World 15 million USA 4 million New York 430K+ California 400K+ Florida 370K+ Texas 350K+ As from tomorrow hospitals in the US will start reporting their COVID-19 statistics direct to Washington instead of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC. Mad Old PR Nut […]
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 – Tues 21st July
World 14.8 million Brazil 2.1 million India 1.1 million Australia 12K+ There is promising news from the UK about a vaccine. Called AZD1222, the study lead author Andrew Pollard of the University of Oxford said, ‘We hope this means the immune system will remember the virus, so that our vaccine will protect people for an […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 20th July
World 14.6 million Peru 350K+ Mexico 330K+ It’s my mother’s birthday today. Back in May we were going to take her for lunch for Mother’s Day, but weren’t able to owing to the first lockdown. The hope was that we could take her for lunch today for her birthday instead, but that isn’t going to […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 19th July
World 14.4 million Russia 760K+ South Africa 350K+ All Victorian AFL teams have relocated to Queensland for the next ten weeks. Players are being tested for COVID-19 twice a week and there are other restrictions in place to ensure safety. Every week brings another adjustment to AFL arrangements in order to keep the 2020 season […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 18th July
World 14.1 million Spain 300K+ Germany 200K+ Even people who are complying with restrictions can slip up. We are all human and we make mistakes. Another reason that otherwise careful people may behave irresponsibly is that we can quickly revert to old habits that are ingrained. People just want to feel ‘normal’ but we’re […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 17th July
World 13.9 million Brazil 2 million India 1 million Given the current surge in cases and second lockdown in Victoria, I can’t see how the federal government can possibly stop the JobKeeper scheme in September. With so many businesses closed and people out of work around Australia the government is under pressure to permanently increase […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 16th July
World 13.6 million Russia 740K+ South Africa 310K+ The coronavirus situation in Melbourne is getting worse with infection clusters in many nursing homes and hospitals. I really think that the state government needs to go harder. New Zealand has not had any cases of community transmission for two months. If we had made that choice […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 15th July
World 13.4 million Mexico 300K+ Turkey 200K+ A number of health experts are now calling for Australia to adopt an elimination strategy for COVID-19. Tasmania and many other states have effectively eliminated the virus without actually setting elimination as a target. If we tighten restrictions now for a couple of months we could potentially eliminate […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 14th July
World 13.2 million Argentina 100K+ Australia 10K+ Neil was planning to go to Geelong today. He arranged a special permit from his employer to go to a brewery for essential work. There are many of us who consider alcohol essential to daily life, but actually it was a safety issue at the brewery that […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 13th July
World 13 million USA 3.4 million South Africa 270K+ With not much else to do over the weekend, Neil and I made some face masks. Actually, in the end, Neil did most of the work. He is better at sewing that I am. We found a good mask template and set of instructions online […]