Quarantine Blog

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Is that so? :))

[Bernard]

It is. I wonder, will any parents call their child Covid?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Methinks Corona was also one of the possibilities raised on page 1 of our discussion

[Bernard]

Come here Covid darling!

[Beatrice]

Sorry, but I'm probably Rowling's last book.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Authorities in Mongolia have imposed a quarantine after a 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague.

He and 2 other teens had eaten an infected marmot, a large ground squirrel. More @business: https://t.co/LA4IbXwaez https://t.co/qdoUyvAu1h

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Did you mean Cursed child or Fantastic beasts Beatrice?

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "Authorities in Mongolia have imposed a quarantine after a 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague.

He and 2 other teens had eaten an infected marmot, a large ground squirrel. More @business: https:..."

OMG! A marmot??? I am going to give up eating them.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Ha,ha. You'd better! And I'd only just learnt the word last week!

[Bernard]

Yes, a strange coincidence. Although I knew the name, it is not a word I use every day.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Russian hackers are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from pharmaceutical and academic institutions, according to Britain's National Cyber Security Centre https://t.co/s8Uwogs4rS

[Beatrice]

They both sound apt

[Bradley]

Can they not make their own? Surely the vaccine will be shared with he whole world?

[Graham]

Yes but Bradley, they stand to make millions if they have the patent for the drug.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Coronavirus: Spain orders culling of almost 100,000 mink
https://bbc.in/2B7fAXj

[Bernard]

I got my hair cut! The £8 on the website has become £8.50, plus £3 covid surcharge. But it feels so good now. Unfortunately, like Samson, I have now lost all my strength.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Ha,ha. You're funny!

[Bernard]

Ok, I made up the Samson bit. But as a student I had shoulder length hair. I could not do that now, it would drive me mad!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

How did your parents and teachers let you get away with that length?

[Bernard]

I think they realised that the Swinging Sixties revolution was unstoppable!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"If it’s here, it’s here by now — we don’t have walls."

As coronavirus cases spike across Florida, the virus appears to have caught up with the residents of the Villages, a sprawling community where about 120,000 people mostly 55 and older live. https://t.co/5RK7OhBg2H

[Beatrice]

Gosh!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

While face masks are struggling to gain acceptance in America, it's become a fashion statement in Africa.

Meet designer @kelefoko, who is pushing to make masks stylish around the world https://t.co/I0wK2J4UjK

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

The mask rule at Walt Disney World in Florida is still in effect, but it comes with a stricter footnote now: You can still take your face covering off to eat and drink, but you need to be stationary — no roaming around. https://t.co/hgN1d4Pi6Z

[Bernard]

My mask has a design by Banksy.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

That must be priceless!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"US government agrees to pay Pfizer and BioNTech $1.95 billion for 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine" https://twitter.com/i/events/12859132...


"How deadly is Covid-19? Researchers are getting closer to an answer" https://twitter.com/i/events/12855991...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 people from Da Nang after first local COVID-19 cases are recorded in almost 100 days" https://twitter.com/i/events/12876227...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Unprecedented' Hajj begins -- with 1,000 pilgrims, rather than the usual 2 million
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ha...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "Unprecedented' Hajj begins -- with 1,000 pilgrims, rather than the usual 2 million
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ha..."

A significant reduction.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"Australia declares state of disaster in Victoria and imposes curfew in Melbourne" https://twitter.com/i/events/12898457...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"The first dog in the US to test positive for COVID-19 has died" https://twitter.com/i/events/12887990...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Coronavirus: Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"Melbourne woman allegedly 'smashed' police officer's head into concrete when told to wear a mask" https://twitter.com/i/events/12904916...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""Melbourne woman allegedly 'smashed' police officer's head into concrete when told to wear a mask" https://twitter.com/i/events/12904916..."

Oh dear. Are all Melbourne women so violent?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

I think quarantine has affected them adversely

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

"Harry Potter theme emerges in Thailand anti-government protest" https://twitter.com/i/events/12904519...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

A different kind of quarantine...
"We were toward the end of our search pattern."

An 'SOS' message written in the sand saved three men stranded on a Pacific island. https://t.co/Hd9kRGVHq8

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Germany is currently experiencing a second coronavirus wave, a physicians' association in the country says https://t.co/zY0e1kajnE https://t.co/LYW3z7IVxd

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

An Egyptian restaurant decided to let a robot wait its tables in a bid to attract customers who wish to limit human interaction https://t.co/vmbj5XnLW0

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "An Egyptian restaurant decided to let a robot wait its tables in a bid to attract customers who wish to limit human interaction https://t.co/vmbj5XnLW0"

I hope the customers do not catch silicon plague from the robotic waiters.

[Beatrice]

What an awful thought!

[Bernard]

Ha ha! Indeed. It is worse than the capacitor plague!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

You seem to be an authority on plagues!

[Bernard]

Yes, 99% of my brain is concerned with viruses, plagues, fevers, etc. The remaining 1% can dwell on more pleasant things like poetry, chocolate, and Justin Bieber.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Ha, Ha. Please do leave a piece of it for posterity.

[Bernard]

A piece of Justin?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Err of that fantabulous brain of course.

[Bernard]

Certainly. Have you seen the film The Man with Two Brains?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Nope. What's it about?