Andrew O'Neill
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When we were in full on lockdown last Spring, I couldn't go to the gym. I've been going since they reopened in June. But...it's challenging exercising with a mask on, so I don't really do much.
I have not been to the gym in over a year. I used to go three to five days a week.
Last February we were in Oahu and noticed that the Asians were all wearing masks. We looked at the news and decided to self isolate when we got back. So we have been self isolating and wearing masks since mid February, a month before everyone else in the US. One grandson was born during the pandemic and Anne gets called over almost every day to help out. I do not get to see him as often. Two other grandchildren as across the city so we see them every month or two. Another pair of grand children are across the country so we have not seen them in over a year, but we Zoom. I stopped taking photographing except for the newest grandson or to test a new camera. I spend time here and learning to play two instruments. Occasionally developing a roll of film.
We had to cancel five planned trips including one to Wales.
We are on fixed incomes, so financially there has been no impact for us, although we worry about the 40+% whose jobs will never return and those who are financially damaged to the point they will never be where they were before.
What a truly sad comparison this is.
The "Spanish" flu was met with the medical knowledge and resources of 1918.
More than 100 years later, the capabilities of medicine are immeasurably greater, as is the access to medical care.
My Dad was born in 1921, and my grandmother gave birth to him in their kitchen, because my grandparents had no ability to access a hospital at the time. My Dad was essentially stillborn, but was rescued by my great-grandmother at the time, because she knew as much or more as the midwife (having had ten children herself).
My Dad lived to 94.
You are trying to draw comparisons with the realities of that time, and now????
I've had a "total gym" that chuck and christie sold me back in IDK 1996? use it most days it works great. not very expensive ( costs well less than a gym membership) takes very little effort and does the trick.I have not been to the gym in over a year. I used to go three to five days a week.
I was born with cerebral palsy.
If I had been born even 5-10 years later, when medicine had started to recognize the correlation between difficult labor and cerebral palsy, and how Cesarean delivery can prevent a high percentage of incidence of cerebral palsy, I probably would have a fully functional right side.
I clearly have a different perspective on the "whims of nature", "human fragility" and the importance of actually paying attention to what the experts have learned.
Its working reasonably well here. In BC, with a population of about 5.1 million, we have had 68,000 total cases, and a total of 1,200 deaths due to Covid. There are currently 289 people in hospital, of which 79 are in intensive care.And yet humanity as a whole really has no good way to combat a pandemic. Locking people up for a few years and telling people to wear face masks hasn't done much.
Sure, 'ifeverybodyjustlistenedandfollowedtherules'
But people don't listen nor do they follow the rules. So this plan of attack so far has not worked for the general population. However, with what we know now after a year we could move forward pretty quickly. We know who's at higher risk. Telling a bunch of youngsters to stay home at this point is useless. If you are or risk or even feel at risk you can very well take the prerogative and stay home. The rest of the population can move on and gain herd immunity alongside the vaccine.
Its working reasonably well here. In BC, with a population of about 5.1 million, we have had 68,000 total cases, and a total of 1,200 deaths due to Covid. There are currently 289 people in hospital, of which 79 are in intensive care.
Not perfect, by any means, but with prudent rules, and the majority of people following and believing in them, our death rate is not zero, but not horrendously tragic.
Most businesses are up and running. They have lower capacity, and are subject to restrictions that challenge profitability but they are assisted by some important government programmes that help them keep people employed.
Our schools are mostly open, although there is a fair amount of distance learning mixed in.
Government supports have been put in place so that many people have either been able to maintain employment or still have sufficient money to
The problem isn't humanity as a whole. It is with leadership and politics and communities where arrogance and selfishness and lack of care for fellow humankind are paramount.
The metro Vancouver area has a population just over 2.5 million.The largest city in BC is mid sized at best. BC is pretty sparsely populated. These things matter.
The metro Vancouver area has a population just over 2.5 million.
South Dakota has a population less than 1 million, 108,000 Covid 19 cases and 1,800 deaths.
SD is winning with more deaths with less population?I guess SD is winning then.
SD is winning with more deaths with less population?
Vrs Vancouver,, a city with more congested living space, and over twice the population of the whole state of South Dakota, which has had 1800 deaths, ... compared to Vancouver that has had 1200 deaths.
Your confusing me.
Actually, the entire province of BC (5 million people) has had 1200 deaths.
Now I'm going to report myself for allowing myself to be drawn into a political discussion in a photographic thread.
Ah yes, understand now. Grew up four miles from the GW bridge (George Washington Bridge) in NeuGersey.I was being sarcastic.
Ah yes, understand now. Grew up four miles from the GW bridge (George Washington Bridge) in NeuGersey.
Yep.. Ha, ha yes, my NueYark sarcasm these last couple of years, after 36 years with a native Arizona mountain girl, has left me in shock! Out of the blue, she nails me for an attitude with a dedicated statement, that is a very well delivered comment, of this stlye, .. right back at me. Guess it relates to all the training that we have given her, over the years.
This thread has a clear topic in the title, and it's not a bad topic. Please stick to it. I won't butcher it further, just note that when you wander, the trolls come home to roost. For the few who insist on dragging boorish ideological drivel into photo threads, there is already a Covid19 thread down in the cesspool. Please avail yourself there to your heart's content.
A lot of people look better with a mask on.Photo challenge of 2020...trying to shoot street candids (what some call 'portraiture')...and the faces are so often obsured with a mask.
In Asia and Asian culture, the mask is more about protecting others. If the mask says something about the wearer in Asia, it more of consideration of the group than the individual. Not to say that it's purely altruistic because there's shame to a sick individual that's not wearing a mask. Some posters see masked faces as a creative obstacle for photography. I wonder if anyone responding to this thread thinks it's really an opportunity? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity or creative black hole. It's a choice in perception I guess. It's sure hard to see beyond this pandemic.It is very obvious when masks are culturally appropriate.
I hardly consider a White Anglo-Saxon with a mask appropropriate, unless they are a healthcare worker in a medical setting, or a bank robber, or a trade needing a mask to prevent breathing dust...it is out of place for a street person usually.
Well aware, after decades of trips to Japan and a number of other countries in Asia. That is why I find it so hard to understand the "I will not wear a mask" attitude found in the US during COVID...not only a lack of consideratiion for onesself, but also lack of consideration for others.In Asia and Asian culture, the mask is more about protecting others. If the mask says something about the wearer in Asia, it more of consideration of the group than the individual. Not to say that it's purely altruistic because there's shame to a sick individual that's not wearing a mask. Some posters see masked faces as a creative obstacle for photography. I wonder if anyone responding to this thread thinks it's really an opportunity? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity or creative black hole. It's a choice in perception I guess. It's sure hard to see beyond this pandemic.
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