Blog Day 118 - Monday 20 July 2020

The inquiry into the bungled hotel quarantine process begins today.  The outcome of this inquiry will be of interest and it will be even more interesting to see who from the government appears before it.  Remember the 'red shirts' scandal when despite DD promising full co-operation with the police not one Labor member of parliament or minister would allow themselves to be interviewed by the police.

During my university studies earlier today the subject of the Spanish Flu came up. The cartoon below is from 1919, still looks a bit familiar though and the same rules still apply..  It is claimed that between 1918 and 1919 the Spanish Flu killed between 2.5% and the 5% of the world's population, between 50 and 100 million people.  Makes our corona virus seem a bit wimpy by comparison.

No great joy in today's virus stats.  A further 275 new infections recorded in Victoria in the last 24 hours and one more death, an elderly lady in her 80's.  No good news in the worldwide figures either. The tables below updates the numbers.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Round Two Lockdown – Day 12

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	12,069	296	5,942	275	123	39	135	147	29	31
21/07
22/07

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	14,640,348	215,530	608,856	3,973
21/07
22/07

Remember to work from home when you can, 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.