A lot of work for work and a lot of work for my garden in the past few days, while the number of known cases in New Zealand has risen to 797 and Worldwide they should get to ONE MILLION in the next few hours. These figures are relative, as we have no idea how many tests are being done in every jurisdiction and selection criteria differ largely.
Meanwhile, the approach seems to be very inconsistent, not just here, but everywhere. We hear official Covid-19 radio announcements saying that it is OK to run around and be outside for exercising, even drive to a place where you can run (???) is encouraged by officials, while face masks are not deemed necessary. Some other countries have made masks compulsory and/or allow you out only with an official authorisation. All these prove that nobody’s got a clue, nowhere, at this stage. Just as I’m writing this blog entry, outside my house I can hear a cacophony of V8 engines being revved for fun and this seems to be fine, while my gardener is not allowed out to mow the lawns even without any human contact.
I went out shopping yesterday for the second time. I was surprised to see an enormous number of cars, bikes, joggers, dog walkers, kids playing, etc. This is either lock-down, or a national holiday on the tax-payer’s money!
From tomorrow, I go on “vacation” for about ten days, including Easter. It’s just a way of helping the company which helps us, so we volunteered to use our annual leave while still at home. In my case, I am lucky to have a large backyard to walk through, grapes and fruits to harvest, things to fix around the house, and I shall still take emails and business calls.
Nearly eight days in lock-down now and I feel very well, no feelings of isolation, no boredom, no depression at all. I just have lots of interesting dreams, the last one was that I met our PM, Jacinda Arden, in a context which I can’t really described here. Let’s say it was… positive.
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