Corona Chronicles

Tuesday 7th April 2020 – Mushrooming

Confirmed cases Tasmania: 89 Confirmed cases Australia: 5,895 Total deaths Australia: 45 Confirmed cases worldwide: 1,346,035 Total deaths worldwide: 74,654 Total recovered worldwide: 278,534 So I think I’ve had an unfortunate encounter with some mushrooms. I feel like a right knob about it, but I think I should share my mistake as an important cautionary tale. I mean, you know how everyone is signing off with, ‘Stay safe, stay home’ […]

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Sunday 29th March, 2020

Confirmed cases Tasmania: 61 Confirmed cases Australia: 3,969 Total deaths Australia: 16 Confirmed cases worldwide: 664,941 Total deaths worldwide: 30,896 Total recovered worldwide: 142,366 So has anyone else hit a sort of shock-wall? I knew this was bad, and that adjustment would be difficult, but now I’m all dear-God-I-really-am-going-to-be-trapped-in-my-house-with-my-children-for-God-knows-how-long? And I really shouldn’t keep a tissue in my sleeve. And, of course, there are people dying. The human race is […]

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Tuesday 24th March, 2020

Confirmed cases Tasmania: 28 (no reported community tranmission) Confirmed cases Australia: 1,717 Total deaths Australia: 7 Confirmed cases worldwide: 373,885 Total deaths worldwide: 16,382 Total recovered worldwide: 101,520  I’m sorry to start this first entry into my Corona Chronicles in this grave manner, but them’s the facts my dears. Actually I don’t even know if they are facts. These figures are changing by the minute. But at 9:30am my time, […]

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