Other times, other travails…
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.
Tag: New Zealand
Eliminate…eliminate…
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.
Musical variations & vaccines
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.
Future glimpses – a short story
Every morning, my first action is check DEMIC for the latest status of COVID-19, COVID-27, AVID-3 and PARAMID-10. I tell myself that […]
Checking the experiment’s progress
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.
Where’s my grandmother when I need her?
Today I’d like my grandmother to be looking after me. I’d like to be in her house baking then play some ball-on-a-string, then stay the night and go to bed in Granny and Fafa’s spare room after they kiss me goodnight and Granny tells me a story about growing up in India.
Tracking the enemy
Contact tracing is a critical part of suppressing COVID – going back through the chain of people who someone ill has been in contact with. It’s disturbing, the thought of the government knowing your every move through your phone.
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.
High trust – high risk
We often rely on trusting others to do the right thing, both when your partner hands you a water bottle and when your COVID experiment requires you to social distance. However, we have the strange discrepancy returning New Zealanders are trusted to self-quarantine while we are not trusted to swim in the sea and not drown. Hmmm…