Archive for January 5, 2021
Lock down, lock down, lock down
It’s the same everywhere, all over Europe governments are announcing a third lockdown. In Austria it is going to last until January 24th (at least), in England it is supposed to last till March with schools to be closed until mid-February, and also Scotland‘s mainland has returned to full lockdown for at least the rest of January after Nicola Sturgeon warned schools must stay shut and people remain at home if a “race” against the mutant virus is to be won.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “The weeks ahead will be the hardest yet but I really do believe we are entering the last phase of the struggle. Thanks to the miracle of science not only is the end in sight but we know exactly how we will get there.”
The only hope lies with the vaccine, and yesterday the first batch produced by the Oxford/AstraZeneca team was administered in the UK, but it will take months until enough people have been vaccinated.
So far it seems impossible to know at what point a sufficient proportion of the most vulnerable groups in the population will have been vaccinated and life for everyone else can return to normal. Ministers talk somewhat loosely about Easter or spring as the target; but who knows if that can be achieved… With the new virus variants COVID has learnt to run faster, let‘s hope the roll-out of the vaccine wins the race in the end!
To cope with this new lockdown we must try to see the light in the distance and do the best to come through the restrictions of social life well. Even when things feel bleak, there are usually good things happening too such as having a home or just something nice lined up for dinner. Gratitude is a key happiness skill.
And we have to get the basics right: sleep, healthy eating and exercise, and we must have an eye on work-life-balance when we work remotely in our “home office”. And we should limit our exposure to news broadcasts. “Twice a day, for a specified period and not within two hours of bedtime is plenty,” an expert suggested in The Telegraph.
Lockdown 3: You’ve Got This
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/469/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/469/pub/469/page/78/article/119961
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