A startling news report today tells of 50% of the UK population not knowing what the main symptoms of COVID-19 are?! That defies belief. And fewer than one in five people request a test when they display symptoms and the number who thoroughly self isolate after testing remains low. And that is why, my friends, we have been in this situation for over a year. And that is why vaccination would seem to be the only solution. Because at least people who are vaccinated might have some chance against these cock wombles who still aren’t joining the dots.
On one of my walks I saw where they have relocated all the stones from the Covid snake. I’m so pleased they saved them. I couldn’t find mine, alas, maybe it fell by the wayside. But I like what they’ve done with them.
It didn’t feel in the slightest bit like Easter. Think I may have said a similar thing this time last year! No Easter eggs! Strange day. It was cold and the Sun was shining. Probably too chilly to be outside although my neighbours either side both had people in. In fact my neighbours one side have had visitors in the garden the whole weekend. Till gone midnight on Saturday night, their laughter kept waking me. I never feel so inclined to go outside now when there are so many people about. I feel so exposed. I have to get over it. Now that my neighbours work from home and they’ve had that awful Home Office built that faces my house I think that contributes to that sense of exposure.But funny how the whole dynamic of something can change. For my friends popped round and sat in the garden with me for an hour or so in the slightly chilly spring sunshine. And they brought me a Lindt chocolate bunny. So I did have some chocolate on Easter Sunday.😃
But the temperatures plummeted and on Easter Monday, believe it or not, we had a sprinkling of snow! It didn’t settle and it didn’t fall for any length of time but nevertheless it seemed a little perverse for an April day to be a snowy day. And the temperatures haven’t really risen much. It’s been very cold in the morning. I remembered to take my camera with me to take some pictures of the glorious blossom that is very evident at the moment.
I didn’t walk at all this morning. I had a really bad night and I could see the frost when I peered through the curtains. I thought I might go out during the day but I haven’t. And the Sun is gone now so it’s not very inviting. I did spend some time outdoors sweeping up the magnolia petals that fall from my neighbours tree. I have to be careful they don’t get soggy and slippery because they’re on the path to the shed. And now I don’t have my garden fellow I have to keep a careful eye on these things.
A third vaccine is now being used in the UK. Moderna, I believe it’s called. There remain some concerns that the Oxford AstraZeneca causes a rare form of blood clotting. I had the Pfizer and so did my brother and sister. But my friend and her partner had the Oxford so I’m a little bit worried. Funny I really wanted the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. I don’t know why but now perhaps I’m a little relieved I had the Pfizer although that may have some unpleasant side-effects, too, in the future. The truth is nobody knows what the long-term effects of these vaccines are. They might deal with Covid in the short term but what do they do in the long term?
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