Why stay home? This morning’s numbers from Johns Hopkins might convince:*
Worldwide: 1,698,416 confirmed cases; 102,764 deaths
US has the highest number of infections: 501,419; 18,586 deaths
SA: 2,003 confirmed cases; 24 deaths
(*Compare this afternoon's numbers, below.)
History and the lesson of the 1918 influenza pandemic:
Tell the damn truth: “The government lied. They lied about everything”: A historian on what went wrong in 1918.
The US president is incapable of telling the truth. He’s failing, and Americans are paying.
What’s going on out there?
The good news- Kerala response: How an Indian state successfully fought and contained the deadly coronavirus
- Thai newborns getting face masks
- South Africa: SANDF and police’s violent Easter gift to Masiphumelele
- Pakistan: Pakistan doctors beaten by police as they despair of 'untreatable' pandemic
Let’s hear it for women
- Kansas Governor Sues GOP Leaders For Subverting Order Limiting Church Meetings
- She came to the rescue during the Great Depression. Her work is still aiding jobless Americans
- On March 27, Trump attributed his own broken promises about ventilator production to General Motors, now headed by a woman unworthy of even a last name: “Always a mess with Mary B…
- And then there's "That woman in Michigan…”
- “Fifty Democratic congresswomen have signed a scathing open letter that calls out President Donald Trump over his “continuing derogation of women” in his rhetoric and policies.”
Meanwhile back at the ranch…
Shocking observation from a reluctant mower of lawns: grass keeps growing!I push through the fourth or fifth segment of this garden’s fast-growing, thick, Kikuyu lawn and realize the first segment is still growing… In other words, there’s no end to this!
President Ramaphosa’s lockdown extension, now thorough the end of April, means I must redouble my efforts to maintain sanity.
Carrying an old-style camera around the garden helps. And patience. After waiting for what felt like an hour for this crab to perform for a video clip, I gave up and shot stills.
Note to wildlife photographers: I salute your patience and dedication.
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Six hours after I presented the numbers above, they have increased:
Worldwide: 1,701,718 confirmed cases; 102,867 deaths
US has the highest number of infections: 501,615
SA: 2,003 confirmed cases; 24 deaths (i.e., no updates)
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