Blog Day 161 - Tuesday 01 September 2020

A saying for the day "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things" and I so advise.

An amusing and interesting Shrine zoom meeting this morning where amongst many other things (would you believe little grey Massey Ferguson tractors) we discussed the movie "The Flanders Flag".  This was a propaganda movie made in England in 1943 about a Belgian air force officer returning to German occupied Belgium to recover the unit colours that had been buried when the Germans were invading.  Very patriotic, very overacted but very amusing which I am sure wasn't the movie's intentions.  Anyway it led to some robust discussion particularly what would have happened if the Germans had successfully invaded Britain.

On my walk today did not see anyone not wearing a mask, except for some bicycle riders who are legally exempted but still irritating.  

Sat up for a while last night watching stage three of Le Tour, although the nights of sitting up till 2.00 or 3.00am are beyond me.  This is a pity as an Australian, Caleb Ewan, won the stage last night in what was apparently an exciting finish.  Although Ewan won last night he doesn't get to wear the yellow jersey as he is not the overall leader of the race.  Fortunately SBS are replaying the highlights for an hour at 5.30pm each night so I will get to watch that whilst have a civilised vodka and tonic.  

Virus figures for the last 24 hours are available.  Victoria recorded 70 new infections for the last 24 hours down from 73 for the day before.  We recorded 5 further deaths, but apparently 2 or 3 of these are unreported from previous days.  Victoria has had 570 virus related deaths out of a national total of 657.  We have 421 people in hospital out of a national total of 481 and we have 20 in ICU out of 27.

The Victorian figures are heading in the right direction with the reduction in new infections and hospitalisations now being reflected in a reduction in the number of deaths.  Hopefully something is being done to ensure the reporting of the death numbers is now accurate.

Still not much to report in the international figures, no meaningful movement in either direction.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – Day 30

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
02/08	17,920	685	11,557	671	208	123	366	385	44	38
03/08	18,318	444	11,937	429	221	136	408	416	46	35
04/08	18,728	451	12,335	439	232	147	439	456	43	38
05/08	19,444	740	13,035	725	247	162	483	538	44	42
06/08	19,890	483	13,469	471	255	170	566		51
07/08	20,270	461	13,867	450	266	181	600	607	52	41
08/08	20,697	475	14,283	466	278	193	632	636	51	44
09/08	21,084	412	14,659	394	295	210	659	634	53	43
10/08	21,397	337	14,957	322	314	229	657	640	51	47
11/08	21,713	353	15,251	331	332	247	664	650	54	47
12/08	22,127	428	15,646	410	352	267	673	662	51	43
13/08	22,417	290	15,924	278	361	275	685	664	51	37
14/08		387	16,234	372	372	289		659		41
15/08	23,035	312	16,517	303	379	293	680	661	47	41
16/08	23,287	284	16,764	279	396	309	680	662	47	40
17/08	23,576	289	17,046	282	421	334	680	657	47	44
18/08	23,783	225	17,249	222	438	351	674	665	51	45
19/08	23,997	228	17,454	216	450	363	682	675	52	44
20/08	24,235	246	17,686	240	463	376	682	665	52	43
21/08	24,417	180	17,862	179	470	385	682	626	52	40
22/08	24,607	191	18,034	182	483	396	682	610	52	36
23/08	24,811	204	18,231	208	502	415	631	585	43	32
24/08	24,915	120	18,330	116	517	430	604	629	39	31
25/08	25,053	151	18,464	148	528	438	659	617	38	35
26/08	25,204	156	18,608	149	549	462	644	578	42	39
27/08	25,320	115	18,721	113	572	485	603	522	46	29
28/08	25,451	129	18,827	113	584	497	603	513	46	29
29/08	25,543	108	18,903	94	600	513	543	481	35	26
30/08	25,670	125	19,015	114	611	524	510	472	32	25
31/08	25,744	74	19,088	73	652	565	501	453	31	21
01/09	25,831	85	19150	70	657	570	481	421	27	20

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
25/08	23,811,693	228,708	817,005	4,518
26/08	24,050,333	238,640	823,278	6,273
27/08	24,323,111	272,778	828,887	5,609
28/08	24,623,576	300,465	835,615	6,728
29/08	24,906,503	282,927	841,290	5,675
30/08	25,164,818	258,315	846,757	5,467
31/08	25,382,497	217,679	850,502	3,745
01/09	25,621,967	239,470	854,235	3,733
02/09

And now the State of Disaster remembers;

Remember: please don't go to the beach, to stay indoors between 8.00pm and 5.00am, stay safe & stay strong, respect the 5km limits, don't try & get a haircut, drink your coffee at home, don't dither at the supermarket checkout, don't get Jim's Mowing in to cut your grass, get some virus approved exercise, shop at Harvey Norman for good service, be honest, if in doubt wear a mask and a face shield, remember the fallen, get plenty of sleep, laugh at my jokes, have a virtual beer with a Vietnam vet, if you have to ask - the answer is no, remain vigilant, act responsibly, apologise if you are wrong, use Zoom to keep in touch, put your bins out before curfew, don't smoke around your baby and be kind.