An anti-lockdown , antivax journalist for the famously right-wing anti-reality Telegraph newspaper, wrote an article this week titled ‘Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid’. You can imagine the predictable reaction this elicited from the conspiracy theory community that the journalist serves. Whoops of delight. I told you so! Rejoice! Imagine being … Continue reading Pandemic Derangement Syndrome
The UK version of the pandemic is rapidly turning into a distant memory, albeit a memory that will stay with us all for a long time. I remember well the anxious, edgy atmosphere in London at the end of February 2020 when we went to see the Tutankhamen exhibition. Everything was normal, but we rather … Continue reading Then There Were Two
I’m not a fan of lockdowns/social restrictions, although I understand the arguments made for them, and the obvious necessity for implementing them at a time of crisis. In February/March 2020, we could see the Chinese health system collapsing from a new virus and shortly after that the Italian army started carting away dead bodies by … Continue reading Trust Me
We’re fully ‘reopening’ in just ten days time. Freedom Day, as it has become known, is almost upon us. The last vestiges of the coronavirus restrictions, including the wearing of face masks and social distancing will be removed. Hurrah! Normal life can resume. Three cheers for Boris! Hip, hip, hooray! Oooh, that was a quiet-ish … Continue reading Ten Days To Freedom
You’d completely lost count, hadn’t you? You had no idea what day of lockdown we’re now on. But that’s my purpose in life. To provide regular readers and random passers-by with bits and pieces of pointless information. But anyway, it’s true. If you’re in the UK, this is Day 462. Admittedly, the UK has never … Continue reading Lockdown Day 462
Wearing a face mask in certain situations became law in the U.K. on 24th July 2020. We’ve never been required to wear a mask outdoors. And it’s never been against the law to not wear a mask. Ever. Unless you were making a bit of a dick of yourself. A surprising number of people have … Continue reading Twenty Four Days
The world about me is more cheerful. It’s noticeable. It really is. People are happier, and less bothered by other people. Lockdown has come to an end, and despite all the chatter about ‘end of lockdown anxiety’, most people have emerged from their caves and started going about their business as normal. People have stopped … Continue reading Finding Happy
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