Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Today we have half a day of to get an early start on the holiday weekend. I had a three hour workshop in the morning and then made a dash to the pool for a few laps, before heading out to Rohoboth, where my friend D has found a house to rent for three days.
After the infection increase in California caused by beach visits, I had some safety concerns. However, mask wearing is mandatory in all public spaces and all bars are closed. Indoor dining (which we would not have done anyway) is not allowed and some beaches are remote enough to not be crowded, so we will have two very enjoyable days on the beach and feed ourselves in the rental house 9ideally BBQ only!).
In the meantime the world has added another 200k cases to bring the global count to 2.74 million, while the US has added 54k new cases over night. In light of this, it is beyond me why people are not supporting contact tracing to stop the spread. Don’t these people understand that they are harming society as a whole and not protecting anybody?
As young people who have abstained from socializing for weeks want to get their lives back, the virus spreads amongst them, with the age group 20-40 now being the most infected. Death tolls among this age group are not as high, but they carry and infect others with a greater risk to die. The main take away is to not abstain completely as that is not sustainable in the long term, but take measured risks, which is what we have been doing for the past four weeks and why we decided to take the risk and get out for a few days.
There is increasing progress on the vaccine front with Pfizer reporting good results of its phase 1/2 trials. Though some reports say there have been minor side effects such as fever and joint pain.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the orange Cheeto also showed compassion for citizens of his country who died of the virus, rather than those who died in the UK?Instead he continuous to propagate the viruses disappearance, when all the numbers speak to the contrary. Today saw a new high, over 50k new cases reported. Testing and contact tracing is still a mess and every county follows its own policies. Never has an administration performed this poorly. Post the ill advices rally in Tulsa cases are spiking amongst staff members of the Trump campaign and in Tulsa. Hate to write it, but: I told you so! Hopefully it hits the right people and helps Darwin selection
I think, I will drink that tea...