So we’ve survived the first day, obviously there are still covidiots ignoring the rules, some pleading ignorance and then the ‘grey areas’ like surfing where people think they are ok keeping a safe distance but the government is concerned that someone who may need to be rescued would add to the workload and risks.
This morning Iris, my photography test dummy, was re-named “Viris” to give people something to cheer them up when going for walks.
11 am, I printed out some signs to tape to the local park benches which are becoming “community furniture” as people sit down to enjoy the view. Two days ago I warned an elderly couple about the danger of passing it on by sharing a bench and they just said “yes we know” and carried on their conversation. Hopefully they will think a bit more about it in future.
Feel free to copy the image and print it out locally.
3:30 pm we went for another walk and observed people keeping a reasonable distance from each other, while some seemed content to simply go in single file opposite each other on the path.
Our 12 year old toy poodle “Piggy” alternates between walking part of the way and riding the rest of it. He doesn’t quite understand why he can’t sniff butts with his mates but nobody wants to take chances at transmitting the disease.
Busy looking at the statistics, the numbers more than double every week which means that in a month there will be 8 million cases and 400 000 deaths - and double that the next week.
