How will our COVID story be told long after the pandemic? Will we have saved people? Will we have ‘saved’ the economy? Noting this is not a necessary dichotomy – saving one or the other. We are now comfortable with a Level 4 lockdown but, at some point, the restrictions will have to loosen up.
COVID is boring. Last time I got bored with my situation, I took a ride across part of the United States. It was fun…Type 2 fun that is only fun in the recounting. It pays to be careful what one wishes for.
What can you do when there’s not much to do and you are feeling depressed about the COVID situation? Torture your cat!
Controlling rabbits has parallels with controlling COVID. It is hard and the subject of control expands at an exponential rate. Elimination appears attractive but is a challenging goal.
A musical representation of COVID-19 was made using a tone for each amino acid in its DNA sequence. Sequencing COVID’s DNA is the key to creating an effective vaccine. Vaccine development is moving at breakneck speed – Oxford University has approval for a first Clinical Trial in late April.
It’s easy to get stressed right now. Our household is unlikel to be the only one overreacting when people have symptoms that could be from COVID. Or any other illness that would mean a difficult and risky trip to the doctor.
How many lives have we saved by having an Easter lockdown so no one has died on the road? The problem with reducing the risk of death ad infinitum is a boring life which still has death at the end of it.
We’re locked in a cage, though the boundaries of our incarceration are invisible – defined by government and society.
How’s the experiment going? New Zealand’s vital COVID stats – testing, cases, deaths (only one so far) – are looking good. Norway, Denmark and Sweden are looking similar, which is odd given Sweden’s very different approach, not locking down.
Bubbles need optimists. My realism outweighs my optimism, which outweighs my pessimism. However, for bubble times, I’d like to invite an optimist into my bubble – here are a couple of people I’d import in a flash.
