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April 2:
worldwide infections: 952171
worldwide deaths: 48320
worldwide recovered: 202521
Canada infections: 9731
Canada deaths: 112
Canada recovered: 1526
from: https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/
They say Italy has turned the corner, finally. I don't think that's going to happen here for another two weeks. The last time we did anything social was the Terrible Toonie film fest at Eyesore on March 14; since then my only contact with other people has been work and grocery shopping. We get out and walk but that's usually after dark, and the streets are eerily empty. The grocery stores close at 8, giving everything this weird 1980s feel. Remember when everything closed? If you needed milk or cat food you had to hope the gas station had it? We're back to that now, I guess.
Some of the businesses on Queen West that have closed for the duration have boarded up their windows. The homeless guy sleeping in the doorway of the A&W that was so new I hadn't even eaten there yet, that's an image I won't forget. Our neighborhood is slowly sinking back into the wilderness it was before the condos came in; it's been a while since I saw a "lady of the evening" leaning over to talk to someone in a car, and that's something I never saw on this side of town. The homeless guy sleeping in the ATM lobby of our bank, that's a new one too. All the yuppies, personal trainers, lawyers, wanna-be influencers, DJs, marketing experts, and other parasites infesting the condo world lock themselves in their towers after dark, venturing out only to walk their dogs and then rush right back home to complain about the respite center on their Facebooks. I mean, it was always like this, but now it's kind of all they can do. Three weeks into lockdown and they've binge-watched all they can.
It's supposed to get up to 13 this weekend (mid-50s) and sunny, a great time to get the bikes out and do a little riding. The streets are fairly empty so I guess we'll tool around the city and see what things are like.
worldwide infections: 952171
worldwide deaths: 48320
worldwide recovered: 202521
Canada infections: 9731
Canada deaths: 112
Canada recovered: 1526
from: https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/
They say Italy has turned the corner, finally. I don't think that's going to happen here for another two weeks. The last time we did anything social was the Terrible Toonie film fest at Eyesore on March 14; since then my only contact with other people has been work and grocery shopping. We get out and walk but that's usually after dark, and the streets are eerily empty. The grocery stores close at 8, giving everything this weird 1980s feel. Remember when everything closed? If you needed milk or cat food you had to hope the gas station had it? We're back to that now, I guess.
Some of the businesses on Queen West that have closed for the duration have boarded up their windows. The homeless guy sleeping in the doorway of the A&W that was so new I hadn't even eaten there yet, that's an image I won't forget. Our neighborhood is slowly sinking back into the wilderness it was before the condos came in; it's been a while since I saw a "lady of the evening" leaning over to talk to someone in a car, and that's something I never saw on this side of town. The homeless guy sleeping in the ATM lobby of our bank, that's a new one too. All the yuppies, personal trainers, lawyers, wanna-be influencers, DJs, marketing experts, and other parasites infesting the condo world lock themselves in their towers after dark, venturing out only to walk their dogs and then rush right back home to complain about the respite center on their Facebooks. I mean, it was always like this, but now it's kind of all they can do. Three weeks into lockdown and they've binge-watched all they can.
It's supposed to get up to 13 this weekend (mid-50s) and sunny, a great time to get the bikes out and do a little riding. The streets are fairly empty so I guess we'll tool around the city and see what things are like.
