NZ on the leaderboards
Is New Zealand one of only 4 countries in lockdown? And are we poorly vaccinated on a world scale? Let’s look at the facts.
Tag: lockdown
Goodbye Loki
Pets are a critical part of human lives. We share emotions with pets, as with humans. People see human-human relationships as superior to human-animal, but where’s the evidence for this?
Comparing lockdowns
Lockdowns have varied across the world in their severity. In some countries people can’t go further than 100m from their houses or exercise at all. As countries come out the other side of their infection curves restrictions are reducing, as in New Zealand. However, the USA has not yet got on top of COVID, not surprising given their variable approaches. But maybe they haven’t all swallowed bleach yet…
Still holding…
We are still holding our breaths but the Ardern & Bloomfield Show tomorrow will tell us whether we will be stepping down from Level 4. What do you pick? What do I pick? I’ve looked up the factors that are likely to be taken into account.
Staycation
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.
Coronavirus tea party
We had a tea party with our nearby bubble mates – friends living in our barn, using a 2 metre separation as measured by our 1.8 metre table.
Can I rent an optimist for my bubble?
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.
The world is spinning…
We’re all in shock, finding it hard to absorb the speed of events related to COVID-19. We’ve heard Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explain why a rapid rise in cases means we have to start reducing our freedoms to prevent disease transmission. What is life going to be like for the next little while?