[Leica] Nathan's PAD 26/4/2020: liberation of the children

[Don Dory]

Some bits of sanity prevails.  Children are the least affected by the
virus.  While they may be carriers no one has advocated that children just
be turned out of the home; it made no sense that a child couldn't go with a
parent, aunt, grandmother to the bakery as long as all lived in the same
domicile.

As different parts of the world start opening up in various ways we should
start checking date in about ten days to two weeks to see if there is a
differential infection rate based on testing.  Swedens infection curve
appears to be following the same curve as Spains so possibly they are out
of the death spiral as well.  The state of Georgia has the most ambitious
reopening(tattoo parlors, nail salons, and patio seating restaurants) so
for the US they will be the canary; lets see what happens in 14 days.  In
Georgia the epicenter has been Atlanta and they are the most reluctant to
reopen so this is mostly going to be rural and mid sized cities opening up.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:00 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> During our enforced confinement here in Spain which has now entered its
> 7th week, arguably the children have suffered the most. Adults could still
> go out to shop for essentials or to work (if the job did not lend itself to
> teleworking), but young children had no such excuse; unless they were sick
> and needed to be taken to the doctor or hospital, they simply had to stay
> at home.
>
> So now that the pandemic seems under control, the very first tentative
> step towards re-opening of the country was taken yesterday: it is now
> allowed for parents to go for a walk with their children younger than 14
> (older children are allowed out on their own under the same rules as
> adults). There are many restrictions: no more than 1 km away from home, no
> more than 1 hour, only one adult etc. But still, a small sign of hope. I
> drove along the beach road yesterday afternoon because I had to go to a
> greengrocer that is open on Sundays, and along the way I snapped a couple
> of pics from the car.
>
> A father and his two small children on the beach promenade:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-m6J32rc/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-m6J32rc/A>
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> A little girl and her bicycle (the mother is just outside the frame):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-B6Mg7LL/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-B6Mg7LL/A>
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> A small ray of sunshine in the bleakness.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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