Feest Isolation Days –18 June
Then there are those days when things come together and life is lovely and we feel less worried about our future and the future for those many young people who have lost jobs, or have been separated for far too long. The “hug bubble” as the meeting with one other household has been called by some, has created some lovely moments. One friend has a daughter deciding whether to bubble with family or friends – finally there are choices! Another managed to bypass the family pressure and meet with his girlfriend rather than family. Our son and his girlfriend finally reunited after nearly five months. Bliss! We wish them all well and long and happy days. Hug tight!
Earlier this week the government was forced into a U turn on providing kids with free food over the summer holidays. A footballer pressed and pressed until he got his way. Marcus Rashford is a striker for Manchester United and England. He managed to stop the Tory government from quashing the £15.00 a week that poorer kids get for food over the summer. The extra £120 million it will cost the government seems a small price to pay to feed kids! Now Rashford is pressing for more concessions for people with no money. He may have started something bigger than he could have imagined! Well done that young man.
Two people from the UK have undone the run of no new infections in New Zealand. They were New Zealanders living in the UK heading back to NZ on compassionate grounds. For some reason, they didn’t quarantine as they were meant to and weren’t tested before they left the hotel they were staying in. They were both tested later and a positive diagnosis was confirmed. The NZ government has now rescinded “compassionate grounds” as a reason to visit New Zealand from abroad. These two women drove in their own private vehicle to Wellington from Auckland. And anyone who has ever done this journey will know they certainly didn’t do it without stopping! Jacinda doesn’t mess about. She has brought in the army to oversee all quarantine matters at all the borders, while the tracing of over three hundred people these women could have infected carries on. Let’s hope they haven’t passed the virus on to anyone. So sorry Kiwis friends. It shouldn’t have happened.
The big guns were at the press briefing on Tuesday night with Boris doing his best. Sir Patrick Vallance the Chief Scientific Officer, and Professor Peter Horby from Oxford who has been working on drug trials were able to tell us all about the drug Dexamethasone’s role in Covid. Boris did say the experts would be doing most of the talking. A good idea because by the end of the briefing he couldn’t even remember the name of the drug and had to turn to Sir Patrick to bail him out. Bojo, you blew it weeks ago. The Dominic Cummings debacle won’t go away anytime soon. No one trusts you anymore. The Professors on the other hand…that’s a different story. I do love my Professors! Smart people who lead us through the science and work methodically and tirelessly in their chosen field.
My very own in house Professor was clearly missing his old nephrology work over the past few days. He has been setting up the garden with hoses and pipes and water trickles everywhere to make watering easier. He did look like a man used to dealing with water I can tell you! The garden and the gardener’s wife are best pleased!
On the indoor home front, the Zoom dinner party calendar is filling up with three dates set up for the next few weeks. Ah, the new normal! I still can’t wait until the day comes when we can hug freely and entertain inside with glorious abandon. Soon? Who knows! But in the meantime, Zoom it is…chin chin!
With love
Kathy