Never in a million years would I have thought I'd experience life during a pandemic... well here it is and sadly it's not looking like it is going anywhere any time soon. Thankfully the vaccination is slowly trickling into Canada, fingers crossed it will be available soon.
Today I was tested once again, this is getting to almost be the new norm. Working in the pubic sector I'd much rather err on the side of caution, endure a few seconds of discomfort, and know I am not carrying the Covid-19 virus. A positive is we have a pharmacist on-site who can do our testing, no long line ups thankfully.
Here's a look at the statistics:
Alberta
Total cases - 110k
No data on recovered
Sadly deaths are at 1,241.
Overall stats for Canada:
Total cases - 652k
Recovered - 552k
Deaths - 16,833
Worldwide
Total Cases - 89.5M
Recovered - 49.7M
Deaths - 1.92M
This is the sad reality; however, I am optimistic and hope this will end in the near future.
Until then it's pretty much work and home, the odd bit of shopping and I'm missing spending time with family and friends. Glad to still have my dog, she's been such a good friend and ensures I leave the apartment at minimum 3x a day which feels great just to get a bit of fresh air.
Stay safe out there.
I heard someone talking the other day about the 1918 flu pandemic.....and then we had the Roaring 20's! Not sure what's to come but this will not stay forever. We WILL get through this pandemic.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are taking all the precautions! That's all we can do.
I agree, not much more we can do than our part in staying protected as much as we possibly can.
DeleteIn my life time we have beaten a pandemic or two but this one got ahead of us. It's going to be hard to shake. I think vaccinations are still a long way off.
ReplyDeleteRed, for us in front line work I believe we will receive the vaccination within the next month or so, at least this is the hopes. Initially I was not going to get this vaccination, then I thought what can it hurt? I've done some research and know people who have received the vaccination so my thoughts now are lets get this done.
DeleteHello Darlin. I am a Pastor from Mumbai India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and about your interest in friends and family. It was good to go through your post on "Pandemic" with statistics. In India we will start vaccination from 16th January and fortunately the death rate is quite low in spite of huge population. This is mainly because of Indians have strong immune system pther wise our country would have been the first in the world to have more death than any other country is the world. Though we have less sanitation in the slums of Mumbai but yet God has spared por people. Well I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 41yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where poorest of poor and the richest of rich live. We reach out to the poorest of poor in the slums of Mumbai with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you very soon, God's richest blessings on you your family and friends also wishing you and your family a blessed and a Christ centered new year 2021. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede
ReplyDeleteHello Diwakar, great to hear you are receiving the vaccination. It is with hope we too will get ours in the very near future.
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