For three weeks I couldn’t run. My right knee had developed some pain that made walking a heavy task. No. I have not fallen recently. And when I fell the last time, it was my shoulder that took the hit, not my knees. Yesterday I ran for 4km and today I managed a 6km run and a 40 mile ride. So far the knee is not complaining.
I am yet to finish reading spillover. I think laziness caught up with me. But the question that lingers in my head is, with destruction of ecosystems and increased human and wildlife/animal interaction how will we cope with zoonotic diseases? How many of these viruses were accidentally created or released from a laboratory? What happens when a rogue agent takes control of a biosafety lab and releases its contents?
Are things back to normal where you are? Have the stay at home orders been lifted? Last I heard, the government has stopped bars and restaurants from selling alcohol but you can buy in the supermarket so it’s not all bad. I see some people in masks. Some don’t have.
It was a holiday here today. Eid, I think.
Have a pleasant weekend ahead.
Our province has opened a little more, but case numbers are also going up, so it’s not a good idea for bars, etc. We don’t drink alcohol, so it’s no biggie for us, but I’d say drink at home for the ones who do.
We’re still arguing to keep our borders closed to the US. The spoilt brat wants the money flowing.
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Our borders remain closed to the US but I don’t know for how long.
I have seen guys buy alcohol and drink on the side of the road or have a picnic on the parking lot.
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Yes, they’ll drink, no matter about the bars. It’s just a worry about enclosed, crowded space.
I think most other countries have refused US travel….it’s just gotten so out of control, nobody wants the virus brought in from there.
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Trump is winning with his management of the virus. No other country wants to take that risk
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Yeah, such a winner….
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We have a mandatory mask requirement where I live (in Louisiana, in the southern US). Many businesses can be open, but only at reduced capacity. Bars are still closed, though they can do take-out. Theaters are still closed. Schools are going to be virtual at the beginning of the school year. Currently, my university plans to offer in person teaching, but with a lot of restrictions.
Hospitals continue to be near or at max capacity.
Except for brief excursions, I’ve been home for four months. And the next four aren’t looking like they’ll be different.
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Mike yours seems really strict. Our school year was cancelled or whatever so school is still next year. I have a graduation in September and I think it will be virtual. I think I will demand a repeat.
Our hospitals so far I think haven’t been overwhelmed but I don’t know for how long.
Due to the restrictions I got to cycle a lot & cops seemed not to bother cyclists. We would just cruise through the roadblocks unmolested.
Keep well.
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It is relatively strict, by necessity. Our local leadership responding to the conditions caused by, as others on this thread have noted, our national leader going out of his way to be as aggressively incompetent as possible.
There are plenty of people here doing the exercise thing. For me, that amounts to walking about 3.4 miles a day, which is the only exercise I’ve been able to stick to.
Glad to hear things are going well over there!
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To me…I am far more worried about
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I thought Trumpsky had a winning strategy. The last of which was if you stop testing, the cases will reduce.
That’s quite a long walk. And being consistent is important.
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We have seen a big spike in California, which has resulted in partial re-closure. No bars, no gyms, no indoor restaurants, no hair salons. I guess that is where I struggle a bit. We know, at least anecdotally, that the spike was caused by people socializing during recent big holidays. I am skeptical that hair salons are a major vector for the virus. The closures and policies seem to be a little more arbitrary than the “just trust the (in a stentorian tone) SCIENTISTS without reservation.
And yes, I wear a mask. I am asocial, not a sociopath!
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And you still ride, I hope.
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I do leave the house, however. But mostly for food. And yes, I have been doing a lot of bicycling, but almost always on rural roads. Self isolation is my way of life anyway.
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I guess your rural roads are much better than some of the roads in the city here.
Enjoy biking. I have scaled back a bit but will resume doing proper milage soon.
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70 miles on Thursday
50 on Friday (two separate rides-one AM and one after work)
71 today.
Not doing your impressive climbing, though. ๐ Although Thursday I did 3000 feet, all in coastal rollers (no single big climbs) I love Santa Cruz County. 70 degrees. Green. Choice of cool urban neighborhoods, seafront roads, or beautiful rural countryside. Amazing number of homeless lost souls, though.
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You are putting in so much milage. At this rate, by year end you will have done 30k km.
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Today was supposed to be a recovery day. A nice little spin in the morning (fasted cardio) than (masked,outdoors) breakfast. Instead…I get NAILED by another wasp. Same general place as last time! The entire lower half of my face (both cheeks, my lips) swelled up. I looked like a puffer fish. I could barely drink water without drooling over myself. So…didn’t feel like eating. So I just kept riding…and riding. Did 90 miles in the heat. I am insane. ๐ ๐ฆ
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Still puffy, but much better. I may have to buy an Epi pen. My friend got stung on his foot and could not wear shoes for three days
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Get well both of you
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It looks those wasps know you, my friend. You should meet with their leader and declare a truce. Sorry man.
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Nothing normal at my house, but that’s normal!
All I know is we are surrounded by morons and covid is knocking at the door. My sons girlfriend was exposed to a positive tested co-worker yesterday. This shit just keeps getting better.
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Sorry man.
That’s not good. Hope it passes you guys without landing in the household
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You and me both brother!
This shit be getting serious ’round here. The covid map we all see daily has my state going from orange to red in the last few days. We just keep winning!
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With Trump at the helm, what can go wrong? Only winning is possible
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We had a scare, but luckily it was a false alarm. We are still about half working from home. The line staff only comes in one day a week. (My day is Wednesday) We have the plexiglass shields and require masks. Staff mask discipline varies, but not too bad.
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“Are things back to normal where you are? Have the stay at home orders been lifted?” Yep. In the US, because of our terrific federal leadership, Covid-19 has been all but wiped out. Trump’s swift, decisive action on this issue back in March all but guaranteed a virus-free America by July. Few of us wear masks here anymore because…well… because the virus lost its battle with the Trump administration and is gone. Thank God we here in America have the leadership we do. I simply don’t know where we’d be without it. Stay well, my friend. Glad to hear you were able to run again. ๐
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I wonder how many people TRULY know how FORTUNATE we are here in the U.S. to have a leader with such prognostic powers!
(And to think I actually read and believe those *death* numbers!)
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Those numbers are fake news. Trump is God’s representative on Earth. He is Christ reincarnated and all He says and does is true. OK? ๐
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Nan should stop falling for fake news
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Herm Caine, who was reportedly infected at a Trump rally, has passed on. I honestly can’t understand an African American Trump Cultist, but hey.
The Dumbest Man in the Congress, Rep. Louie Gohmert, was likewise infected. Maybe at a similar event. He was particularly obnoxious in his disdain for masks and reasonable precautions. One never wishes ill on anyone, but I can see a benefit to this nation if this absolute craven moron sadly passes on.
Still…not just us in these Benighted States. There was a mass protest in Germany that attracted 17,000 (unmasked and non distancing) goofaloops of the usual subspecies…anti-vaxers, Nazis, Gren homeopathy kooks.
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Humans are difficult to understand. Give them an ideology that can be adopted without thought then they become doubly difficult to understand
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You guys are winning. Trumpsky said he knows how to win
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Jeff I have missed you!
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With the exception of schools (which reopen in September ) pretty much everything is open, here. Some stores still encourage customers to practice physical distancing, but it’s not enforced. Face coverings are not required and very few people wear them. The only real downside is the dearth of outdoor festivals and concerts; but the upside is that people have become way more active.
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Here too I have seen a spike in activity. People run, walk, walk their dogs, exercise in groups and all. Most supermarkets require social distancing & you can not get into many establishments without a mask.
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Bicycle shops are largely out of stock on many items.
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Stay at home orders? What are they?
Oh, that’s right I do remember something about that from a long time ago, but it’s becoming more distant by the day.
Life is very much back to normal, as if there was never a pandemic. We’re free to do as we like, when we like, and with as many people as we like. No travel restrictions with one small exception: when returning from locations overseas where the virus is still in the community, we have to isolate for two weeks at a luxury hotel at the government’s expense, but that’s a minor inconvenience.
The only real problem if you don’t want to go into isolation is finding an overseas destination that is virus free. At this moment that seems to be nowhere ๐ฆ
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Barry, you fellows must be the lucky few
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I’m not sure it has much to do with luck.
It’s following the best of scientific advice.
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It has, in a sense. You are lucky to have leaders who follow scientific advice.
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But we elected them ๐
If I and everyone else had tossed a dice to choose our parliamentary representatives, or if we had no choice in who governs us, then yes, luck would have played a big part.
If chance has played its part then it’s lucky that I was born here and I have had the good fortune (luck) to live in the company of 5 million practical and pragmatic Kiwis.
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Your last paragraph says it all. You had the good fortune to be born there and the good fortune to have responsible leadership.
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Okay, I concede. 75% of us are lucky to have been born here and 25% of us have had the good fortune to be able to migrate here. I might even concede that we were lucky to have a pool of responsible people from which to choose our leaders. But ultimately, they are there because we chose them to be.
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So here is an honest question to ponder during these Plague Years….my friend and I had this conversation (via text). He is hyper vigilant about at Covid, but he is at a friend’s house for dinner. ๐ฆ I sorta rib him on that and he bleats that he has been isolating. But, I point out, social gatherings are THE prime source of infection. That and the ervy mutating virus.
I point out he is fond of bombing down steep hills at 50+ mph on 25 mm tires over often sketchily maintained pavement with approaching cars! (Check out SAFA Brian. Covid is not is biggest risk!) To me….that is a bigger life risk than the virus.
Life is a risk. I am not sure we can hole up for two more years without the economy and society fraying more seriously than the death rate from COVID. Especially as the virus is already mutating! And no…I am not a nut wandering into a coffee shop or grocery store with no mask. But still, some of the arguments from our experts seem a little incoherent. I am skeptical that hair salons are a major source of new infections, yet they are being put out of business now (while Amazon distribution centers are “essential businesses” and cesspools of infection, one reads) A babbler on the radio was muttering darkly about those dirty, dirty cell phones. Which is true. But given that this was a conversation about COVID, how exactly are dirty cell pones really that relevant? I splurged on an iPhone…I am not prone to handing it to random strangers who might infect it! Unless the implication was that I infected my own phone-but if my hands (which I do wash religiously, as I always have done) are dirty, then the infection is likely to be more direct than my cell phone!
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In deed, life is a risk and on the balance most of take many risks than covid would present. Each moment, there are 1000 ways to die. Closing businesses is not, in my view, prudent in the long run. There should be directives that allow life to go on while at the same time making it possible to reduce the spread of the disease
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Brian, your comment about the hair salons reminded me of an article I read awhile back …
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Nan: I am 100% on board with wearing masks in enclosed spaces or other venues where infection is more likely. Except for fundamentalist church services and political rallies supporting our Glorious Leader! (But I repeat myself). The very presence of the Spirit of Gawd…or the wonderous power of our Mango Hair Fuehrer obviously makes infection unlikely. I bet Herm Caine (9.99!) and Louie Ghmoert are SECRET LIBERALS who were infected by Antifa!
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Hahahaha. Brian I like you
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You laugh, but sadly enough, an elderly ex-co-worker just sent me a long list of Sinclair Broadcasting talking points. Complaining about the John Lewis funeral was one. I suggested he follow the example of Herm Cain and Louie Gohmert. I am not always very nice.
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Your countrymen and women continue to surprise me
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