Lockdown Level 4!
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JoCee
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We are doing ok. our numbers are slowly coming down but we are still losing too many in the aged sector. The aged care homes have been hit very very hard, sadly. The youngest to pass over night was in his 20's...so sad, and scary.
Most people are behaving, some aren't but thankfully it looks like the ding dongs are finally staying home, mostly.
One man who got caught after curfew told the cops he was born with a birth condition that makes him immune to Covid!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yep, we have them down here too
Our family is doing fine, kids are both at uni online, hubs and I are still working from home, we did that anyway so not a biggie for us but I think the tedium of it all is starting to set in. We feel a bit like hamsters on a wheel... going really fast...nowhere!
The thing that keeps me going some days is that this has to end... at some stage, one way or the other cos I can't see us living like this for the rest of our lives. Plus we are so past ready to go on a cruise, or 10, that we live in hope, it's the only way.
Hope things at your place are settling down again and everyone is staying safe.
Have a super weekend all, it's Friday afternoon down here and the sabbath starts in just over an hour and a half and then it's rest time.
hugs to all xx
craftytam
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I can imagine it's tedious. Hopefully this will get your numbers down enough that you can be out & about again!!
My youngest is supposed to start classes the week after next. They are still saying they will have "in-person" classes. We'll see!
LOL! You made me laugh about the guy who says his birth certificate says he's immune
Yes, they are everywhere!!Hang in there & know we're thinking of you :wub:
Sherri Tierney
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I really wish we would go back into a lockdown. I feel like our numbers keep climbing and people are doing more and more that they should not be. Everyone is posting vacation and party photos and doing all those things they always do during the summer. Meanwhile, we didn't even get to see my stepdaughter or our grandbaby because stepdaughter is 9 months pregnant and the grandbaby (3) has been sick with RSV every year since she was born. We consider them both high risk for those reasons and couldn't chance taking anything them. We are 99% sure we haven't been exposed yet, but who can be certain?
I work in education. We have a few in-service days starting Monday. We will be meeting outside in a football stadium (where we can easily spread way out) with masks. Then we will be going to our own buildings and attending professional development via Zoom from our own classrooms. The first day was pushed back to September 8th. Our cases just keep rising so I don't know what will happen. I hope we start a downward slope but people are entitled and do what they want around here. When we go back we will be in person and I don't anticipate it going well. I told my husband that I feel like it is just a matter of time before we are sick. If it were not for the fact that I am doing a program through a university that requires me to work at my job, then I would be hesitant to go back.
I work in education. We have a few in-service days starting Monday. We will be meeting outside in a football stadium (where we can easily spread way out) with masks. Then we will be going to our own buildings and attending professional development via Zoom from our own classrooms. The first day was pushed back to September 8th. Our cases just keep rising so I don't know what will happen. I hope we start a downward slope but people are entitled and do what they want around here. When we go back we will be in person and I don't anticipate it going well. I told my husband that I feel like it is just a matter of time before we are sick. If it were not for the fact that I am doing a program through a university that requires me to work at my job, then I would be hesitant to go back.
JoCee
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oh Sherri, big hugs to you and yours. So sorry you haven't been able to see your step daughter/granddaughter but you are doing the right thing by them. God willing when this nightmare is finally over you will all be able to be together again.
Good luck with going back on Monday, glad you wearing your mask, we have to down here and it seems to be making a difference. stay safe, much love xx
JoCee
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I can imagine it's tedious. Hopefully this will get your numbers down enough that you can be out & about again!!
My youngest is supposed to start classes the week after next. They are still saying they will have "in-person" classes. We'll see!
LOL! You made me laugh about the guy who says his birth certificate says he's immune
Hang in there & know we're thinking of you :wub:
thanks dearest Tammy. Good luck to your youngest, hope it all goes safely. Numbers today were a bit better but still to high for our liking. slowly slowly but hurry up cos we're all tired of it. Plus, we had the most gorgeous almost spring day down here today and people were OUT and about. though thankfully, wearing masks and socially distancing. ugh!!! xx
eve11ne
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((hugs)) from neighbor state Jo :hugs:
We are hoping that Victoria can control the spread, it must be hard to be in lockdown again, especially when we thought that we've done the right thing, it must be very frustrating! :crying:
Luckily the number has gone down, hang in there, after few more weeks hopefully we can start the new normal as the weather warms up
We are hoping that Victoria can control the spread, it must be hard to be in lockdown again, especially when we thought that we've done the right thing, it must be very frustrating! :crying:
Luckily the number has gone down, hang in there, after few more weeks hopefully we can start the new normal as the weather warms up
LynnZant
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Sherri, I felt like that back in March during quarantine--just waiting to get sick because you can't quarantine forever and a vaccine would take so much time to test.
My daughter's friend's mom passed away recently after battling it for two weeks. The kid is 18 and now without her mother. The sad part is, people don't seem to care anymore the longer they go without having something bad happen to someone they know or care about. This selfie driven world is making me angry.
My daughter's friend's mom passed away recently after battling it for two weeks. The kid is 18 and now without her mother. The sad part is, people don't seem to care anymore the longer they go without having something bad happen to someone they know or care about. This selfie driven world is making me angry.
JoCee
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((hugs)) from neighbor state Jo :hugs:
We are hoping that Victoria can control the spread, it must be hard to be in lockdown again, especially when we thought that we've done the right thing, it must be very frustrating! :crying:
Luckily the number has gone down, hang in there, after few more weeks hopefully we can start the new normal as the weather warms up
thanks Eve, numbers are starting to come down but we still have four weeks of level 4 to deal with, hopefully it will work cos it's starting to get old. So glad things are better in SA, hope they continue to do so.
hugs back at ya xx
JoCee
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My daughter's friend's mom passed away recently after battling it for two weeks. The kid is 18 and now without her mother. The sad part is, people don't seem to care anymore the longer they go without having something bad happen to someone they know or care about. This selfie driven world is making me angry.
oh that is so very sad to read. Poor kid...
yes I agree, sometimes I think we should infect those who behave badly/say it's a conspiracy etc and then let them rethink their stupidity. It still gets to me that people can behave so badly.. sad really.
stay safe where you are and I hope your daughters' friend will be okay xx
Neverland Scraps
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Sherri, I felt like that back in March during quarantine--just waiting to get sick because you can't quarantine forever and a vaccine would take so much time to test.
My daughter's friend's mom passed away recently after battling it for two weeks. The kid is 18 and now without her mother. The sad part is, people don't seem to care anymore the longer they go without having something bad happen to someone they know or care about. This selfie driven world is making me angry.
I am so sorry to hear about your friend's mom :wub: I've had several people pass away from Covid and it's heartbreaking to see. You can't be there to comfort them in their last hours, you can't be there for your friends/family while they mourn. It's truly sad how many don't care or think it's political. Like Covid will automatically "go away" after the US elections. It's a world-wide pandemic. Not everything is about Americans!
StacyLynn
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Sherri, I felt like that back in March during quarantine--just waiting to get sick because you can't quarantine forever and a vaccine would take so much time to test.
My daughter's friend's mom passed away recently after battling it for two weeks. The kid is 18 and now without her mother. The sad part is, people don't seem to care anymore the longer they go without having something bad happen to someone they know or care about. This selfie driven world is making me angry.
Oh no! That's so heartbreaking......
We also have so many people not taking this seriously.
littlekiwi
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Well I along with my mum are in total lockdown until Monday. My mum went to the doctor today for other things but she also had a slight runny nose which was enough to get a COVID test. Doctor doesn’t think it is COVID but best to be on the safe side. End of the story is she’s off work for the rest of the week and her entire bubble (aka me) is in lockdown til Monday.