The Coronavirus Diaries Isolation Day 5

This series of posts will be about the coronavirus situation, how it is impacting me here in Scotland and interesting gossip and opinions I'm hearing through our media. I'll be posting as and when I have something to share but I take no responsibility for the accuracy of the news I share or the medical advice and opinion that I mention.

A few of my US friends have commented on Donald Trump's latest gem, declaring that he hoped to have things open again by Easter. I saw that for the first time this morning. It beggars belief that he is saying that when New York is is a terrible crisis. I take my duty seriously when it comes to voting but if I had to choose between Trump and Pelosi, I think I'd stay home and read! I can't stand either of them. Maybe Trump needs to do a two metre social distancing from his podium! I get annoyed by our politicians at time but they are at least trying to cooperate and work together, although there is critical comment on the government, but they are passing legislation and complying with rules. Well, other than Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Opposition, who is 70 and refusing to stay home and isolate, which is silly, especially when he instructs us to do what Boris tells us to do!

On the US election side of thing, I found a few news articles that were interesting. I can't vouch for the accuracy of these stories as I'm not a constitutional expert. The first article states that if the election is cancelled by the virus, Trump and Pence cannot stay as President and VP beyond January 20th 2021 as they have no mandate from the people so the new acting President in the crisis becomes the Speaker of the House. How would you feel about that? A second says the Constitution does not require states to assign their electors on the basis of the statewide vote. It does not even require a statewide vote. A state legislature can scrap statewide elections for president and appoint electors itself. It would also be constitutional for a state legislature to disregard the winner of the statewide vote and assign electors to the loser. Interesting, when Republicans control 28 states.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/trump-cancel-election-day-constitution-state-electors-coronavirus.html

Today UK news are focusing on travellers stranded abroad. I have sympathy for some of them-the family in New York since December for cancer treatment for their child struggling to get home, a couple who were on a three month holiday since the start of January...they were out of the country when the disaster happened and are stranded by circumstances. Those working with charities and working abroad for companies I feel the same about. They travelled before we had even heard of the virus. I hope help comes for them because it was circumstances that overtook them and they did nothing wrong. A group of British young people have been in Honduras in remote villages for eight months-I have sympathy for them but the idiots who run the Project Trust only decided to remove them a week ago and they are stranded. They should have been pulled out weeks ago FFS but they blame the British government for not acting!!!

But I get really mad at the whining idiots who chose to go on their holiday in March and are now begging for help. The outbreak on the Diamond Princess became known around February 1st-4th, and British people were rescued from it weeks later. More cruise ships were quarantined, people struggling to get home. At the start of March cases were rising fast in South Korea (5621), China was in lockdown (80409), by March 6th the UK had 164 cases, Italy was in crisis (3089). Everyone knew the virus was taking hold when they travelled in March but decided to do it anyway! Those who travelled in the last two weeks knew that the people in the UK were urging this lockdown to be brought in and panic buying began, but still decided to go on their jolly holiday instead. I can't feel much sympathy to hear their stories of hotels and embassies closing down around them, and flights being cancelled or prices inflated.

250000 people have volunteered to help in the UK during the crisis since an appeal was launched by the government yesterday. While it is great, that does also mean all of these people out on the transport network and not self isolating. It's a tough one isn't it. We need them for vital tasks like food delivery but everyone outdoors could be at risk. India is now in a three week lockdown for 1.3 billion people. I do wish them every success.

Today I'll be doing a bit of housework and then working offline on my news scrapbook to keep myself busy. I am no longer buying newspapers but I'll be noting anything vital in the news on bits of paper and sticking it into the scrapbook myself. Lunch will be a tomato cup-a-soup with chocolate swiss roll, and dinner will be braised steak with two different rubs-New York rib and Carolina BBQ. Tonight I'll endulge in an Easter Egg and get some reading done. Though NOT at the same time obviously!

Stay safe everyone.