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@anniepie I’m happy to hear things are getting better in Australia. My daughter is living in Sydney, (moved from Canberra April 1). When I speak to her it seems it never got nearly as bad as it did here in NY. We’ve been “inside” and closed down since around March 15, and are instructed to stay this way until at least May 15. We still have upwards of 350 people who die each day. At the time NY closed, she said everything in Canberra was still open and business as usual. Only the borders were closed. It was about a week after that the the gyms and shops closed in Canberra. She worked in a salon and her husband works in a gym. They moved to Sydney where they were supposed to both be starting new jobs first week of April, but, that didn’t happen because the shops and gyms closed in Sydney then. It makes me wonder if the people in NZ and Australia have better immunity to this virus or perhaps since the weather was warm, it didn’t spread as rapidly. I thought I also heard Sweden or Switzerland had very few to no cases at all. I wish the scientists would look into these phenomena. Maybe then we can find a way to stop it.
Prayers for all.
(My photo is from when I visited her Feb 2019)

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@ginak Hi Gina. Yes I've watched how bad it got in Italy and other places in Europe, then New York and other parts of the USA. I've been thinking about and praying for people where you are Gina. So sad to hear about it all -- it's truly frightening, and truly sad.
It's awful to think that in many places this has only been the 'First Wave' of this virus. It could come back again later in a 2nd Wave, or 3rd, etc. Who knows if Australia and New Zealand will still be doing okay then.

For me it's almost like I was living in New York too because I can't leave the house at all. I've been in lock-down for months now because I have 2 immune deficiency diseases -- neutropenia and low globulins, I live alone, and nobody can come into my living space. I'm retired and don't work now. It get deliveries to the doorstep and wash everything down, and I have telephone and Zoom or Skype medical appointments. So I'm getting very 'stir crazy' (laugh). Thank God for this forum site.
I sypathisize so much with all of you in the US and Europe. Annie x