Life with Rona — Day 16
This is an experiment in delayed reportage. Maybe I will do this every morning, and focus on the previous day? Main reason is I had to wake up today (Day 17) for an early HIIT class and yesterday I was supremely tired from all the work I did… Ozark is over, and I’ve started on Better Call Saul but it didn’t even last 10 minutes for me.
Yesterday’s exercise was by someone new to me — Calvin at Flyproject. Seems he only does HIIT and not spin. Explains why I’ve never had him before. Ate at home again.
Love waking up to find your Mac completely restarted. No issue, it was a macOS 10.15.4 automatic update. But still, I’d like to choose if I can defer them.
Covid-19 front: We’re now at 3,116 cases, 50 deaths, and a huge amount of recoveries (as expected) – 122 yesterday, bringing the total to 767. I’m glad people are realising that flattening the curve isn’t zero cases (it is to ensure there are enough ICU beds and doctors don’t have to choose who gets a ventilator), and we may have peaks in mid-April. But maybe the most interesting statistic? Health D-G: 80pc of Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases asymptomatic or have mild signs of infection We are quarantining them out of precaution. Which begs the question — why don’t we all just be masked, wear gloves if you want to, but wash your hands frequently, socially distance, and just get on with life, as is? April 10 is now the day they’re claiming they’ll decide if MCO ends in Phase 2 or not… Singapore has identified a few new clusters, and Mustafa Centre a place where many shop has a huge number of cases linked to that.
A lot of people seem to be developing cabin fever. So far, the only thing from that list of symptoms that I have is changes in weight (1/13), which is weight loss. But this has been planned and in the works for sometime. My goal is to be 70kg before my next birthday, and the deadline set was end-April; I thought I’d have to push it back but I’m doing daily HIIT style workouts at home, so I think this is going to be okay.
One article that caught my eye in the FT: Muslims fear backlash of India’s coronavirus fury. Their cluster in India, is from Tablighi Jamaat. Malaysia’s largest cluster is from the same event (with 5th generation spread). I asked on Day 5 what goes on at said event… I’m still curious. How does this change things in Malaysia?
As for Malaysia, it is also worth noting theft is increasing — either while you’re standing outside to buy groceries or medicine. As are house break-in’s. Which is likely them not coming on a motorbike but as a gang. These are troubling times, and I don’t know if we can depend quickly enough on the police force to act. Stay safe takes on a whole other meaning.
