Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!
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In a nutshell:
What is currently known about this new variant of the SARS-COV-2 Virus- currently termed 501.V2 is that it spreads faster. It is too early to tell its severity and whether the current vaccine will work against this variant. For this reason, we should not panic and continue using the current intervention to stop the spread of COVID-19.
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/what-we-know-about-the-new-strain-of-the-coronavirus-2020-12
What is currently known about this new variant of the SARS-COV-2 Virus- currently termed 501.V2 is that it spreads faster. It is too early to tell its severity and whether the current vaccine will work against this variant. For this reason, we should not panic and continue using the current intervention to stop the spread of COVID-19.
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/what-we-know-about-the-new-strain-of-the-coronavirus-2020-12
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I was wondering when we'd get our own geo-specific variant, everyone else seemed to have one.
If you are into the whole figures and chemistry of it all its really fascinating. But also we don't know if its more or less fatal yet.
In England they found that 0.2% of new infections are of the 501.V2 variant. But over here its over 80% of the new infections and all point to Nelson Mandela Bay as the origin.
Here's a link to the whole press briefing. From 4:30 to to around 45:00 is the main presentation. The rest is just politician talk.
Viral evolution is always fascinating, because it has a strong game theory base to it, unlike say a bacteria which develops changes in regards to stimuli and passes that on to progeny.
I read the cliff notes, I'm worried about the spike protein change, especially since they say "we don't know yet" about the implications.
Traveling by plane soon? This is how you make sure your suitcase is the first one to arrive at baggage claim!
https://www.tips-and-tricks.co/lifehacks/suitcase-first-one-baggage-claim/
"Apparently, what works best is to go to the check-in counter to ask for a label that says ‘fragile’. When a suitcase has this label, it’ll be the last one to be loaded into the plane. That means it’s most likely one of the first ones to arrive at baggage claim when the plane has reached its destination. Another option is to be one of the last people to check in their luggage, if that’s possible. It follows the same principle as the trick with the label. Last one on the plane, first one at baggage claim. Want to play it 100 percent safe? Then it’s best to book a first class ticket..."
https://www.tips-and-tricks.co/lifehacks/suitcase-first-one-baggage-claim/
"Apparently, what works best is to go to the check-in counter to ask for a label that says ‘fragile’. When a suitcase has this label, it’ll be the last one to be loaded into the plane. That means it’s most likely one of the first ones to arrive at baggage claim when the plane has reached its destination. Another option is to be one of the last people to check in their luggage, if that’s possible. It follows the same principle as the trick with the label. Last one on the plane, first one at baggage claim. Want to play it 100 percent safe? Then it’s best to book a first class ticket..."
This is not the second wave , it's the first tsunami ...
Some safety tips for over the Christmas holidays :
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/tren...the-festive-season.html?utm_source=newsletter
''Safety tips
Bartmann and Jooste provided a number of tips to help South Africans keep themselves and their homes safe.
These tips included the following:
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/tren...the-festive-season.html?utm_source=newsletter
''Safety tips
Bartmann and Jooste provided a number of tips to help South Africans keep themselves and their homes safe.
These tips included the following:
- Get a trustworthy house-sitter if you are going away for the holiday and ask them to remove any post from the postbox or newspaper from the driveway.
- Let your dogs sleep inside at night to prevent them from being poisoned.
- Be wary of power outages at your home as criminals often switch off the mains in order to run down an alarm system’s batteries.
- Make sure that your gate opens and closes as quickly as possible – This means less time sitting in your driveway or the road where you are a vulnerable target to hijackers.
- Ensure that the motor has a locked box covering to stop any attempts at tampering.
- Be aware of your surroundings and of being followed home or of any suspicious cars or people in your neighbourhood.
- Be an active participant in your neighbourhood watch WhatsApp group if you have a suburb or road grouping.
- Check bushes and trees on your property regularly to ensure they are not affecting your perimeter security. Branches should be cut back to prevent blocking or impeding the effective functioning of your perimeter security, or where they may be used to climb into and access your property.
- Make sure that beams are installed correctly and at the optimal angle to increase their range and effectiveness. It is also important to make sure that these beams are not obscured by shrubbery, or near reflective surfaces to prevent excessive false alarm activations.
- Carry remote panic buttons with you at all times at home and equip your domestic staff with remote panics.
- Check that your alarm is armed at all times and that everyone within the household – including domestic staff – know when and how to use the alarm system and panic buttons if these are installed.
- Make a list of emergency contact numbers and post them on or near a phone. If you have not been informed of the arrival of delivery people or service providers, do not open the door, even if they insist that they have an appointment
- Do not open the door for unexpected ‘delivery people’ or ‘service providers’
- Keep your details updated so that your security company must know exactly how to get hold of you, or the details of anyone you have asked to look after your property while you are away.''
Netcare suspends some surgeries, limits visitors nationwide
https://www.news24.com/news24/south...surgeries-limits-visitors-nationwide-20201220
20 Dec. 2020
Summary
The following applies nationwide:
Surgical admissions only for emergencies.
Visting restricted to exceptional cases.
https://www.news24.com/news24/south...surgeries-limits-visitors-nationwide-20201220
20 Dec. 2020
Summary
The following applies nationwide:
Surgical admissions only for emergencies.
Visting restricted to exceptional cases.
Six nuns dead at Port Shepstone convent, 15 critically ill
https://www.news24.com/news24/south...-shepstone-convent-15-critically-ill-20201220
20 Dec. 2020
SUMMARY
The nuns are based at the Daughters of Saint Francis in Port Shepstone.
The deaths all took place within a week.
https://www.news24.com/news24/south...-shepstone-convent-15-critically-ill-20201220
20 Dec. 2020
SUMMARY
The nuns are based at the Daughters of Saint Francis in Port Shepstone.
The deaths all took place within a week.
This is when and how you can see the rare 'Christmas Star' tonight in South Africa
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/christmas-star-astronomy-jupiter-saturn-great-conjunction-2020-12
21 Dec. 2020
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/christmas-star-astronomy-jupiter-saturn-great-conjunction-2020-12
21 Dec. 2020
- For the first time in 800 years, people on Earth will be able to see the “Christmas star” in the night sky.
- Astronomers call the phenomenon the “Great Conjunction” because it is when Jupiter and Saturn – the two biggest planets in the solar system – are close to Earth and to each other.
- South Africans will be able to see the “Christmas star” on Monday 21 December in the hours after sunset.
SARS-CoV-2 Variants in U.K., South Africa Cause Alarm By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH A SARS-CoV-2 variant that was identified in the U.K. in mid-September and seems more transmissible than other strains led to strict lockdown measures in London and surrounding areas over the weekend, according to media reports. The variant contains 23 genetic mutations, several of which affect the virus's spike protein. It accounted for 28% of COVID-19 cases in London in mid-November, the Wall Street Journal reports. By mid-December, this had risen to 62%. "It is becoming the dominant variant; it is beating all the others in terms of transmission," the U.K. government's top scientific adviser said on Saturday. A modeling analysis suggests it could be 70% more transmissible than other SARS-CoV-2 strains. But another U.K. scientific adviser was cautious: "I think we need to have a little bit more experimental data," she told the New York Times. "We can't entirely rule out the fact that some of this transmissibility data might be related to human behavior." In South Africa, a similar variant has been identified in 90% of samples analyzed, the Times reports. Scientists there also emphasized that "human behavior was driving the epidemic, not new mutations whose effect on transmissibility had yet to be quantified." U.K. scientific advisers said that for now, the new variant does not seem to cause more severe illness or fatality than other strains and it should not render vaccines ineffective. Nonetheless, a U.S. evolutionary biologist told the Times, "It's a real warning that we need to pay closer attention."
https://www.facebook.com/SwartlandMunicipality
Follow the above page if you're planning a visit to the West Coast (Western Cape).
Unofficial numbers for my town, Yzerfontein, are higher and there has been one death - the first death we've ever had from Covid.
As for Darling ... Tannie Evita better stay at home - and so will I, instead of going to the butcher there!!
Follow the above page if you're planning a visit to the West Coast (Western Cape).
Unofficial numbers for my town, Yzerfontein, are higher and there has been one death - the first death we've ever had from Covid.
As for Darling ... Tannie Evita better stay at home - and so will I, instead of going to the butcher there!!
Think I missed the whole planetary alignment thingymablob.
But managed to grab a few stars from the garden.
Not one to wish upon stars- but if there was ever a year and a time we needed it, this would be it
But managed to grab a few stars from the garden.
Not one to wish upon stars- but if there was ever a year and a time we needed it, this would be it
The whole week I've been watching the 2 planets moving closer together. And tonight on my first night on leave I get called in for a meeting.
So I missed it as well.
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