58 new cases at 1pm today taking the total to 657. The number would be more encouraging except for the fact that they said they did less tests than usual.
Last night I started the course of anti-biotics for the possible abscess in my tooth. 9:30 pm took one pain-killer. Midnight the pain woke me again, a pain-killer made no difference. 1:30am another pain-killer still made no difference. 2am some clove oil on my gums around the tooth, which is now coated with a temporary filling, fixed the problem within 10 minutes which may suggest it is an infection rather than the tooth itself - though strangely cold water still hurts like crazy on that tooth, even with its new temporary filling.
Clove oil, which I had never heard of before, seems to have a pretty good reputation for helping ease toothache and I can see why - 1000mg of Panadol couldn’t ease the pain while one drop of clove oil gave me a good night’s sleep. Just make sure you spit a few times before the first time you swallow or you will sound like you have the covid-19 cough as it burns your throat.
Looking at the world map of covid-19 cases they will have to start using smaller dots for bigger numbers or soon we won’t be able to see any borders on the picture. The dentist I visited yesterday is from India and as he said to me “Do you think there are really only 1000 cases in India when a little country like New Zealand has over 500 cases already?”
