I haven't bothered writing any blogs so far this year as i feel all our minds are on something a little more pressing and important. It really does put things into perspective when in the midst of a virus pandemic. I thought it was important to make a record of some of the main things that has been going on lately with this pandemic.
So this is my record of Covid 19 - 2020
So this is my record of Covid 19 - 2020
I never thought i would ever in a millions years witness something like a pandemic in my lifetime. Its normally something your read in history books or hear about in lessons at school. things that try and teach us not to make the same mistakes. It's crazy to think whats going on around the world and so many people dying and suffering. It really puts your life into perspective and you start to realise that material things in life are not as important as you thought.
There are many who believe they have already had the virus and managed to get away with mild symptoms but even then they still struggled with issues from this virus. There are 100;'s of thousands of people who have had a bad reaction to the virus and end up paying with their lives. Everyday we wake up dreading the news on TV telling us of the latest figures and recovery plans to try and get control and recover from the pandemic. People avoid hospital as they don't want to risk catching the virus as no one knows how you will react if it will be mild or deadly, its like a game of Russian roulette
. Hospitals don't want to deal with minor issues for them but big issues for the patients but they are told to wait for treatment after the virus has subsided as the hospitals are in fear of being over run. Armies rush to build field hospitals in stadiums and various buildings to take care of the increase in infections. People are told to stay home and not visit yet you always get some who refuse to play the game and end up breaking rules by going to parks. Many start taking up cycling to keep fit and get out and about so they are not trapped indoors as it is one of the allowed exercises by the government.
Its all one big shock to the system and something i never thought i would be involved in. My mother caught the virus and ended up in hospital and is now in recovery and still struggling as i write this. My brother had symptoms at the start and had to self isolate. I suffered a strange flu like illness back in November despite having the flu jab which resulted in loss of smell and taste , a very high fever and struggling to breath. At the time i thought it was because i had a chest infection and my smoking had made it worst. Thankfully i have oxygen at home to deal with my clusters. I then get a second bout of the same illness at the start of the outbreak but thankfully am all clear despite still having to be rushed into hospital twice and finding out that the damage i have in the nerves on the left, i now have on the right side of my neck as well so have lots of trouble to look forwards to in the future with the right side of my body just like i did with my left side. My step father had to self isolate for a long period due to my mother catching the virus, Its all been one crazy experience and very worrying.
We are now at the end of April (25th) and the amount of infections per day is starting to reduce and the amount of infections becoming problematic and resulting in death has decreased. As they say the curve has flattened but its still quite a high amount of people everyday getting infected and a lot of people dying so i think its going to be a long while before we get some sort of control over this and i pray that we find the cure and vaccine as quickly as possible.
I can honestly say this is a LIFE CHANGING AND WORLD CHANGING EVENT and one year i really want to forget.....
The main points.......
Prime Minister Boris Johnson started lock-down on the evening of 23rd of March 2020 🚫
On the 5th April he was admitted to hospital after 10 days self isolating with the Corona Virus 🧪
On the 6th April he is in intensive care with deteriorating symptoms 🩺
The Queen addressed the nation at 8 pm on 5th April 👑
Excel now known as NHS Nightingale and will be a hospital for up to 4,000 patients, most of whom are on ventilators.
Similar venues being used in cities across the country. Opened by Prince Charles at 11am on 3rd April 🏥
Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immune-compromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community 🧓🏻👴🏻
Petrol ⛽️ price close to home 🏡 was £1.02.
Schools closed on Friday 20 March. 🏫Remote learning in place 🎓
Self-distancing measures required ☹️
Tape on the floors at grocery stores ❌ and others to help distance shoppers 🛒 (2 meters) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors 🏬
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed 🚫 People who can work 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻 from home 🏡
Parks 🏕 trails, entire cities 🏢 closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble.
Entire sports ⚽️ 🏉 🎾 seasons cancelled. Recreational Sports Banned, No Fishing!!
Olympics postponed to 2021. 🔵🟡⚫🟢🔴
Concerts 🎫 tours 🚌 festivals 🤹🏻 entertainment events 🎭 cancelled 🚫
Weddings 👰🏼🤵🏻 family celebrations 🥳 holiday gatherings 👨👩👦👦 even funerals ⚰️ cancelled 🚫
No masses, churches ⛪️ are closed 🚫
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialise with anyone outside of your home bubble ⚗️
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now 🎬
Children's outdoor play parks are closed 🎡
We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks 😷 gowns 🥼 gloves 🧤 for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill 🤒 in many parts of the world.
Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA 🇺🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Spain 🇪🇸 China 🇨🇳 and more.
Panic buying 🛒 sets in before lock-down and we had limits on toilet paper 🧻 disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods 🥗 hand sanitiser 🧴 Flour is hard to get because the packaging comes from China 🇨🇳 and borders are closed 🚧
Manufacturers 🏭 distilleries and other businesses 🏢 switch their lines to help make visors, masks 😷 hand sanitiser 🧴 and PPE 🧤
Fines are established for breaking lock-down rules 🤑
Stadiums 🏟 and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 🦠 patients.
Press conferences daily from the PM 👱♂️ and other government 🏛 officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths ⚰️
Government 🏛 incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads 🛣
People wearing masks 😷 and gloves outside 🧤
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work 👮🏻 👩🏻⚕️ 👲🏻
Medical field workers 👩🏻⚕️ are afraid to go home to their families 👨👧👦
A 99 year old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore raised £28 million for NHS charities walking 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100. His target was £1000. People from all over the world donated to his cause. 💂🏻♂️🎖🏅💷
The amount of deaths so far is in the 100's of thousands and climbing each day.
This is the Novel Corona-virus 🦠 (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.
