PANDEMIC DIARY - FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

An item from Facebook in May 2020

Covid Virus Pandemic 2020

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison started lockdown on the evening of 22nd of March, 2020 with non-essential services including pubs, clubs and restaurants closed
* Later that week, states shut their borders to non-essential travellers.
* By end of March more severe restrictions were put in place, including the two-person rule and a law banning people from being outside their homes except for four essential reasons (work, groceries, exercise and medical reasons).
* The Queen addressed her nation at 8pm on 5th April

* Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community
* Schools in NSW and Victoria closed as education departments implement new procedures to deal with the spread of coronavirus. Remote learning in place
* Self-distancing measures required
* Limited shopping hours, therefore, lineups outside the store doors
* Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed People who can work from home
* Olympics postponed to 2021.
* Concerts tours festivals entertainment events cancelled
* Family celebrations holiday gatherings cancelled
* No masses, churches are closed
* No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home bubble
* Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now
* Weekly tradition in UK, every Thursday 8pm #ClapForKeyWorkers campaign, to recognise the efforts of the NHS workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic every day
* Children's outdoor play parks are closed
* Manufacturers and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks hand sanitizer and PPE
* Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules
* Press conferences daily from the PM and other government officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths
* People wearing masks and gloves outside
* Essential service workers are terrified to go to work
* In England 99 year old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore raised £29 million for NHS charities walking 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100. His target was £1000. People from all over the world donated to his cause.
* We celebrated Anzac Day at dawn on our driveways

* 6th April Beaches around Australia have started to close.

* Petrol price close to home was $1.02.

* Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (1.5mtrs) from each other.

* Parks trails, entire cities closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble.

* Entire sports seasons cancelled.

* Weddings & funerals limited to less than 10 attendants,

* We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks gowns gloves for our front-line workers.

* Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill in many parts of the world.

* Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA Italy Spain China and more.

* Panic buying sets in and we have limits on toilet paper disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods hand sanitizer then alcohol

* Stadiums and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.

* Rescued stranded tourists to self isolate in city hotels.

* Government incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads Rescue in the form of $$ for those made redundant, or business to stay afloat and renters to remain in their homes.

* Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families or evicted by housemates.

*206,725 deaths globally so far and rising.
* This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.

Why, you ask, do I write this status?

One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted

We have so much!

Be thankful. Be grateful

Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone

We are all one!

MASKS and OTHER PPE

How wonderful is this outfit ?

It's one clever person's take on providing themselves with an outfit to ensure that they are safe from those awful Covid19 germs when they go out into the dangerous world to do their shopping.

The spiderweb skirt ensures that people  are kept at a safe distance...

( Is that a look of envy on that biker's face?)

though it does have certain drawbacks !

The face mask gives good protection to the face and eyes and also ensures that hands cannot come in contact with mouth, nose and eyes....

And those gloves  !

This pandemic is certainly bringing out all sorts of creativity.

Cheers.

I have stolen all of these photos from Facebook.

COVID19 - GOOD THINGS !

Some good must come from the Covid19 pandemic

Seen on Facebook and too good not to share !

LOCKED DOWN IN BELLBOWRIE

Like the rest of the world  we have been locked down at home during this world wide pandemic caused by the Covid19 virus.

No visits from friends or family, 

no outings to the city or shops,

 no visits to cafes or restaurants ,

no haircuts , perms or hair colours to hide the greys!!!!

no visits to elderly relatives in Aged Care Facilities.

Luckily , I can add to that,    no sickness .

It seems that all of that and the actions of our government in closing our borders to the world have finally started working and the outbreak in Australia has been contained and not developed to the awful stages in has in many other countries.

We are still locked in our homes but there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel and some restrictions will soon be eased .

In the meantime during the last 8 weeks of lockdown we have cleaned  and cleaned and cleaned this house.

Boy, did it need it !

The back of cupboards that have not seen the light of day for more than ten years has been exposed and washed down, linen cupboards have been tidied, old blankets cleared out to new homes where they will be needed in the coming colder months and the floor in these cupboards  - oh my  did they need a clean up!

 Dust, dust, dust like I have never seen before !!!

Anyhow it's been done and it is all sparkling now !

Added to this Tony was in the throes of renovating the two back bedrooms

and they have now been completed with paint refreshed, new carpets, beds and bedding and windows that slide properly.

Lovely .

It seems that all plans for this lovely holiday to see the Northern Lights will have to be cancelled. 

Such a shame but the finances have taken a considerable hit and travel is out of the question until the world is safer and a vaccine for this awful disease has been found.

So what else have I been doing?

I've been clearing out my stash of yarn.....

all those bits and pieces left over from other  past projects.

I made a vow not to order any more online and just try to do something with what I had.

This is what I have come up with so far.

It became quite difficult towards the end when I didn't have enough of a colour to get all the way around and would have to join in a colour that was not the same so I called it  day.

It has ended up a good size though and nice and bright and will be well received in front of the tv in the coming months.

My next project is now on the go.

Here is the palette.

I've since added a couple of tiny bits of a darker blue and brighter pink 

and I've got rid of the little bit of grey (I think ??)

That's it !

Hope there will be enough there to come up with something pretty.

I'm off to a good start.

Cheers.