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Hi Funcountess, yes I do live in New Zealand. Four plus million of us all in lockdown at present. Ten a.m. Saturday morning here and the tenth day. All mainly staying home except for trips to supermarket by a household designated shopper and medical trips. Recommended to keep the two metre social distancing rule of course and supposed to exercise locally i.e. don't go surfing or whatever as you might need rescuing. Takes a bit of getting used to. Thank heavens for the internet. Being on islands means can restrict entry to the country to returning residents only and they are meant to self isolate. Yes its very interesting to hear how other people are managing. I hear you have the virus rampant in New York, see some very sad scenes on news. Yes keep in touch and let us know how you are managing.

Good to hear how you are faring in New Zealand, Heretaunga. Many of the wealthiest here in U.S. are flying to islands to isolate and you get to live there full time. Smiles

@funcountess It certainly is a dilemma. I think if those cruise ships originated in our country and our country was their destination, we have an obligation to let them dock. I try to think of it like what if it was me stuck on there, or a loved one? We can't just leave them out there forever. Of course many precautions have to be taken when the passengers disembark.

@heretaunga1947 NYC has been very hard hit, particularly in Manhattan, it's so congested there. My daughter lives in Manhattan but she and her husband have two residences so she is now at his in Philadelphia which is a huge relief for us. What's happening in Manhattan is frightening and sad. They are running out of body bags. 😩

@fiesty76 Many wealthy New Yorkers have summer places on the shore in Rhode Island. I heard that Rhode Island was trying to stop New York cars at the border and keeping them out but I'm not sure that continued due to the legality of it.
JK

@contentandwell I heard the other day Gov Cuomo thanked the Rhode Island gov. for lifting that band and now N.Y.. can cross over to Rhode Island

Yes, I correspond daily with a friend who lives alone in a multi-family, hi-rise condo in the Queens. She is being so cautious even when going to her community mailbox only 2/week and no longer uses the comm. laundry room. It breaks my heart that the Gov was pleading for help so long before feds actually began taking him seriously.

You are a good friend checking up on a queens friend. New York is in deep trouble, and I feel so bad every time I see governor A. Cuomo on t.v.
I have some latest info. That may interest you.
New Jersey has 30,000 cases and as of today Friday over 600 deaths. It is catching up to New York.
Also of interest,HENAM a mid size city in central China is on lockdown as they contend with a 2nd wave of the cov19 virus.
It is too early to tell if we will get a 2nd wave next October 2020.
Abbott labs is putting out as many tests as possible. The company is under tremendous pressure.
We all need to stay home, stay safe, and be well.

@funcountess from what I heard a while ago, a second and third wave are very probable. I don’t think that this will truly be under control until an effective vaccine is available for everyone. That’s just my opinion.
JK

@imallears Mary and @funcountess
I live in the Tampa area, Hillsborough County, FL and have followed the news on these two ships coming from Argentina. My heart goes out to those on board. About 14 critically ill patients were taken off the ship and sent to the hospital. Although the manpower, 70 sheriff deputies, paramedics, ambulances were a HUGE drain on the city resources I feel it was a humanitarian issue and the ships had to come in to get care for these folks. Have you heard there is another Carnival cruise ship off the Bahamian coast 1000 people aboard with 12 confirmed cases? I guess that will be the next one but don't know how the hospitals are going to handle the influx.

Hi sandytoes14,
The hospitals will be overwhelmed with sick people, and the doctors, nurses will be stressed, and get sick themselves. Just look at New York, and my state of California. Sick patients should be treated on the ships, with the medical care teams going on the ships. So many infected people are walking around spreading the virus, and they do not know it themselves.
In California we are losing law enforcement, fire fighters, and 1st responders on a daily basis.
Containment is the answer, but things are out of hand in the world, mainly because the governments, and world health agencies were too slow to react to a growing crisis in China.
I pay attention to doctor Anthony Fauci, he knows his business.
Hope you are staying in. Stay well

Winter coming up in southern hemisphere and time for flue vaccinations. This year being told it is so much more important because don't want people suffering from what you could call normal annual flue to be taking up all the hospital beds etc. that will be needed for possible corona victims. Free jabs for us seniors and other vulnerable groups, and then the rest of the population. I got a text from our local medical centre saying they were setting aside a Saturday for all us over sixty and when I went we were only allowed in one at a time, had to leave our bags in the car, and in and out in less than two minutes, Instead of sitting around in the waiting room the mandatory fifteen minutes we had to go out into our cars and bang on the horn if we had a reaction. What a change from last year when all us seniors had a kind of re union, get together in the reception area. It was fun trying to remember faces and reminisce our days in the maternity ward. What a change a year has made.