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I was thinking about when I post to this blog, and why I'd left such a gap. One reason is that the days blend into one another. There's a lot of news when the lockdown starts, but then as it drags on, not much happens - at least at an individual level.
The U.K.'s Covid-19 numbers have been horrible. Last week, we breached the 60,000 level for one day. This would be equivalent to ~ 300,000 cases per day in the U.S. According to government health experts, we are now in the teeth of the epidemic, and the next few weeks will be the worst. My personal view is that when the 'UK variant' hits the U.S., cases there will skyrocket.
Our family remains healthy. Individually, I do not have a lot of outside contact. I work from home, I go running, and I go to the grocery store.
I guess the last activity poses some risk, but I've been doing this since the start (masked, of course), and so it feels normal.
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Running has been good. We've had two weeks with snow on the ground and subfreezing temperatures most days. So, it's proper winter. I've been getting out in the morning often before sitting in my office for most of the day, as sitting after having exercised feels much better than waiting all day to get out.
At this time of year I'd usually be planning races or backpacking trips for the next 12 months. But it doesn't seem useful to do so, and indeed when the thought crosses my mind 'We should travel to x this summer' it seems strange. Imperceptively, my horizon has shrunk.
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