My home state of New Jersey has the highest per capita infection and death rate of any place. That is mostly a product of our proximity to New York and our busy airports, but it is still a heavy burden.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:02 AM David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've just come down another notch as of yesterday so a lot more is > opening up. We've had only one new infection detected nationwide over the > past 4 or 5 days so hopefully we'll be back to normality soon. We can even > get takeaways now :) > > If things go well then we'll be able to open our borders soon, at least to > Australia and the Pacific islands. Tourism is our second largest export so > the sooner this happens the better. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > On May 15, 2020, at 3:48 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > > On 14/5/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Being imprisoned in one's own home by a virus is getting very, very old. > > > > We have just had some of our lockdown eased, so we are now able to drive > greater distances and take unlimited exercise in most forms. For me, that > means the water is open again and I can head down to the marina where my > boat awaits the joys of refitting. Lot of work to to. > > > > As far as the virus is concerned, I think the greatest chances of > catching it are in large population centres and indoor places like food > stores etc. Fortunately in our region of west Oxfordshire there have only > been in the order of 250 to 300 deaths total - although they likely would > have passed away at the Oxford hospitals 20 miles away, as we have nothing > like that around here. Swindon in Wiltshire is the other closest > conurbation with hospitals. > > > > Either way, practical precautions are needed and transmission is most > likely through infected surfaces, so common sense essential. There's a lot > of polarisation of views - some think it's far too early to ease the > lockdown, others think that common sense and some responsible attitude and > precautions are all that are needed. I'm in the latter group, but then, I > have no direct impact from anyone passing through the virus. Doubtless if I > did, I may well think differently. Impossible to know so I won't > hypothesize. I'm 60 and have no fear of going out into the world. I would > not change my view if I were 70 or even older. Like my mum said all those > years ago: 'you just can't sit still, can you!!' > > > > Meanwhile, keep the faith and hold fast! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > /|___ > > Cheers ///| )) > > Cotty /////| ))) > > ///////| ))) > > /////////| ))) > > ///////////| )))) > > /////////////| ))) > > //////////////| ))) > > ////////////////|___))) > > ___________|________ > > \ / > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Contest 33 'Iris' SSR148875 > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
