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Tag: COVID-19
July 8, 2020
COVID-10 July 2020 Update
I didn’t think I’d get to a fourth entry about this pandemic lockdown but here we are. With the top headlines this month being about police and riots, it seems that a lot of people stopped being scared about COVID. I think the pandemic reaction was admirable, but I’m surprised how quickly people are breaking physical distancing, even before it is considered “safe”. Perhaps there is fatigue over the restrictions. Perhaps the fear passed with something new in the headlines I think a lot of these measures will become the “new normal.” 9/11 was almost 20 years ago, but the[…continue reading]
June 1, 2020
COVID-19 June 2020 Update
This is my 3rd monthly post about life during the pandemic. I am surprised that the pandemic is lasting so long! I guess I naively thought that after two weeks of lockdown it would be contained. Almost two months later and many, many restrictions remain. Below is a neat graphic about how COVID has eclipsed the bottom 7% of causes of death. 300,000+ deaths in 6 months is pretty daunting, but in context, it still is not quite in the top 10 global causes of death: I’m not entirely sure this should have been labelled a pandemic. COVID-19 is in[…continue reading]
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 May 2020 Update
When this lockdown started, I thought it would only be about two weeks. That was naive and shortsighted. In the many Asian countries that were hit first, it was 3-5 months before things turned a little more normal. It’s interesting to go out for groceries and see a contrast between how some people are handling this: Some seem to be listening, going out with masks and gloves and keeping distance. Others, seem to think nothing is wrong, no masks or gloves, loitering about, standing too close, and acting as if nothing is wrong. Obviously, a lot of people want this[…continue reading]
