Category Archives: Pandemic Timelines

April 7th Cases: 1,349,784; Deaths: 74,820 Small towns are shaded places, and weird stuff grows weirder when in the shade. Conspiracy theories, those bedside stories for the marginalised, are endemic in small towns, and when it comes to plagues and … Continue reading →

WW Cases: 1,337,167; WW Deaths: 74,176 The US had over a 1,000 deaths yesterday to take their grisly total over 10k. And from I read, on the admittedly left wing, young and morose biased reddit.com, suggests that the Republican heartlands … Continue reading →

Total Cases: 1,276,117, Deaths:69,509 It’s been another hectic few days in the squash that is a multitude of global stories continually evolving, stories that are largely similar in structure but each uniquely human in detail and effect. Economically, the analysis … Continue reading →

April 3rd, 2020 Global Cases:1,033,210; Global Deaths:54,442; Recovered:220,017 Yup, we have passed the million mark. Well done global humanity, you are hitting this one out of park! As Donald Trump is famous and much derided for saying, ‘we are going … Continue reading →

April 2nd, 2020 Global Cases: 961,000; Global Deaths: 49,165 So…yesterday the UN Secretary General described the Covid pandemic as the worst crisis since WW2. And that about sums up the general mood out there. Trump has cast off the cloak … Continue reading →

Today is March 30th The clocks went forward yesterday, summer time and long evenings are here. I had to look that up, I wasn’t sure you see if it was backwards or forwards, the description that is, I knew 7pm … Continue reading →

March 28th 13 days since restrictions really kicked in in Ireland with the closing of the pubs. In the last 3 days, the United States has shot to the top of the charts in infections. It now has 100K with … Continue reading →

March 24th World wide cases 417,663, Deaths 18,605 Last night Boris Johnson announced a lockdown for the UK while today Leo Varadkar stiffened the restrictions here, shutting down businesses and curtailing individual behaviour. The crisis continues its slouch towards Babylon … Continue reading →

Lockdown commenced here on March 13th with the shutdown of schools. That was a Friday and by Sunday the unthinkable became lived reality, the pubs of Ireland where shutdown in advance of St Patrick’s Day. Yesterday I heard of a … Continue reading →