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Here in Western Australia we've been very lucky, helped by being so isolated from the rest of the world - you dirty scumbags. ;)

The premier of WA has been decisive, even locking us down from the other states in Australia (despite their protests).
The people have been fairly good too, by and large abiding by directives. It helps that the population of WA is only 2.76 million.
Still, we had 7600 cases and over 100 people died (edit: just realised this is Australia wide - WA was 608 cases and 9 deaths).

Restrictions have largely been lifted here. I have been able to take my elderly parents out on excursions for the first time in months, which delighted them.
I have noticed many local businesses have closed down though. They just couldn't survive that length of time.
Some of my suppliers like a tradesman and some others have decided to bring their retirement forward early.
Although my graphic design work dried up like turning off a tap, things have started to flow again as businesses reopen.

I'm watching things happen in the rest of the world with compassion...and a sense of horror.
It's one thing to see the numbers, but it really hits hard when you see news and documentaries of personal impacts to individuals, families and communities.
 
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I regret not being able to say the same. For ten days the cases of contagion have multiplied in what concerns the city of Buenos Aires and surroundings (average of 2,500 per day). Today there were 34 deaths. Therefore today the president announced that from July 1 to 17 that sector of the country (right where I live, 30 km from the city of Buenos Aires), will have restrictions to move, closed several non-essential stores and transportation public will be for users with essential tasks (fire, police, doctors, etc.).
Obviously the economy is going to hell.
 
It's a tough decision for all governments. Balancing the threat from the pandemic with the threat to the economy.
I can understand why many people say they will be ruined financially by the lockdowns.
But still, I would be prefer to be ruined financially than have myself and family and friends get sick. Easy to say, but the lesser of two evils.

There's been a huge disparity in the way governments and leaders have reacted as well, which obviously has a big influence on how things pan out.
Besides bravado and denial, there's also been greatly different challenges for each country.
I think the more people living in poverty and close quarters, the bigger the challenge. And some governments lack the finances and infrastructure to properly deal with it.
 
Meat Grinder said:
While we're apologizing, I would like to apologize for all the bad things I've ever done, am doing, and plan to do in the future. ;-)

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You know, if you had to say a “Hail Mary” for your sins, past, present, and future, you’d never get off your knees for the rest of your life. Where do you want me to mail the knee pads?
 
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But still, I would be prefer to be ruined financially than have myself and family and friends get sick. Easy to say, but the lesser of two evils.
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The pandemic is a two-edged sword. Your business is shut down and you are ruined financially. You get sick, have an extended stay in ICU if you are a critical case and you are financially ruined when you get the bill. I saw where some old guy was treated, not sure of all the details, but got a bill for over $1,000,000.00.
 
Just as the Coronavirus was kicking off here in WA I had some work done on my tile roof, the whole thing needed recapping as the mortar was crumbling away from the tile caps - obviously hadn't been touched since the house was built 24 years ago. There was nobody in Kalgoorlie who did tile roof work but I someone put me onto a bloke down in Esperance (closest large town to Kal, 400km/250 miles away) who did this kind of thing, I got in touch with him and he said he'd be up to do some jobs in Kal in a few weeks time. Sure enough he popped around and gave me a quote, which was quite reasonable (not like he had much competition anyway), turns out the old bloke was 82!
He was pretty fit for an octogenarian, I guess you'd have to be to climb up and down off rooves hauling buckets of mortar. He didn't have an assistant either, completely solo.

I asked him why he was still working at his age, hadn't thought about retirement etc? He just laughed and said he tried that, but it didn't take, so now he does a few jobs a week to keep busy - and there's always a lot more work available than he needs to take on. But after his jobs in Kal he was going to take a break until this Coronavirus business blew over.
It struck me as he drove away that fit or not, illness and age do not play well together, if he got unlucky with CV mine might have been the last roof he ever did. I hope that's not that case and he's relaxing back in Esperance because he was a lovely old bloke and did an excellent job.
 
Bootie said:
Scotland has done well in relation to England and have had no deaths for a couple of days now but we are easing lock down in a week or so and we could see cases climb again. Its all a waiting game.
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US states did that and are now closing back up. Fact is getting Group’s of people together right now appears to be problematic. I just went to a place where at least half the people were not wearing masks and weren’t social distancing either. I stayed back with my mask on.
 
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Nort said:
My house was built in 1939, and the interior walls are all lathe and plaster. In California we have earthquakes, and it is not uncommon for the plaster walls to crack. My plaster guy is 82 years old. He is a magician with plaster. No young contractors know how to work with plaster.
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Does he have an apprentice?
 
Bootie said:
Thats exactly the problem no one really knows a whole helluva lot about the virus and it is trial and error methinks.

Hell even the WHO and CDC were saying wearing masks was pointless but now we are required to wear them in certain situations.
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Which is the main reason that recommendations have changed and will change. Experts at the CDC and other national organizations are learning and they will change their recommendations based on that learning. Their agenda is to give is the best guidance they can and clearly they are not afraid of correcting themselves either.
 
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