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Corona - what does help you? Your fears, thoughts, everything
brianr:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 11, 2020, 09:55:57 am ---Yes, New Zealand is quite a success story. You and your country should be proud.
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Last night we had all TV programs interrupted for an emergency announcement by the Prime Minister and the Director of Health. A family of 4 have developed Covid with as yet no known source. The city of Auckland (over 1 million people) has gone back to level 3 (all non-essential services, schools, restaurants etc closed, no unnecessary travel) from midday today until at least Friday. The rest of the country is going to level 2 so back to social distancing, recording movement etc. I had put off my visit to the supermarket (I go either Tuesday or Wednesday) to today as I was tired after hiking yesterday. So I have to go this morning, not sure if I will go for coffee after as usual, it will be before midday. I think I will cancel my coffee group for tomorrow.
As I said, it is like we live on a different planet
Front-Ranger:
Yes, that made the news here too! I hope they figure out how that family contracted the virus.
serious crayons:
--- Quote ---Last night we had all TV programs interrupted for an emergency announcement by the Prime Minister and the Director of Health.
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If they did that here, the important announcements wold be interrupting each other. "We interrupt this program for an emergency an -- " "We interrupt this program for an emer --" "We interrupt this pro -- " and finally they'd all just be talking over each other.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 31, 2020, 11:22:07 am ---It's the handwashing that I'm starting to forget.
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For me it's social distancing. Even when I'm not wearing a mask, say when I'm walking with my dog, I'll stop to talk to a neighbor and suddenly notice I'm standing only three or four feet away.
When I'm masked and outdoors I get closer than that sometimes, even if the other person is not masked which, as I recall from Trump's habit of not masking, is more dangerous for me than them. This would mainly be at work, when I'm interviewing somebody and need to be able to hear them
Luckily these almost always happen outside, where I think the risk is smaller.
brianr:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 12, 2020, 09:37:32 am ---If they did that here, the important announcements wold be interrupting each other. "We interrupt this program for an emergency an -- " "We interrupt this program for an emer --" "We interrupt this pro -- " and finally they'd all just be talking over each other.
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The only other times I remember an emergency announcement have been due to earthquakes and possible Tsunamis. The Kaikoura earthquake was in the early morning and I remember waking to a woman's voice screaming to me to get to higher ground but as my house is 269 metres above sea level, I stayed put.
I am not sure if there was an emergency announcement re the mass shooting in Christchurch last year but that would have only been in the Christchurch area.
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