CORONAVIRUS – SOME CONSEQUENCES
This computer post for Monday is running late. This is a coronavirus reason as to why.
It concerns me, the editor of this site, Peter Malone.
On the plane from Heathrow this weekend, the Qantas pilot suddenly announced the decision by the Australian Government (announced after we had taken off from London) for all travellers arriving after midnight on March 15th to go into self-isolation. (And there were quite a lot of passengers.)
I imagined that I would be confined to our house in Kew, to my room, housebound.
Instead, wearing a mask, I was brought to our recently acquired house in Central Road, Blackburn. It is literal self-isolation, communication by phone and email, staying in the house but an isolated walk in the park is possible. And thanks to Kenji and Mark for setting me up with this help.
No symptoms - caution concerning the spread.
While, the situation is, in fact comfortable, it makes me realise the difficulties that this kind of isolation must be having on those who have ailments and disabilities, those who are older, mothers with children at home, and those who don’t have the taken-for-granted resources we have…
To be continued, literally for fourteen days – emerging, in hope, out the door on March 30th.
