Oh what a thought! Everyone sticking their heads out of their windows and asking how they look!!! :-(:-(:-(
Stats today
There is a beautician a few doors down from me. She is still giving manicures. It will be interesting to she how she fairs.
A nationwide crackdown on social gatherings will be expanded in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Scotty from Marketing announced the new restrictions late on Tuesday following a National Cabinet conference call with state and territory leaders. It is appparent that the States want to move faster than the Federal government does.
From midnight Wednesday, these activities and businesses will no longer be allowed to continue:
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[]Amusement parks and arcades
[]Indoor and outdoor play centres
[]Community and recreation centres, health clubs, fitness centres, yoga, barre, spin facilities, saunas, wellness centres
[]Public swimming pools
[]Galleries, museums, national institutions, historic sites, libraries, community centres
[]Auction houses
[]Real estate auctions and open house inspections
[]In-store beauty therapy, tanning, waxing, nail salons and tattoo parlours, spa and massage parlours (excluding allied-health-related services, like physiotherapy)
[*]Food courts within shopping centres will only be able to sell takeaway. Shopping centres themselves will remain open
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Some activities will be restricted:
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[]Hairdressers and barber shops can continue, but a customer must not be on the premises longer than 30 minutes
[]Personal training and boot camps are limited to a maximum of 10 people
[]Weddings can continue, but only with the couple, the celebrant, and witnesses â totalling a maximum of five people
[]Funerals are limited to a maximum of 10 people
[*]Outdoor and indoor food markets will be addressed by individual states and territories
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Note - have your wedding at a Boot camp or a funeral you can have more attendees
Its only 1 metre to the edge if you stand at the centre of the 4 sq m. but that is a the calculation you do to find how many people are allowed in a given space. Social distancing here is 1.5m
ie shop 5m by 6m can allow 7 people inside including staff.
I would have thought the idea of doing a womanâs hair within 30 minutes would be more of a challenge than standing 1.5m away 
My ex wife always reckoned I looked like a beggar anyway so no change there.
Weâll be bruvvers BruceâŠ
I was thinking today, another good side to this lockdown is that one can be as scruffy as one likes, knowing full well there shouldnât be any unannounced visitors to see what a mess we might look 
Anybody want to buy a philishave triple head electric shaverâŠ
Indeed. Marge and I sometimes walk about in the altogether without batting an eyelid.
Of course, if the postman should arrive with a parcel, all hell is let loose.
Why has the recovery rate reduced so much? Itâs gone from 88.89% on 23/2/20 to 61.54% on 25/2/10 then down down down to 2.08% yesterday!!
Probably because only the most serious cases are ending up in hospital. At the start you likely had lots of young too. Colleagueâs son was not treated in hospital at all. Just instructed on the phone. The ambulances will take those who take time to get over this, if they do get over it. Most others are no longer being tested so will not end up in the stats as it appears stats are only those tested.
Interesting graph in todayâs news showing source of infection. As with HIV it is those damn yanks spreading their infections around the globe.
BTW not only are non residents banned from entering Australia now Australians are banned from leaving to stop them bringing it home with them.
THE COVID-19 STARTED IN CHINA. Americans have not spread it around the globe. Americans brought it home with them by traveling abroad.
GET IT NOW ? OR DO I NEED TO USE SMALLER WORDS ?
Mr M and I have embraced the down and out look.
( actually we have had it for some years now)
Across the ditch⊠New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared a state of national emergency as the country prepares to go into a complete lockdown at midnight to combat the outbreak.
All non-essential businesses will close and people must stay home for at least four weeks.
âItâs a state of emergency to preserve our way of life,â the lovely Ms Ardern said today in a speech in parliament declaring the state of emergency. The country will go into its highest level of alert from midnight.
The number of COVID-19 cases in New Zealand has risen to 205, authorities announced earlier today.
Calm down, deep breathing⊠youâre safe in Mexico protected by Mr Trumpâs wall.
Where is this coming from, Bruce? Didnât this virus begin in China - not US? Instead of blaming people - letâs concentrating on beating the damn thing!!
No-one is either safe or protected.
Global Cases 422966
Global Deaths 18906
Mortality Rate 4.5%
(Flu Mortality Rate 0.1%)
Australia
Cases 2317
Deaths 8
Recovered 118
Critical 11
Cases per Million 91
U.K.
Cases 8077
Deaths 422
Recovered 135
Critical 20
Cases per Million 119
USA
Cases 54881
Deaths 782
Recovered 378
Critical 1175
Cases per Million 166
Donât you understand that where it started is irrelevant either? The biggest source of infections in Australia were imported by either Australians returning from visiting the USA or visitors from the USA. Infections from China were well down the list at about fourth.
I wasnât blaming anyone I merely presented it as an interesting statistic.
No doubt as time goes on the majority of cases will be transmitted locally but, despite the protests of hysterical Mexicans, at the moment the biggest single source of the virus in Australia is the USA.