Let’s unscramble the rhetoric a little, fellow Aussies. Media coverage talks about the curve flattening. This is a pervasive misunderstanding. The number of cases remains on the increase, it is just the rate of increase that is slowing. The curve is heading north-east and that trajectory is not flat. We need a new metaphor, perhaps turgid and flaccid. We want to let the air out of its tyres.
It is ironic that petrol can now be purchased at 87.9 cpl when we are not able to go anywhere. We endure home detention without an ankle bracelet, trapped but still nominally free. The Ruby Princess own goal fiasco is now under investigation. In chirpier news it seems more people are inspired to learn Auslan after watching signers on TV. They have been ever-present during this virus crisis and before that during our bushfire season.
It must surely rankle with the US President that China has donated 1,000 masks in a subtle show of soft power. Caught unprepared, the US needs to accept them and show gratitude – ouch!
Australia has 139 new cases for a total of 5,689 and 35 deaths. Of these, NSW have 37 new cases for a total of 2,580 with 16 deaths. The world now has over 1.2 million cases and over 64,000 deaths.
Awesomely Astute 