Now I am really about to blow a fuse! And big time! What does the gathering on the photo below look like to you? A drinks reception with wine and cheese? Or a work meeting? By the way, this gathering took apparently place in May 2020, when the rest of the British population was in […]
Tag: Covid-19
A stiff penalty for flouting the rules
A Chinese man in the southwestern province of Guangxi has recently been sentenced to a suspended 2-years in prison and a fine of 200’000 yuan ($31’000) for flouting the Covid-19 rules: After a business trip to Vietnam he and his fellow travellers tested positive for the Delta-variant and were quarantined. The culprit, however, sneaked out […]
Incentives to get vaccinated
In the developed world most people have had their Covid- 19 jabs by now and particularly among the older population acceptance to get vaccinated has always been running quite high. But as numbers in do UK, France and Switzerland to name just a few countries show, vaccination initiatives are running out of steam, hence why […]
Vaccines for the privileged
Footballers really are a cut above the rest! Just look at the Conmebol, the association of Latin America’s football associations. In mid-April Sinovac, the Chinese vaccine manufacturer promised 50’000 doses to vaccinate all professional players ahead of the Cop América after Lionel Messi donated them three signed shirts (not all of the national associations involved […]
Good things out of the pandemic
Now that we seem to be coming slowly out of pandemic related lockdowns and other restrictions, I suppose it is fair to look back on what we have learned over the past 12 months and how or if we have improved our lives. I suppose all of us, being asked to stay at home, have […]
The shackled democracy
It is amazing how things on the COVID-19 have changed.we all got used to social distancing and wearing face masks, meeting only in small groups add working from home. But some of the more recent restrictions imposed by western European governments could be quite worrying, weren’t it for the necessity of preventing do virus from […]
The forgotten seafarers
Since the start of the pandemic millions of people around the world have lost their jobs and thousands of companies have closed their doors forever with the fate of many more hanging in the balance once the government rescue schemes expire or are withdrawn. Staff being made redundant are sent home and can benefit from […]
The grumpy older man 