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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Diary: Living with a pandemic 16 (Sunday 29 March 2020)


One thing about washing your hands so often is that they get dry and chaffed. It reminds me of when our puppies were very small. It was a very cold winter and they had to do their business on a puppy pad indoors for quite a while. That meant changing the liner and washing your hands frequently.


Now, of course, I can take the dogs outside (It’s still cold here!), but I have to wash my hands as soon as I get home, as well as at many other times during the day. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!

Many friends are now sending along cartoons and videos to entertain each other. Some are cute, some are risqué, some provoke a belly laugh, others a groan. All are appreciated, because the regular news is not funny.


You need to keep a smile handy these days, don't you? So far, we have managed to stay sane here together. The biggest problem is finding something on TV that is not a news program about the disaster. Our current favourite is The Repair Shop in its 6th season streaming on BBC (two seasons available on Netflix).

Confirmed cases of Covid-19 are still on the rise in Canada, but there appears to be a levelling off in sight. As of this date, 202,458 people have been tested and 5,652 cases have been confirmed (149.2 cases per million population). Thankfully only 61 people have died.

Many friends are taking the time to correspond these days. All over the world people have time to sit back and think about happier times and make plans for the future as well. I am sure they will be happy too.


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