World 37 million Philippines 330K+ Indonesia 330K+ This week, six countries, Panama, Oman, UAE, Nepal, Czechia and Poland have all joined the list of countries with over 100,000 COVID infections. That takes the total number to 43. Australia has 27,000 and is 78th on this list. It’s worth remembering that we are doing so much […]
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 – Fri 9th October
World 36.7 million Brazil 5 million Russia 1.2 million Neil woke up with a sniffle and a sore throat yesterday and went for a COVID test. He got his results back last night and I’m pleased to say he’s tested negative, so all is okay. Fortunately, he hasn’t come down with a cold either, so […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 8th October
World 36.3 million Iran 480K+ Iraq 390K+ Neil went to a factory to do a safety inspection earlier this week. I think he was glad to be able to get out of the house and actually go somewhere. He might even have to put petrol in his car soon! How exciting! The work site had […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 7th October
World 36 million France 630K+ UK 530K+ The World Health Organisation has said that up to 10 per cent of the world’s population may be infected with coronavirus. They estimate that the actual number of infected people could be 20 times higher than official records. That would mean that 720 million people have been infected […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 6th October
World 35.6 million Mexico 760K+ South Africa 680K+ Lump left hospital today. Leaving hospital doesn’t mean he has recovered. He says he really understands this virus now, yeah right. The fact is he doesn’t and he never will. He doesn’t have the brain capacity to understand anything useful. The only thing he is interested […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 5th October
World 35.3 million Spain 810K+ Argentina 790K+ After a warm weekend with more people out and about, it’s very wet in Melbourne today. It’s meant to stay wet most of this week. Australia is now 78th on the country infection list with just over 27,000 cases of coronavirus in total. Many countries with […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 4th October
World 35 million Colombia 840K+ Peru 820K+ Today there are contradictory reports as to the health of the President and questions about exactly when he fell ill. The White House says the next 48 hours are critical. October is often a pivotal month. This one is no exception. Most of the stock market crashes have […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 3rd October
World 34.8 million USA 7.5 million Russia 1.2 million It’s Official! The President of the United States has COVID-19. His wife Melania has also tested positive. One of Lord Rant Dump’s inner circle, Hope Hicks, was earlier diagnosed with COVID-19. Ms Hicks works closely with the President and recently travelled with him and Melania on […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 2nd October
World 34.4 million India 6.3 million Brazil 4.8 million There are probably vastly more infections of COVID-19 and fatalities than are being reported worldwide. This is due to many factors, including the fact that not everyone has access to a COVID-19 test, especially those in poor countries and remote regions. Virus fragments have been found […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 1st October
World 34.1 million Spain 770K+ France 560K+ One month ago there were 26 million cases of coronavirus, seven million of them active, and over 850,000 fatalities. One month on and this virus continues to spread around the globe with now 34 million cases, almost eight million of them active and more than one million […]