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The Corona Crucible – Tues 22nd September

World 31.4 million    Argentina 640K+      Chile 440K+              Three more countries, Morocco, Belgium and Kuwait have now recorded over 100,000 cases of COVID-19. That’s 37 countries to reach that number of infections. The situation in Europe is getting worse with only minimal restrictions in force in many countries. They could learn a thing or two from […]

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The Corona Crucible – Mon 21st September

World 31.1 million    USA 7 million           Mexico 700K+ The US has now recorded more than seven million cases of COVID-19 and over 200,000 fatalities. In the wake of hurricane Sally, there are floods in Florida and Alabama. Fires still rage across several states on the US west coast. Meanwhile, the insanity and incompetence continues in […]

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The Corona Crucible – Sun 20th September

World 30.9 million    Ukraine 170K+          Romania 110K+ I’m used to playing 18 holes of golf three times a week. With golf on hold, I’ve been going for daily walks, playing table tennis each day with Neil and doing occasional yoga, but it’s not the same level of activity. I’ve started a low carb, semi-fasting […]

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The Corona Crucible – Sat 19th September

World 30.6 million    Peru 750K+    Colombia 750K+ You might recall back in March we had a quote for some double glazing. We paid a deposit, the windows were measured up and ordered and then we waited while they were manufactured, hoping that they wouldn’t go out of business in the meantime. Well, the good news […]

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The Corona Crucible – Fri 18th September

World 30.3 million    Spain 620K+  France 410K+ It’s becoming more difficult to find things to do at home. I finished knitting a jumper this week and have started adding to a throw rug that I knitted a few years ago, using some of my leftover wool stash. If I do another 60 odd squares […]

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The Corona Crucible – Thurs 17th September

World 30 million       Iran 410K+     Iraq 300K+ There are a lot of Australians still overseas who want to return home. There is a cap of 4,000 people per week allowed back, but there are calls for more people to be allowed each week. Victoria has not been taking any arrivals since the hotel quarantine debacle […]

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The Corona Crucible – Wed 16th September

World 29.7 million    USA 6.7 million        India 5 million          Despite the fact that we are on track to get this virus under control, a few people are taking legal action against the state government about the lockdown, saying that it infringes on their human rights. Some people are very quick to be critical. I doubt […]

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The Corona Crucible – Tues 15th September

World 29.4 million    South Africa 650K+  Turkey 290K+ 34 countries have now recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19. Romania and Panama are the latest to reach this grim milestone. By contrast some countries continue to manage this pandemic well include Vietnam with just over 1,000 cases, Iceland with just over 2,000 cases and Thailand […]

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The Corona Crucible – Mon 14th September

World 29.1 million    Spain 570K+  France 380K+ Some minor easing of restrictions takes effect today in Melbourne. Happily singles will be able to have one visitor in a social bubble. The extended isolation has been very tough for those who live alone. Although this is the toughest lockdown in the world, I personally feel that […]

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The Corona Crucible – Sun 13th September

World 28.9 million    Philippines 250K      Indonesia 210K+ Apparently we can no longer rely on the accuracy of weather forecasts. Commercial aircraft track and record information about the temperature and wind at high altitudes. With most of the world’s planes grounded, atmospheric conditions are not being reported and so forecasters have much less data on […]

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