Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Children least affected? Some disturbing news on the children front https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52439005 On 27/04/2020 20:17, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > 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> >> >> 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> >> >> A small ray of sunshine in the bleakness. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> >> YNWA >> >> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >