Blog Day 117: Sunday 19 July 2020

First the good news, I have had a win with Tattslotto.  I am thinking of putting the full amount of $13.65 into a trust fund to endow a research centre into the corona virus, I am expecting that they will name a wing in my honour.

Now the bad news, as from 11.59pm on Wednesday it will be compulsory to wear a face mask if out and about for any of the allowed reasons.  I think that given the current circumstances this is reasonable, but it does raise the question as to why it is now necessary to wear masks when it hasn't been so for the last 4 or so months.  The thing that concerns me is that there are exceptions to the rule and as we have discovered in the past that where are exceptions all the loophole Larrys and Lorraines come out of the woodwork.  Obviously some exceptions are legitimate and necessary but the one that concerns me is the exception to wearing a mask if you are exercising, in particular running.  I would have thought that the runners with their spitting, blowing of noses, sweating and heavy breathing would be the first to be made to wear masks, but alas not to be.

One of my regular and erudite readers has suggested that it is time for another in the amusing and popular series of "What's in the pantry Graeme"?

Today's entry is, I think, self explanatory and in the correct proportions for rations suitable for use in an "end of days" pandemic.

Note the responsible vodka bottle on the right wearing it's face mask, good vodka bottle.  And also note that you can get Spam with bacon, how is that for an "end of days" meal!

Today's updated virus figures are not particularly good with Victoria reporting 363 new infections, our second highest figure for the pandemic.  Yesterday's figure of 217 was a sign that the virus is playing cruel games with us.  There was four deaths reported in Victoria, 2 men in their 90's and a lady in her 90's with no details provided for one.  Stage four anyone?

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Round Two Lockdown – Day 11

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
07/07	8,755	199	2,824	191	106	22	34	31	5	5
08/07	8,880	142	2,942	134	106	22	39	35	10	9
09/07	9,056	179	3,098	165	106	22	46	41	8	7
10/07	9,374	304	3,397	288	106	22	45	47	10	12
11/07	9,556	227	3,560	216	107	23	54	49	13	15
12/07	9,797	243	3,799	273	108	24	55	57	16	16
13/07	9,980	192	3,967	177	108	24	67	72	17	17
14/07	10,250	283	4,224	270	108	24	105	81	27	26
15/07	10,501	251	4,462	238	111	27	90	105	27	27
16/07	10,807	332	4,750	317	113	29	111	109	28	29
17/07	11,233	436	5,165	428	116	32	114	122	30	31
18/07	11,441	232	5,353	217	118	34	126	110	32	35
19/07	11,802	361	5,696	363	122	38	116	130	26	28
20/07
21/07

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
07/07	11,756,373		541,085	4,309
08/07	11,949,281	192,908	546,601	5,516
09/07	12,170,565	221,284	552,112	5,511
10/07	12,390,734	220,169	557,416	5,304
11/07	12,625,155	234,421	562,769	5,353
12/07	12,843,910	218,755	567,653	4,884
13/07	13,036,550	192,640	571,574	3,921
14/07	13,235,751	199,201	575,525	3,951
15/07	13,454,490	218,739	581,118	5,593
16/07	13,691,626	237,136	586,821	5,703
17/07	13,946,637	255,011	592,677	5,856
18/07	14,194,139	247,502	599,416	6,739
19/07	14,424,817	230,678	604,883	5,467
20/07
21/07

Remember to wash your hands, keep your distance, keep your mask on, sneeze into your elbow (yuk), don't touch your face, press the traffic light button with your foot, eat your vegies, don't ride your bike on the footpath and be kind.