1st death in New Zealand today, 63 new cases 514 total. The numbers are dropping which is really good news.
Last night we woke to the sound of a car alarm at 11:30pm, they should be staying at home but I suppose they’re called criminals for a reason. The toothache woke me several times too. I may have to seek emergency care because it’s getting worse and more frequent. Breakfast will be left to get cold before eating it because the offending tooth doesn’t like temperature change at all.
Yesterday afternoon we had taken a walk up to the lookout and down the walkway a bit. There are worse places to be stuck for a month. The question is whether the government will continue to allow exercise walks because there are always people who ignore the rules and muck things up for everyone else. It was quite amusing when I started my morning walk, there was a girl with a fully loaded backpack heading up the hill, Te Araroa track runs along this route and everyone kept asking her where she was going and whether she knew about the lockdown. She kept explaining that she was simply taking the opportunity to exercise with a loaded pack but hardly anyone believed her. I used to do that too so I can understand her frustration with the disbelief.
This morning people on Neighbourly are talking about “bubbles”. We are each supposed to stay in our own bubble, or family bubble, and risk contamination between bubbles like passing toys or DVD’s or magazines over the fence to neighbours or family. In this particular case the man’s son had dropped off a package of food for them which was immediately carried into the house.
Busy looking at world news and in utter disbelief at some decisions being made. In the USA which now has the highest number of cases in the world and 327 million residents, with the virus moving around in waves….. “considering a short-term quarantine of "hot spots" in parts of the tri-state area -- New York, New Jersey and Connecticut “. Well my car has an oil leak, I’m thinking of leaving a few buckets on the road I normally travel to catch the drops of oil that fall from it!
I added some props in my van to entertain people walking to the lookout. I call this snap “Extinction”.
At 6:30 pm I managed to get a booking with the emergency dental clinic for 2pm tomorrow. They said it’s better to leave it till tomorrow because the police are very strict about who can be on the road in the evening.
From my mother back in South Africa “People have already been thrown in jail in SA for disobeying. Mainly in the townships. They think it doesn't apply to them. A white cyclist was also thrown in jail. The army are working with the police, for the unruly people, rubber bullets are used”