World 25.3 million Chile 410K+ Argentina 400K+ Last year I had a significant birthday and we had a great party with lots of friends, food, music and dancing. This year we’re spending my birthday like any other day under lockdown. Neil gave me a voucher for some golf gear, some chocolates and some lovely flowers. […]
Archive | Finey’s Blog
In this daily blog I explore our personal and collective responses to the transformation we are all experiencing as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. I began writing in mid-March 2020, but only decided in April to create this blog and post it to my website. I’m posting all of March as a single entry and will follow up with posts either daily, weekly or every few days as events unfold. Stay safe.
The Corona Crucible – Sun 30th August
World 25.1 million Spain 450K+ UK 330K+ Thousands more new businesses were registered here in Australia in 2020 compared to the same period last year. Many people who have lost work are getting creative and some are turning their creativity into new businesses. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Vaccine trial results have been […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 29th August
World 24.8 million Russia 980K+ South Africa 620K+ Earlier this week I caught up with the golf gang on zoom. It was great to see familiar faces and hear all their news. One friend has been making hundreds of face masks and donating the money she has raised to Beyond Blue, so far she has […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 28th August
World 24.5 million USA 6 million Mexico 570K+ Hurricane Laura, a massive category four system, crossed the US coast yesterday. Half a million people in Louisiana and Texas were ordered to evacuate. 20 million people are in the path of the hurricane. No doubt this storm and the movement of people will see the virus […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 27th August
World 24.2 million Brazil 3.7 million India 3.3 million Some people say that there are more people are dying from other causes than from COVID-19. This is their argument against the lockdown. Suicide numbers are up, but how many more tragedies would there be if there was no end in sight to this […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 26th August
World 24 million Peru 600K+ Colombia 550K+ Daniel Andrews (Deadline Warns) wants to extend the government’s emergency powers which expire in mid-September. Fear mongers are calling this move a ‘power grab’. The extension of the state of emergency powers does not mean we are staying in Stage Four lockdown past mid-September, it is only a […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 25th August
World 23.8 million Chile 400K+ Argentina 350K+ A good news story. A friend of ours is a foster parent. She has been looking after four young children and recently she was asked to have them long term. So many families are in need of assistance, it’s wonderful that there are generous people who are providing […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 24th August
World 23.5 million Ukraine 100K+ Israel 100K+ There is still no answer as to how the virus popped up again in New Zealand. It may have travelled there in cold storage from overseas, and if so, this has major implications for global trade. If true, this is will potentially affect food security. When we think […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 23rd August
World 23.3 million South Africa 600K+ Saudi Arabia 300K+ It’s very cold and wet this weekend. This might be the last really cold blast of winter but in Melbourne you never can tell what the weather is going to do. Our tabletennis table was delivered late yesterday. Neil assembled it today and we warmed up […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 22nd August
World 23 million Brazil 3.5 million India 3 million The Federal Minister for Aged Care, Richard Colbeck was grilled yesterday about his response to COVID-19 and the government’s readiness for providing extra staff when outbreaks occurred in aged care facilities. He admitted that he knew back in April, after the outbreaks in aged care facilities […]