Life with Rona — Day 17
Up early for HIIT by Ishaq. Loved it. Was pretty hard. Measuring the Internet speeds I am getting and I can say it is very flappy — I’m getting between 1/6th of what I’m paying for, to sometimes exactly what I’m paying for (but to be fair, I’m getting mostly 2/3rds of what I’m paying for especially when it comes to international bandwidth). We’re also getting 1GB free data on our mobile plans (so even my iPad has more data), and will I even consume it all before they expire? No.
One meal today was from GrabFood (spicy nasi lemak, with pork rendang), and the other was at home (sausages, baked beans+egg).
Malaysia has 3,333 confirmed Covid-19 cases, 53 deaths, and recovery rate of nearly 25%. Singapore has also basically got a MCO for a month, but they are calling it a “circuit breaker”. Some of it is different, i.e. you can still exercise outdoors in neighbourhood parks. 4 weeks from the get-go, for two incubation cycles (so this is very much like Malaysia’s stance). Read more at: Coronavirus: Most workplaces to close, schools will move to full home-based learning from next week, says PM Lee. Seems they’ve found more clusters at Singapore Cricket Club, and the MBS rooftop bar. Back to Malaysia… the 10km distance thing from your home, is now at the discretion of the police officer you encounter.
One more thing about Singapore — the idea of wearing masks (and the government providing some to households) is smart. They’re breaking from WHO tradition, and there is likely also a paper supporting this theory, at least for symptomatic patients: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks. I am more or less convinced that we all should wear masks when we’re outside. I presume that this makes going to a spin class just a little more expensive for me because I’ll have to wear one before/after; then again, if I am just getting out of my car to the studio and back, maybe I’ll be fine.
