Hello again.
This morning, I was hiking in the fresh air amongst the incredible rock formations of the Cederberg:
This evening, I am doing parenting stuff in a warehouse in Claremont.
Swings, roundabouts.
We’re back in the land of the wifi though, at least, and so I was doing a quick catch up on the latest news from the Whatsapp groups when I saw this:
Cape Agulhas Municipal area has gone from 8 active Coronavirus cases to 107 in less than 3 weeks. By comparison, the top peak of our first wave was 43 cases mid July. The Coronavirus spreads through human contact. Therefore the spread & control is literally in our own hands!
Our health services & health personnel are under strain & the Festive Season hasn’t even begun yet. If our system is overwhelmed we, as healthcare workers, will be forced to turn away people who could ordinarily be saved. This is not a situation we ever want. We care deeply about our patients and community. We desperately need people to wear their face masks, observe social distancing & avoid unnecessary risks.
Keep yourself and your family safe. Help us to help those that need medical care.
That’s an increase of [counts on fingers] 1237.5%.
However could this have happened?
[roll eyes emoji]
As an aside: We were very glad to note the excellent precautions being followed at the place we were staying this weekend.