. No one should strip search a 13-year-old girl regardless of the reason anywhere, especially in school. Whoever did the strip search should have found the Good Lord.

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company: I wonder why this case rose to the Supreme Court. Reading the details wasted my time. Ruth Ginsburg may have been right or not. I don’t know. I don’t care. It was a case about pay details. Yawn!

A quote, however, from the Bloomberg article previously referenced states, “In 2013, she was the first justice to officiate at a same-sex marriage, and two years later was part of the 5-4 majority that legalized gay marriage nationwide.” Ruth Ginsburg and the other four justices in the majority were completely wrong! God in his supreme court has dictated that marriage is between one man and one woman. His Son verified this. There is no such thing as “gay” (i.e., homosexual) marriage. That false notion idea is not God’s law. God’s law trumps man’s law every time.

Conclusion

Writing this article granted me a bit of intellectual exercise. I still hold to the everlasting perspective and the biblical worldview. In that context, I continue to endure this temporal world, which doesn't, in majority, follow the biblical worldview.

When’s supper ready, dear? I’m hungry! To our “old puppy,” Molly, I’m sorry that I didn’t take you hiking today. My recent “whatevers” kept me from doing so. I could have hiked, but I might not have been balanced enough walking those tight spots where a person could take a bad fall. Wisdom dictates that I wait. I wait impatiently. I need to get into the woods soon!

HAIRCUT CONTRAST, on 9/19/2020, SATURDAY, and OTHER NOTES

This is a quick update, on 9/19/2020, Saturday, just before supper. I hope that you are well.

I endured another work week – working at home, Monday and Tuesday, but at the office, Wednesday through Friday. The schedule is based on bureaucratic insanity that is spawned, by the folks, in the Ivory Tower, in Nashvegas. They need to be educated. My significant “whatevers,” in my left shoulder, knee, and foot, didn’t prevent me from working for a living.

Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had a haircut, from 9 AM to 10:48 AM. She spent $158, on the debit card, which including a 30% tip. I had a haircut at 11 AM. It took about ten minutes. I spent $20, in cash, plus $20 as a COVID-19 tip, for my haircut. My fine barber deserves it. I have been giving him the extra $20 tip, since the new crown virus started. He has to set appointments, not take walk-ins, as barbers used to do, when we were a free people, in a free nation.

I am the eldest of four brothers. My next to eldest brother called my cell phone at 3 PM, on the dot. We talked to 4:28 PM. His family and he are, apparently, doing well enough. He and I both have the everlasting perspective on life. Are you returning soon, Lord?

I might publish another article tomorrow that has other points of conversation. Until then, “when’s supper ready, dear? I’m hungry!”

9/11/2001 in the Context of 9/11/2020 (published 9/13/2020)

9/11/2001

It was a Tuesday. I was a second-shift computer operator and help desk agent. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman was, and still is, a teacher (but add vice-principal now). On 9/30/1999, we had returned from five years of mission work in Russia. On 12/28/1999, my mother had become ill. She went home “to see Jesus” on 12/27/2000.

On 9/11/2001, my wife was already at work. I was still in bed in our still temporary apartment on the ridge behind the now former Knox Center Mall. I was awake, but not yet out of bed. Dad called me. Dad’s call is how I found out about what happened minutes before. The day unfolded. I went to work as usual. No one felt like working. We worked while focusing on the news. We talked to each other, vented, prayed, cursed, and promised justice. I am either glad or not that my mother had already gone home on 12/27/2000. At least she wasn’t here on 9/11/2001 to know the details.

Charlie Daniels, who went heavenward earlier this year, and his band encapsulated the spirit of this nation in the song “In America - The Charlie Daniels Band (Official Video),” Charlie Daniels (YouTube). Enjoy the music.

In 2003, before working my second-shift job, I also “went to work” daily, doing most of the inside trim (i.e., sanding, caulking, painting, etc.) on our current home. I worked from about 9 AM to 2 PM, before working my 3:30 to 11:30 PM second-shift job. Radio stations, to which I listened on my portable radio, often played the song “In America” back then. The song increased my efforts as I worked on our home. We did not pay anyone else to do the inside trim. We paid ourselves by doing it. Well, I did most of it.

Back then, we as a nation stood tall. This country had one of its finer moments. There was no division. We were united as one nation. We stood together. Furthermore, we were completely determined to see justice served.

9/11/2020

Nineteen years later, justice has been mostly served. Why do we still have troops in Afghanistan? Why are we still bothering with Iraq? In World War II, this once great nation and its allies defeated Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire in less than four years! Do not the political leaders in this once-great nation know how to declare a proper war and win it relatively quickly? Obviously not.

On Friday, 9/11/2020, I worked from home. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman taught her students at school. Television and radio stations aired tributes to the memories of 9/11/2001. We remembered. I assume that most folks old enough to remember did.

On 9/11/2020, I still wonder why my employer can’t get its head out of its rear end long enough to set us up to work from home full-time. My employer promised this would be the case, starting on 9/1/2020. I knew that the incompetent lie would unfold. Now, my employer speculates about setting us up to work from home, effective on 10/1/2020. It had better happen; otherwise, I will retire from my current employment and find a better job that allows me to work from home. My “bionic” joints are tired of doing the same job at home or at the office, based on an ever-evolving schedule.

On 9/11/2020, I remembered every detail of 9/11/2001. I recalled the highlights of life from 9/11/2001 to 9/11/2020. One recollection: my father joined my mother at their heavenly home on 1/25/2008. Articles that I have written since then include more information.

Well, life, such as it is, goes on.

Sunday, 9/13/2020

I am finishing this article for publication today. My calendar tells me that today is Grandparents’ Day. That’s a new one. How long has this one been around? Well, my grandparents, Marion and Gertrude Ferrell and Aby and Lula Wood, were wonderful grandparents. They are everlastingly at home. I will see them again.

I am wondering why I woke up with a sore right shoulder. My left shoulder, right knee, and right foot have surgically installed metal. So, why does my right shoulder hurt?

I speculate that my ongoing recovery is going a little backward to go forward again. I’ve done this many times since 3/29/2016. In the last week or so, I have been taking steps without noticing much difference. My right footstep feels almost like my left footstep. Of course, my right foot has “talked to me” (i.e., sent shocks of pain) from my big toe through my arch and into the left side of my heel. The “conversation” has ricocheted into my right calf, right shin, and right knee.

At least tomorrow, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I have our usual every four-week chiropractic appointments. I think I can endure working from home tomorrow. Our chiropractor should enjoy my previous statement about my current and painful “whatevers,” as I call them. I plan to take my first hike of this season soon—but not today.

By the way, this week, I am scheduled to work from home tomorrow and Tuesday and at the office Wednesday through Friday. Why? Fed up, I may schedule my retirement, effective Thursday, 10/1/2020, if my current employer can’t get its head out of its rear end! I apologize for the crude way of stating that. Crudeness, apparently and unfortunately, has become the “new norm.” Dad, who was born on 9/17/1927, would understand!

Well, I’ll see you all again. Remember, comments come to me by email first to review before posting them. There is no instant gratification here. This web platform, however, is better than “Farcebook!” View counts indicate that I am catching up to “Farcebook!” I will overtake that social media platform in time!

Okay, that was a bit of Irish bragging. Still yet, I’m glad that you are dropping by to read for a while. May the Good Lord bless you in his service. I’m off to see if I can further unkink my right shoulder. Writing this article helped. Thanks for reading!

LABOR DAY, 9/7/2020, MONDAY

The Mundane

Labor Day, 9/7/2020, Monday, involved minor labor at our house. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I used the shop vacuum, broom, and mop to clean our Molly doggy's lower level condominium (i.e., basement), where she sleeps at night and takes it easy at times during the day.

Next, we took paint and brushes in hand, to touch up paint (basically re-paint) one rocking chair on our front porch. We have another rocking chair and the glider swing to do as well.

Finally, I used push broom and broom to clean out the garage (i.e., the barn). During the work, I sent a few spiders to meet their Maker.

On 3/26/2016, Saturday, I had hiked House Mountain #136, with two friends. Then, I had mowed our acre yard. That was my first and, unknown to me at the time, only yard mowing that year. It is still my last yard mowing, since I’ve been hiring the yard mowed. On 3/26/2016, I had worn my usual yard mowing short pants and an old T-shirt. Of course, my life changed, on Tuesday, 3/29/2016, at least for a few more years. I have the 25 pieces of surgically implanted metal as proof.

Today, 9/7/2020, Labor Day Monday, I wore my yard mowing shorts for the first time. I had on an old T-shirt also. I hope that you enjoy the above photograph that I have included. It's a tribute to my stubborn and strong Irish will!

My youngest brother and his family had more fun than we did. They hiked Panther Creek State Park today. I had called him, while they were in the woods. A few days ago, I had thought about organizing the same hike today, but our work around the house took practical priority.

Don’t y’all be concerned! I will have an article soon, about my future and next hike – for my first hike of my fall, winter, spring hiking season!

The Everlasting

Wayne Anderson, the husband of my first cousin, Peggy Anderson, went Home, on 9/5/2020, Saturday. I had to find out via “Farcebook.” Hey, cousins! Y’all call me, on important events like this! Y’all have, should have, or can find our landline phone number.

Wayne Anderson was a fine man of God. Also, he was Sheriff of Sullivan County Tennessee for 20 years. I remember that Dad talked very highly of him.

The visitation date and time, on 9/8/2020, and the graveside, the next day, are work days for me, unfortunately. I could take work leave, to drive to Kingsport, but practicality dictates otherwise. Instead, on the funeral home website, I wrote the following:

Cousin Peggy, I regret to learn that your fine, godly husband, Wayne Anderson, left this world. I am glad, however, in the everlasting mindset, that he is HOME! We will join him at HOME in time. Then, I will shake his hand and salute him, for his service, as a godly man and Christian, to his Lord, his family, and his country. Your parents, my aunt and uncle, are having a wonderful time, talking with your husband now, as I type this. I regret that the miles between us exist. One of these days, as I hope, a Ferrell reunion can bring all the extended family of Marion and Gertrude Ferrell together. Until then, I love you, my dear cousin!

Wayne Anderson was 11 years older than me. He went home at age 71. Regardless of at what age or in what manner we leave this world, we had better be ready. Are you ready? Wayne Anderson was. I hope that you are. If you are not ready, please send me an email, which you can find on my website profile. Let’s talk!

9/6/2020, SUNDAY, SUMMARY

Hum. My canvas became blank again. I’ll fill it! We will move from the mundane to the everlasting. (I like moving, in that direction!)

The Mundane

Since the Sunday summary article, of 8/23/2020, the “cows came home.” I worked from home, last Monday through Wednesday. I did the same work, at the office, driving 14.6 miles one-way, on Thursday and Friday. On Monday, 8/31/2020, I thought that I’d worked my last day at the office, until the “cows come home.”

Well, it started out well enough. On Tuesday, 9/1/2020 (the first day of fall), I had to go to the Knox County office, to get a new work computer, to replace the relatively new work computer that was still fine.

On 9/3/2020, by e-mail, I was told that, effective 9/9/2020, Wednesday, I will be working at home Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, but I will work at the office on Wednesdays. Hum. I still do not have a proper explanation as to why, due to a bad management style. (I feel treated as a peon, but I’m not a peon). I speculate that the “Ivory Tower” bureaucrats, in Nashvegas, could not get their ducks in a row, on 9/1/2020. I speculate that, by 10/1/2020, the “Ivory Tower” bureaucrats might have their ducks in a row, so that I can start working from home full-time, effective that day.

If my employer tries to force me, to work more than the next four Wednesdays, in September, at the office, then I will retire, use my leave time, and find another job, to work from home full-time. I grow tired of my employer’s bureaucratic incompetence.

On Friday, 8/28/2020, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had an experience of dual “joy.” First, her cell phone had the “white screen of death” again. After a few days of various efforts, her cell phone is okay again – for now. Second, her (our) ’08 Honda Civic had stopped cooling the cabin. The air conditioner was not working very well. On 9/2/2020, Wednesday, the car was in the “hospital.” The next day, the car was well again. On Friday, 9/4/2020, the car was back in “the barn” (i.e., garage).

In the 8/18/2020 article, I bragged on New Look Home Improvements LLC. I need to revise that glowing review. We paid for, and still need to have finished, three minor details that the company owner promised, on 8/18/2020, to have done quickly. The southeast basement exterior door frame, at the base, needs repair. (Rot is on both sides.) A small area on the driveway, near the mailbox, needs pressure washing. Both basement door landings need to be pressure washed again.

On 9/1/2020, I left the owner a voice mail, on his work phone. He has not replied, as of the date of this article. On 9/3/2020, I sent him a follow up e-mail. He has not replied.

I will, therefore, either do the work myself or find someone else to do it. Either way, I will send New Look Home Improvements LLC a bill for the work. The owner has been paid. The minor details are not done yet. He has not replied to my attempts to reach him.

We do have a very fine and new deck. I do not, however, recommend New Look Home Improvements LLC, since the company does not follow up on the minor details, for a job that has been paid in full.

The Everlasting

On 8/26/1931, Aby William Wood and Lula Frank Amos, my maternal grandparents, were wed, in Bean Station, Tennessee. They were fine and godly grandparents to me.

On 9/3/1959, Earl Ferrell and Betty Lou Wood, my parents, were wed, in Morristown, Tennessee, at Calvary Baptist Church.

On 9/4/1901, Papaw Wood was born, in Indiana. Do you not think that he had a fine time, in 1959? At age 57 -- having just celebrated his wife's and his 28th wedding anniversary, and before turning age 58 the next day – he handed his daughter, to my Dad, in marriage!

Yes, I remember Papaw Wood talking about the details.

I’ll see you (Granny and Papaw Wood, Mom, and Dad) again at Home. Until then, I remember.

By the way, Mom and Dad were wed, fourteen days before Dad attained the age of 32. I plan to publish a future article, a little after what would be Dad’s birthday. Dad was born, on 9/17/1927.

Well, y’all don’t labor too much, on Labor Day, tomorrow. I’ll take it easy, or hike, which is taking it easy for me!

CORONA MYOPIA SIDETRACK AGAIN – SORRY! (published 9-6-2020)

Introduction

The Corona Myopia obsession may never go away. I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but, as a forewarning, on this date, I predict that the “powers that be” will morph the current Corona Myopia, into the next virus “pandemic.”

That will be the upcoming influenza season. The “powers that be” will continue the cycle. Future “pandemics” will be created, as needed, to continue the obsession.

The not well-hidden agenda is obvious, to anyone, who has the common sense to see it. What is their hidden agenda? They want to, and probably will, “transform” this once great nation, into a socialist sewer system, a banana republic, and a second (if not third) world country.

Of course, they are adding “race conflict” into the mix, to stir the pot faster. Have you started learning Mandarin yet? "是的，我有/已做了" (shì de, wǒ yǒu/yǐzuò le).

Corona Myopia Sidetrack

A few weeks have passed, since my last sidetrack. Since my “bionic” joints needed rest, I decided not to hike -- just yet. I did the usual research and calculations, on this new cold virus, which is still the rage in the media, as if it were the latest, greatest, and newest celebrity in town.

By the way, on “race conflict,” I will not sidetrack, into that topic. “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.” There is no white privilege or “systemic racism.” There is the opportunity to advance in life, for any skin color or national origin -- for anyone, who is a citizen, by birth or by legal entry. It has been that way now, for over 60 years.

The following information is from a rough draft. The numbers and my calculations are all verified, as of the date and approximate time of the entry. With apology, I did not format the rough draft, into a more readable style. I am only trying to educate folks, in general, and certain family members, specifically. A word to the wise is sufficient. Let’s see who is wise.

For the wise, I’m sorry for wasting your time. Please skip this article. You and I have researched the same facts and come to the same conclusions. For the unwise, please educate yourself. I’m trying to help you!

LET’S START WITH TENNESSEE & KNOX CO.

TENNESSEE

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/885e479b688b4750837ba1d291b85aed

9/5/2020: 1,862 deaths, by COVID-19, so far, in Tennessee, in 2020.

https://www.indexmundi.com/clocks/indicator/deaths/united-states

9/6/2020, 10:25 AM1: 46,439 total deaths, so far, in Tennessee, in 2020.

1 A check at 9/6/2020, 12:01 AM, would have given an exact total, through 9/5/2020. The current daily count continues to rise.

https://www.indexmundi.com/coronavirus/

9/6/2020, 8:35 AM: 188,538 total deaths, by COVID-10, so far, in the USA, in 2020. 1,862 total deaths, by COVID-19, so far, in Tennessee, in 2020.

Analysis: in 2020, in Tennessee, so far, 1,862 deaths, by COVID-19, divided by 46,439 total deaths means that 4% (4.00956%) of deaths are by COVID-19.

https://www.indexmundi.com/coronavirus/country/us/state/tennessee

9/6/2020, 8:35 AM: 3/5/2020 - 9/5/2020; 185 days. Daily deaths, by COVID-19, in Tennessee. The range is from -2 (4/24/2020) to 61 (8/21/2020). Analysis: 2020 total deaths, in Tennessee, so far, by COVID-19, is 1,862, divided by 185 days, averages 10.06 deaths per day. The data -- copied and pasted, from the website, on the date and time specified -- is as follows.

2020 TN COVID-19 Deaths by Date 3/5/2020 – 9/5/2020

 

Date Reported	Total Deaths	New Deaths
Sat., Sept. 5, 2020	1,862	25
Fri., Sept. 4, 2020	1,837	22
Thu., Sept. 3, 2020	1,815	18
Wed., Sept. 2, 2020	1,797	16
Tue., Sept. 1, 2020	1,781	27
Mon., Aug. 31, 2020	1,754	7
Sun., Aug. 30, 2020	1,747	22
Sat., Aug. 29, 2020	1,725	24
Fri., Aug. 28, 2020	1,701	28
Thu., Aug. 27, 2020	1,673	25
Wed., Aug. 26, 2020	1,648	20
Tue., Aug. 25, 2020	1,628	40
Mon., Aug. 24, 2020	1,588	21
Sun., Aug. 23, 2020	1,567	4
Sat., Aug. 22, 2020	1,563	14
Fri., Aug. 21, 2020	1,549	61
Thu., Aug. 20, 2020	1,488	36
Wed., Aug. 19, 2020	1,452	28
Tue., Aug. 18, 2020	1,424	37
Mon., Aug. 17, 2020	1,387	21
Sun., Aug. 16, 2020	1,366	21
Sat., Aug. 15, 2020	1,345	19
Fri., Aug. 14, 2020	1,326	13
Thu., Aug. 13, 2020	1,313	24
Wed., Aug. 12, 2020	1,289	18
Tue., Aug. 11, 2020	1,271	38
Mon., Aug. 10, 2020	1,233	10
Sun., Aug. 9, 2020	1,223	8
Sat., Aug. 8, 2020	1,215	9
Fri., Aug. 7, 2020	1,206	20
Thu., Aug. 6, 2020	1,186	42
Wed., Aug. 5, 2020	1,144	27
Tue., Aug. 4, 2020	1,117	25
Mon., Aug. 3, 2020	1,092	19
Sun., Aug. 2, 2020	1,073	6
Sat., Aug. 1, 2020	1,067	7
Fri., July 31, 2020	1,060	27
Thu., July 30, 2020	1,033	13
Wed., July 29, 2020	1,020	21
Tue., July 28, 2020	999	21
Mon., July 27, 2020	978	11
Sun., July 26, 2020	967	3
Sat., July 25, 2020	964	26
Fri., July 24, 2020	938	13
Thu., July 23, 2020	925	37
Wed., July 22, 2020	888	17
Tue., July 21, 2020	871	24
Mon., July 20, 2020	847	4
Sun., July 19, 2020	843	5
Sat., July 18, 2020	838	23
Fri., July 17, 2020	815	19
Thu., July 16, 2020	796	13
Wed., July 15, 2020	783	16
Tue., July 14, 2020	767	18
Mon., July 13, 2020	749	8
Sun., July 12, 2020	741	3
Sat., July 11, 2020	738	15
Fri., July 10, 2020	723	13
Thu., July 9, 2020	710	25
Wed., July 8, 2020	685	20
Tue., July 7, 2020	665	13
Mon., July 6, 2020	652	7
Sun., July 5, 2020	645	8
Sat., July 4, 2020	637	4
Fri., July 3, 2020	633	13
Thu., July 2, 2020	620	11
Wed., July 1, 2020	609	5
Tue., June 30, 2020	604	12
Mon., June 29, 2020	592	8
Sun., June 28, 2020	584	0
Sat., June 27, 2020	584	7
Fri., June 26, 2020	577	10
Thu., June 25, 2020	567	11
Wed., June 24, 2020	556	14
Tue., June 23, 2020	542	11
Mon., June 22, 2020	531	5
Sun., June 21, 2020	526	2
Sat., June 20, 2020	524	9
Fri., June 19, 2020	515	7
Thu., June 18, 2020	508	10
Wed., June 17, 2020	498	5
Tue., June 16, 2020	493	11
Mon., June 15, 2020	482	8
Sun., June 14, 2020	474	2
Sat., June 13, 2020	472	6
Fri., June 12, 2020	466	25
Thu., June 11, 2020	441	4
Wed., June 10, 2020	437	2
Tue., June 9, 2020	435	14
Mon., June 8, 2020	421	3
Sun., June 7, 2020	418	1
Sat., June 6, 2020	417	9
Fri., June 5, 2020	408	7
Thu., June 4, 2020	401	13
Wed., June 3, 2020	388	7
Tue., June 2, 2020	381	17
Mon., June 1, 2020	364	0
Sun., May 31, 2020	364	0
Sat., May 30, 2020	364	3
Fri., May 29, 2020	361	5
Thu., May 28, 2020	356	3
Wed., May 27, 2020	353	10
Tue., May 26, 2020	343	5
Mon., May 25, 2020	338	2
Sun., May 24, 2020	336	7
Sat., May 23, 2020	329	14
Fri., May 22, 2020	315	2
Thu., May 21, 2020	313	8
Wed., May 20, 2020	305	0
Tue., May 19, 2020	305	4
Mon., May 18, 2020	301	3
Sun., May 17, 2020	297	3
Sat., May 16, 2020	294	5
Fri., May 15, 2020	289	3
Thu., May 14, 2020	286	13
Wed., May 13, 2020	273	7
Tue., May 12, 2020	266	15
Mon., May 11, 2020	251	8
Sun., May 10, 2020	243	1
Sat., May 9, 2020	242	0
Fri., May 8, 2020	242	4
Thu., May 7, 2020	238	-1
Wed., May 6, 2020	239	13
Tue., May 5, 2020	226	7
Mon., May 4, 2020	219	9
Sun., May 3, 2020	210	1
Sat., May 2, 2020	209	5
Fri., May 1, 2020	204	5
Thu., April 30, 2020	199	4
Wed., April 29, 2020	195	7
Tue., April 28, 2020	188	4
Mon., April 27, 2020	184	3
Sun., April 26, 2020	181	4
Sat., April 25, 2020	177	8
Fri., April 24, 2020	169	-2
Thu., April 23, 2020	171	14
Wed., April 22, 2020	157	0
Tue., April 21, 2020	157	5
Mon., April 20, 2020	152	4
Sun., April 19, 2020	148	6
Sat., April 18, 2020	142	1
Fri., April 17, 2020	141	5
Thu., April 16, 2020	136	12
Wed., April 15, 2020	124	0
Tue., April 14, 2020	124	15
Mon., April 13, 2020	109	3
Sun., April 12, 2020	106	0
Sat., April 11, 2020	106	8
Fri., April 10, 2020	98	4
Thu., April 9, 2020	94	14
Wed., April 8, 2020	80	8
Tue., April 7, 2020	72	7
Mon., April 6, 2020	65	12
Sun., April 5, 2020	53	3
Sat., April 4, 2020	50	9
Fri., April 3, 2020	41	5
Thu., April 2, 2020	36	12
Wed., April 1, 2020	24	1
Tue., March 31, 2020	23	9
Mon., March 30, 2020	14	6
Sun., March 29, 2020	8	1
Sat., March 28, 2020	7	1
Fri., March 27, 2020	6	3
Thu., March 26, 2020	3	0
Wed., March 25, 2020	3	1
Tue., March 24, 2020	2	0
Mon., March 23, 2020	2	0
Sun., March 22, 2020	2	1
Sat., March 21, 2020	1	0
Fri., March 20, 2020	1	1
Thu., March 19, 2020	0	0
Wed., March 18, 2020	0	0
Tue., March 17, 2020	0	0
Mon., March 16, 2020	0	0
Sun., March 15, 2020	0	0
Sat., March 14, 2020	0	0
Fri., March 13, 2020	0	0
Thu., March 12, 2020	0	0
Wed., March 11, 2020	0	0
Tue., March 10, 2020	0	0
Mon., March 9, 2020	0	0
Sun., March 8, 2020	0	0
Sat., March 7, 2020	0	0
Fri., March 6, 2020	0	0
Thu., March 5, 2020	0	0

 KNOX COUNTY

https://www.indexmundi.com/coronavirus/country/us/state/tennessee/county/knox

9/6/2020, 8:35 AM: 3/12/2020 - 7/3/2020 (113 days): five deaths, by COVID-19, in Knox County. That's one death, every 22.6 days.

7/3/2020, Friday: Knox County mandated (forced) the wearing of masks.

7/4/2020 - 9/5/2020 (65 days): 59 deaths, by COVID-19, in Knox County. That's one death, in about every 1.1 days.

Analysis: the data could be interpreted, to prove that the forced mask mandate had a negative effect, on the number of daily deaths, by COVID-19.

The total of deaths, by COVID-19, in Knox County, from 3/12/2020 to 9/5/2020 (178 days), is 64. That total, divided by 178 days, means that an average of 3.59 deaths, per day, are by COVID-19, in Knox County. Note: I cannot find the total of 2020 deaths, in Knox County, by any cause. Why is that information hidden? The data chart -- copied and pasted, from the website, on the date and time specified -- is as follows.

2020 KNOX CO. COVID-19 Deaths by Date 3/12/2020 – 9/5/2020

 

Date Reported	Total Deaths	New Deaths
Sat., Sept. 5, 2020	64	0
Fri., Sept. 4, 2020	64	1
Thu., Sept. 3, 2020	63	2
Wed., Sept. 2, 2020	61	2
Tue., Sept. 1, 2020	59	2
Mon., Aug. 31, 2020	57	0
Sun., Aug. 30, 2020	57	1
Sat., Aug. 29, 2020	56	5
Fri., Aug. 28, 2020	51	0
Thu., Aug. 27, 2020	51	0
Wed., Aug. 26, 2020	51	0
Tue., Aug. 25, 2020	51	2
Mon., Aug. 24, 2020	49	0
Sun., Aug. 23, 2020	49	0
Sat., Aug. 22, 2020	49	0
Fri., Aug. 21, 2020	49	1
Thu., Aug. 20, 2020	48	3
Wed., Aug. 19, 20	45	2
Tue., Aug. 18, 2020	43	0
Mon., Aug. 17, 2020	43	1
Sun., Aug. 16, 2020	42	0
Sat., Aug. 15, 2020	42	1
Fri., Aug. 14, 2020	41	0
Thu., Aug. 13, 2020	41	1
Wed., Aug. 12, 20	40	0
Tue., Aug. 11, 2020	40	0
Mon., Aug. 10, 2020	40	1
Sun., Aug. 9, 2020	39	1
Sat., Aug. 8, 2020	38	1
Fri., Aug. 7, 2020	37	0
Thu., Aug. 6, 2020	37	-1
Wed., Aug. 5, 2020	38	1
Tue., Aug. 4, 2020	37	1
Mon., Aug. 3, 2020	36	2
Sun., Aug. 2, 2020	34	3
Sat., Aug. 1, 2020	31	1
Fri., July 31, 2020	30	2
Thu., July 30, 2020	28	1
Wed., July 29, 2020	27	0
Tue., July 28, 2020	27	1
Mon., July 27, 2020	26	3
Sun., July 26, 2020	23	0
Sat., July 25, 2020	23	2
Fri., July 24, 2020	21	0
Thu., July 23, 2020	21	0
Wed., July 22, 2020	21	3
Tue., July 21, 2020	18	0
Mon., July 20, 2020	18	0
Sun., July 19, 2020	18	0
Sat., July 18, 2020	18	1
Fri., July 17, 2020	17	0
Thu., July 16, 2020	17	2
Wed., July 15, 2020	15	3
Tue., July 14, 2020	12	2
Mon., July 13, 2020	10	1
Sun., July 12, 2020	9	0
Sat., July 11, 2020	9	0
Fri., July 10, 2020	9	0
Thu., July 9, 2020	9	0
Wed., July 8, 2020	9	1
Tue., July 7, 2020	8	0
Mon., July 6, 2020	8	1
Sun., July 5, 2020	7	2
Sat., July 4, 2020	5	0
Fri., July 3, 2020	5	0
Thu., July 2, 2020	5	0
Wed., July 1, 2020	5	0
Tue., June 30, 2020	5	0
Mon., June 29, 2020	5	0
Sun., June 28, 2020	5	0
Sat., June 27, 2020	5	0
Fri., June 26, 2020	5	0
Thu., June 25, 2020	5	0
Wed., June 24, 2020	5	0
Tue., June 23, 2020	5	0
Mon., June 22, 2020	5	0
Sun., June 21, 2020	5	0
Sat., June 20, 2020	5	0
Fri., June 19, 2020	5	0
Thu., June 18, 2020	5	0
Wed., June 17, 2020	5	0
Tue., June 16, 2020	5	0
Mon., June 15, 2020	5	0
Sun., June 14, 2020	5	0
Sat., June 13, 2020	5	0
Fri., June 12, 2020	5	0
Thu., June 11, 2020	5	0
Wed., June 10, 2020	5	0
Tue., June 9, 2020	5	0
Mon., June 8, 2020	5	0
Sun., June 7, 2020	5	0
Sat., June 6, 2020	5	0
Fri., June 5, 2020	5	0
Thu., June 4, 2020	5	0
Wed., June 3, 2020	5	0
Tue., June 2, 2020	5	0
Mon., June 1, 2020	5	0
Sun., May 31, 2020	5	0
Sat., May 30, 2020	5	0
Fri., May 29, 2020	5	0
Thu., May 28, 2020	5	0
Wed., May 27, 2020	5	0
Tue., May 26, 2020	5	0
Mon., May 25, 2020	5	0
Sun., May 24, 2020	5	0
Sat., May 23, 2020	5	0
Fri., May 22, 2020	5	0
Thu., May 21, 2020	5	0
Wed., May 20, 2020	5	0
Tue., May 19, 2020	5	0
Mon., May 18, 2020	5	0
Sun., May 17, 2020	5	0
Sat., May 16, 2020	5	0
Fri., May 15, 2020	5	0
Thu., May 14, 2020	5	0
Wed., May 13, 2020	5	0
Tue., May 12, 2020	5	0
Mon., May 11, 2020	5	0
Sun., May 10, 2020	5	0
Sat., May 9, 2020	5	0
Fri., May 8, 2020	5	0
Thu., May 7, 2020	5	0
Wed., May 6, 2020	5	0
Tue., May 5, 2020	5	0
Mon., May 4, 2020	5	0
Sun., May 3, 2020	5	0
Sat., May 2, 2020	5	0
Fri., May 1, 2020	5	0
Thu., April 30, 2020	5	0
Wed., April 29, 2020	5	0
Tue., April 28, 2020	5	1
Mon., April 27, 2020	4	0
Sun., April 26, 2020	4	0
Sat., April 25, 2020	4	0
Fri., April 24, 2020	4	0
Thu., April 23, 2020	4	0
Wed., April 22, 2020	4	0
Tue., April 21, 2020	4	0
Mon., April 20, 2020	4	0
Sun., April 19, 2020	4	0
Sat., April 18, 2020	4	0
Fri., April 17, 2020	4	0
Thu., April 16, 2020	4	0
Wed., April 15, 2020	4	0
Tue., April 14, 2020	4	0
Mon., April 13, 2020	4	1
Sun., April 12, 2020	3	0
Sat., April 11, 2020	3	0
Fri., April 10, 2020	3	0
Thu., April 9, 2020	3	-1
Wed., April 8, 2020	4	1
Tue., April 7, 2020	3	0
Mon., April 6, 2020	3	2
Sun., April 5, 2020	1	0
Sat., April 4, 2020	1	0
Fri., April 3, 2020	1	0
Thu., April 2, 2020	1	0
Wed., April 1, 2020	1	0
Tue., March 31, 2020	1	0
Mon., March 30, 2020	1	1
Sun., March 29, 2020	0	0
Sat., March 28, 2020	0	0
Fri., March 27, 2020	0	0
Thu., March 26, 2020	0	0
Wed., March 25, 2020	0	0
Tue., March 24, 2020	0	0
Mon., March 23, 2020	0	0
Sun., March 22, 2020	0	0
Sat., March 21, 2020	0	0
Fri., March 20, 2020	0	0
Thu., March 19, 2020	0	0
Wed., March 18, 2020	0	0
Tue., March 17, 2020	0	0
Mon., March 16, 2020	0	0
Sun., March 15, 2020	0	0
Sat., March 14, 2020	0	0
Fri., March 13, 2020	0	0
Thu., March 12, 2020	0	0

NOW, LET’S SEE ABOUT USA TOTAL DEATHS.

https://www.indexmundi.com/clocks/indicator/deaths/united-states

9/6/2020, 10:25 AM: 1,958,470 total deaths, in the USA, so far, in 2020, that are not by COVID-19.

+ https://www.indexmundi.com/coronavirus/

9/6/2020, 8:35 AM: 188,538 total deaths, in the USA, so far, in 2020, that are due to COVID-19.

= The total number of deaths, so far, in the USA, in 2020, is 2,147,008.

Analysis: 188,538 COVID-19 deaths, divided by 2,147,008 total deaths, means that 8.78142%, of all deaths, in the USA, in 2020, are by COVID-19, as of 9/6/2020, mid-morning. The data, on deaths not by COVID-19, as of 9/6/2020, 8:35 AM, are as follows.

 State         2020 USA Deaths, Not by COVID-19, as of 9/6/2020, 8:35 AM

Alabama	36,808
Alaska	3,292
Arizona	41,346
Arkansas	21,398
California	193,004
Colorado	26,722
Connecticut	21,279
Delaware	6,459
D.C.	3,878
Florida	144,618
Georgia	58,969
Hawaii	8,709
Idaho	9,091
Illinois	75,149
Indiana	42,475
Iowa	19,681
Kansas	17,236
Kentucky	31,476
Louisiana	31,659
Maine	9,793
Maryland	35,150
Massachusetts	40,008
Michigan	65,571
Minnesota	29,512
Mississippi	21,544
Missouri	41,085
Montana	6,743
Nebraska	10,645
Nevada	17,496
New Hampshire	8,283
New Jersey	51,730
New Mexico	12,562
New York	112,595
North Carolina	64,429
North Dakota	4,270
Ohio	80,441
Oklahoma	27,508
Oregon	24,978
Pennsylvania	91,159
Rhode Island	6,696
South Carolina	34,666
South Dakota	5,012
Tennessee	46,439
Texas	138,534
Utah	11,916
Vermont	3,849
Virginia	47,635
Washington	40,024
West Virginia	15,417
Wisconsin	34,426
Wyoming	3,396
Puerto Rico	19,689
TOTAL:	1,958,470

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Conclusion

Again, I apologize for the format. The technological folks, whom I pay, to maintain my website, lack the ability to better format this article.

A word to the wise is sufficient. Let’s see who is wise.