Back to Zero again.
0 + 6 = 6 and no deaths.
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How do these guys do it?
I donāt know if itāll last, but this is genuinely insane given the Delta breaches weāve faced.
Guy
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I think Contact Tracing has been the Key.
EDIT - And mask wearing.
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And high compliance with the rules across the board. I went to a track near my house yesterday and ran 5k. It turns out that the mask I chose was terrible after it got wet with sweat. The innermost layer was getting sucked into my mouth every inhalation. But instead of taking the thing off, I used one hand to pull it an inch or two away from mouth. I didnāt dare take it off or even do a chin diaper because every single other person was wearing a mask and wearing it properly.
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I definitely recommend using the āsturdierā masks for exerciseā¦the inner layers holds up better to sweat and wonāt get sucked into your mouth. Basically the ones that donāt feel like a cheap piece of cloth. Also can try using the å£ē½©ę¶ to put inside your mask so that way you never have to worry about it. I got a few that are a little too small but they do the trick and keep the cheap masks from being sucked into my mouth when doing some hiking or workouts.
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Yeah, nah, I donāt think itās genuinely insane.
and an almost fanatical dedication to the pope
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This 1000%. I have learned the hard way from running with various masks that they are NOT all created equal. A mask getting sucked into your mouth while you are gasping for air is really just the worstā¦
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Get one of those 3M masks, put a light filter on them. Those are rigid, wonāt get sucked into your mouth.
Iāve been wearing a buff for cycling since all these measures started, and I havenāt had issues with wearing it while exercising - plenty of other cyclists are doing the same. But Iām not sure if thatād pass muster at a running track.
And yeah, Iāve had a couple of brief scares when Iāve been sweaty and have suddenly sucked my mask into my mouth. Nothing actually dangerous - just startled.
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I actually had one of these from Costco all ready to go:
But then I walked out the door and rode the scooter almost to the track without a mask on. I had one extra in the seat.
As for danger of asphyxiation, Iām running so damn slow these days (and it was a grass run right outside the 8th lane), I donāt need to be concerned with that. It was uncomfortable as hell, though, before I pulled it away from my mouth.
I took the afternoon off so there werenāt too many others at the track at 4. So even with these fake masks, I didnāt feel there was any danger of the virus flying from another person onto me!
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The Civil Aeronautics Administration on Friday said it had fined the pilot who was found to have spread the disease to his son NT$400,000 (US$14,422).
He was also dismissed from the airline for contravening quarantine protocols.
EVA Airways was fined NT$12 million for its failure to supervise the pilot, the agency added.
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That headline. I think we can all breathe a bit easier (for now anyway).
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Slight uptick in double vaccinated number at 6.73%. And weāre almost at 50% for those that received at least one shot.
Iāve decided that once I get my second AZ (or maybe it will be a mix with BNT?), Iām going to be far less cautious. I plan to head back to the pool, for example.
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Headline writers at the Taipei Times are often terrible. Donāt just stop at the headline!
Minister Chenās point (spoken yesterday) is that he thinks the pilot cluster is contained, and the Banqiao kindergarten cluster is close to being containedāthey are still waiting for results of some tests of some contacts.
Guy
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This is very impressive. Slow start in the vaccine race but Taiwan is catching up very quickly.
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Pun intended?
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Howās the presser today?
Guy