I saw this article online at the Guardian. Can we come up with a list for here in Guyana?
The article lists acts of kindness which can be done (in the UK) to show kindness to another.
To quote the article:
"But what all these acts have in common is that they will make you feel good: research shows that being kind make us happier. So you can help others and feel better yourself all at once."
Examples that work anywhere:
Be polite, cheerful and friendly.
Give blood.
Being kind to animals.
Surinam is still following a similar trajectory.
For the past week or so reported cases have fluctuated around 1000 plus or minus a few hundred. I would suspect that our ability to run tests is being stretched and cases are actually more.
The good news is that the ICU has around 15 cases - half of what it was last year. Presumably due to this variant being less severe. Hopefully cases will fall quickly soon.
Hospitals are being stretched due to staff shortages caused by sickness. A common situation in many countries.
It is interesting to note that cases in Surinam and French Guiana both spiked the same time as Guyana.
"New research has found that double vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the corona-virus."
And other recent research finds that:
"Fully vaccinated people who catch COVID-19 appear to be less infectious and clear the virus quicker than unvaccinated people, early research suggests."
So to put it simply vaccinated people are much less likely to get infected by COVID and, if they do catch it, they are less likely to spread it to others.
Even more reason to get vaccinated.
I have an elderly friend who is a daily user of the internet. Currently he uses a Windows 10 laptop.
However he has memory problems and his eyesight is imperfect. He finds the experience with Windows very frustrating at times.
His problems I would try to summarise as follows:
- unwanted and unexpected changes in the user interface
- complicated login procedure with PIN, passwords etc
- unresponsive computer due to updates being processed
- text being too small including that of error messages
- too many unwanted features
- on booting up the computer appears ready but is not
He finds it very confusing when unexpected things happen. He needs things too be simple, straight forward and the interface to stay the same from year to year.
The vaccines acquired recently have been Sputnik. This has been a bit controversial but I will not attempt to get into that here.
Not alot seems to have changed otherwise regarding behaviour. Minibuses are reportedly carrying a nearly full load of passengers again.
The main news is that vaccine role-out has continued with persons 18 years and older being vaccinated (about 245,000 first dose total).
Not alot seems to have changed otherwise regarding behaviour. There are some reports of people being charged for attending parties. However minibuses are reportedly carrying a full load of passengers again.
The main news is that vaccine role-out has gathered momentum with persons of any age being vaccinated (about 100,000 total).
Not much seems to have changed otherwise regarding behaviour.
The main news is that vaccine role-out has gathered momentum since March 15. Health workers and many over 60 persons being vaccinated (about 20,000). My wife and myself got our vaccination on Monday. No serious side effects.
Several thousand doses of vaccine were received and given to health workers. Some had a mild fever for a day but that is a small price to pay for protection. Am ready and waiting for my vaccine... 😀
Not much seems to have changed otherwise.
Not much seems to have changed otherwise. Mask wearing has become a fact of life in the city.
Our neighbour, Surinam, also has a surge.
Waiting to see if Christmas activities cause a spike!
There are positive reports that private labs are increasingly able to test for the virus - at a cost. It is also reported that the new hospital at Ocean View is being put into use for pandemic patients.
Graphs of cases seem to suggest that we are over the peak but this just may be an artifact of how testing is being done. There was a surge last month when a prison was infected.
Time will tell.
Our testing capacity is being greatly improved which is very good news. Likewise with our ICU capacity.
There does not seem to be any great alarm in the general population only concern. Mask wearing is still only partial especially out of town.
Schools are still mostly closed. Some workers are being encouraged to return to work.
The pandemic is accelerating and has surged past 1000. Infected persons are still entering the country along the southern and western borders.
On the positive side local stores (East Coast) are becoming more observant with staff wearing masks but many customers do not.
So far no close friends in Guyana or neighbours have been affected.
