World 57.2 million Russia 2 million Serbia 100K+ Russia has reached the two million mark and Serbia is the 59th country to reach 100,000 cases of coronavirus. Victoria closed its border with SA for 48 hours from midnight last night before a permit system is introduced this weekend. Virus fragments have been found in […]
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 – Thurs 19th November
World 56.5 million Chile 530K+ Iraq 520K+ The true number of COVID-19 cases across the world is around six times higher than reported figures. Australian analysts looked at the data from 15 countries, including the US and Australia, where their modelling showed that even here, the real number could be five times higher than […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 18th November
World 55.9 million France 2 million Bulgaria 100K+ France now has the fourth highest number of infections and has reached two million. Bulgaria is the latest country to reach 100,000 cases of coronavirus. The US is recording more than this number every day. The outbreak in South Australia began when a cleaner picked up the […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 17th November
World 55.3 million Argentina 1.3 million Colombia 1.2 million Just one day after opening its border with South Australia, Western Australia has closed it again. Tasmania has announced it will now quarantine all people travelling from South Australia. The Northern Territory has declared South Australia a ‘hotspot’ and travellers will have the option of returning […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 16th November
World 54.7 million Mexico 1 million Lebanon 100K+ Good grief! South Australia had COVID under control without any locally acquired cases for seven months, but just days after the South Australian government announced that their border will soon be open to Victorians, four new cases were recorded in Adelaide on Saturday, with another 17 confirmed […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 15th November
World 54.3 million Texas 1 million California 1 million The number of cases of COVID around the world is growing at a staggering rate. Every day around 600,000 or more people are diagnosed. There are now over 54 million infections and that is just the number we know. Every day the US is recording […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 14th November
World 53.7 million US 11 million UK 1.3 million The South Australian government has announced that the border with Victoria will reopen on 1 December. Neil can now make arrangements to go to Adelaide for a couple of weeks for a work project and to see his family. I’ll stay here and look after Molly […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 13th November
World 53 million Poland 640K+ Ukraine 500K+ After not playing golf for such a long time while we were in lockdown, and not having had a massage for months, I managed to throw my back out the other day. It’s been rather painful for a few days. I’ve been treating it at home with anti-inflammatories […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 12th November
World 52.4 million US 10.7 million Italy 1 million Yesterday was the 13th day in a row without any new cases, or fatalities. We are in such a good place now. Like most of Europe, Italy is having a big second wave of COVID. They have now recorded over one million cases, the 10th country […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 11th November
World 51.7 million Russia 1.8 million Ethiopia 100K+ Pfizer has announced that that tests have shown their vaccine is 90 per cent effective against COVID-19. 40,000 people volunteered for the trial and no serious side-effects have been reported to date. The Australian government has ordered 10 million doses already, but more research is needed […]