World 76.6 million US 18 million Turkey 2 million UK 2 million 30 more people in Sydney have tested positive in the past 24 hours. The Victorian Government is closing the NSW border to Sydney residents and those on the Central NSW Coast tonight with tougher restrictions also announced in Sydney. We have good […]
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 – Sat 19th December
World 75.9 million India 10 million Brazil 7 million Neil arrived home from Adelaide yesterday afternoon. It’s good to have him home again. Molly was overjoyed to see him, jumping about with her tail wagging franticly. We went out for breakfast this morning which was lovely. There are a few things to attend to in […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 18th December
World 75.2 million Slovenia 100K+ Lithuania 100K+ Slovenia and Lithuania have now each recorded over 100,000 cases of coronavirus, taking the number of countries to reach that number of infections to 73. Australia is now ranked 99th, with just over 28,000 people having had the virus. The situation in Sydney is very concerning with 27 […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 17th December
World 74.5 million Netherlands 630K+ Romania 570K+ Tighter quarantine rules are being flagged for international flight crews after a van driver who transports flight crews in Sydney, tested positive. News reports state that he attended a soccer match while infectious. A staff member at a Sydney retirement village is among two new infections reported today. […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 16th December
World 73.8 million US 17 million California 1.6 million Texas 1.5 million More Republicans are deserting the Trumpet after the Electoral College confirmed the election win for incoming President Joe Biden. Biden will finally be sworn in on 20 January. Lump has pretty much exhausted all of his spurious legal challenges, but his supporters still […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 15th December
World 73.1 million Turkey 1.8 million Spain 1.7 million New Years’ Eve fireworks have been cancelled in many parts of the world, including here in Melbourne. Personally, I think it’s long overdue. All they do is pollute the air with smoke. Every city around the world sets off fireworks at New Year which creates huge […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 14th December
World 72.6 million Peru 980K+ South Africa 860K+ Yesterday I played golf at Werribee in a ‘mixed pairs’ event. I enjoy playing there. It’s a beautiful course and the fairways are wider than my regular club which makes it a bit easier to avoid trees. Yesterday however it was very hot. I started off playing […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 13th December
World 72 million Ukraine 880K+ Bosnia & Herzegovina 100K+ Post-COVID we will see some significant and long overdue changes to address climate change, at least here in our state. A report released by Infrastructure Victoria this week has outlined a 30-year plan that focuses on sustainability and waste reduction. Some of the recommendations in the […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 12th December
World 71.4 million Chile 560K+ Romania 540K+ Once international flights resumed into Melbourne, it was only a matter of time. After 43 days without a single case of coronavirus here in Victoria, five new cases have been detected. All are in hotel quarantine after flying into Melbourne from overseas this week. As at 11pm last […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 11th December
World 70.6 million USA 16 million Denmark 100K+ It’s taken just five days for the number of COVID infections in the US to rise by one million. There have now been almost 300,000 deaths from COVID in the Divided States, with over 3,000 yesterday, which is more than the number killed in the 9/11 […]