Self-isolation Day 109.
Happy Independence Day!
Last night I was so
tired I went to bed at 9:30. The final episode of Teresa’s novella was still on
but she probably came to bed as soon as it was over. I woke up at 3:30 and
couldn’t get back to sleep. I got up at 4am and watched an episode of Ozark
on Netflix then went back to bed. I still couln’t get back to sleep and I
got up at 5:30.
Teresa left about 8:30 for
her walk.
I left at 9:15 and
started my usual circular route. At the bottom of the hill I headed south and crossed
the street by the restaurant La Bahia where I ran into Glenn getting out
of his taxi. I first stopped and recycled a plastic bottle then we headed into
the mall. Upstairs at the Co-Working space there is a deli but we didn’t see
anyone eating or drinking anything. We sat on some comfortable couches not far
from each other and chatted for an hour. We went outside and into Exito
where we bought coffee at Juan Valdez. Outside we sat on a bench and chatted
while drinking our coffee. A security guard came out and explained that we can
only drink coffee while walking, not sitting. We decided next time we’ll meet
at Aymará again.
Glenn left and I headed
inside Exito where I picked up a package of clothes hangers, a couple new
facemasks and some food items. I took a taxi back to the apt.
It was brought to my
attention that I messed up Thursday’s post so I went back and corrected it.
Teresa left just before
3pm to meet friends for a little shopping. I had a chess lesson with Juan
Carlos from 3:30 to 5:30. Besides solving a few puzzles we played a 15 minute
with 30 second interval game against each other so I could practice the
Sicilian Defense. After a few mis-starts I played pretty well holding onto a
draw.
Teresa returned at 7:15
with a sandwich for me from Q’Bano.
We got a little rain in
the evening.
MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced the first set of results for COVID-19
testing on Friday, publishing that just 1.2% of samples
collected found positive tests or 38 tests out of 3,185 samples.
The MLB and
MLBPA said that of those 38 positive tests, 31 came from players while seven
resulted from staff members. Additionally, 19 different clubs had one or more
individuals test positive during intake testing.
The tests
administered occurred prior to the workouts and full baseball activities, which
began Friday.
For
a brief shining moment at the end of May, Americans may have had hope that the
COVID-19 pandemic was behind us. But by mid-June, the coronavirus started surging in some southern
and western states. Now, just a few short weeks later, 40 out of 50 U.S. states
are seeing new COVID case numbers climb again. "Put simply, we
are losing the war with the SARS-CoV-2 virus," Mark Kortepeter,
MD, an infectious disease doctor and professor of
epidemiology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, wrote for Forbes.
Florida’s Covid-19 cases
jumped by the most during the pandemic, two days after the previous high, a
sign that the outbreak is expanding and leading to more serious clinical
consequences.
Reported new cases rose by 11,458, or
6.4%, to 190,052, compared with an average 5.5% in the previous seven days. The
Sunshine State had a record 10,109 cases on Thursday. Deaths reached 3,702,
according to the release, which includes data through Friday, an increase of
18, the fewest since June 22.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ruled
out reimposing a lockdown, but hospitals and local officials are taking note of
the rising trend in cases.
A Trump replay
from April 11th: Regarding ventilators, “A lot of them will be coming at a
time when we won’t need them as badly.”
The
US has 2,748,775 ð 2,805,992 ð 2,857,567 coronavirus cases
with 128,655 ð 129,351 ð 129,567 deaths. (Total cases in the
US are still increasing.)
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 106,110 ð 109,505 ð 113,389 cases with 3,942 deaths. Medellin has 2,198 ð 2,377 ð 2,522 cases, an increase of 145 from to
July 2nd to July 3rd. Colombia’s rolling 6-day average of
new cases has now plateued. Envigado has a total of 108 cases, an increase of 2
from July 2nd to July 3rd.
Joke of
the day
A Canadian
tourist is fascinated by the Native American way of life and culture, so he
decides to visit a reservation in the United States to find out more.
After a long
and dusty drive through the Arizona desert, he finally arrives at the
reservation.
Soon after
his arrival, the tourist meets an old chief, who claims to remember everything
that ever happened in his life.
The tourist
is curious and asks the chief: "What did you have for breakfast on your
fifth birthday?"
Without
hesitation, the chief replies: "eggs".
The tourist
was very impressed by this, and he never forgot the chief’s words, even after
his visit had long since ended.
Ten years
later, he returns to the reservation and is surprised to see the same old chief
again.
He
approaches the chief, puts his hand up flat and greets him with
"how".
“Scrambled,” the old chief
replied.
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