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| From Worldometer |
Stubborn refusal for infection rate to decline, and worrying increase in death rate, currently 3.41%
Life goes in here in our Discovery Bay bubble. Eggs are out of stock at one supermarket, but not the other while the basics, rice, toilet paper, are back in huge supply. I learned that half of world airfreight is in the holds of passenger planes, so as passenger flights have been slashed — by half on some routes — so freight capacity has dropped. This impacts supply chains.
Trump says: “wash your hands”. And he’s right! The single best thing individuals can do is not touch common areas, lift buttons, railings, etc, and wash your hands!
Where the phrase ‘Sick man in Asia’ came from. (Re the controversial WSJ article. And it’s not the west). Like “long time no see”, “lookee lookee”, “taiphoon” “ketchup”…all from Chinese.
Enforcing wildlife trade bans
Virus spread to Brazil
$US 1,500 cash to every Hk adult, in yesterday’s budget. (Which happened after SARS, but didn’t do much for the economy)
Repeat: sharing and collaboration. AND deluge of scientific papers
Repeat: Finally! China bans trade in wild animals
Meanwhile, reading on the patio…
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| Home on the stoop. Cool and breezy. Safe… |
