Dark Covid clouds are gathering again over the Netherlands. We were doing ok, and we even got to travel but now after a summer with nearly no deaths and empty intensive care units all over all hospitals in the Netherlands, we are all suddenly in the middle of a corona crisis again.
What are the similarities and differences between the first and second wave? We all wonder and the work stations are just build again and the staying at home, homes schooling and home office situations were gone.
Not exaggerated, the new normal was just getting adjusted too. But now especially at the beginning of the second pandemic wave I am preparing for another wave.
I still vividly remember all the ICs filled with patients gasping for breath. Just as the virus is gaining ground again, the flu callers seem to be on the rise again, at work but also at school for example.
The number of fatalities and ICU patients fighting for their lives is still far behind the first wave. The number of Dutch people infected with the virus, an estimated 100,000, is already at a third of the peak in March. But the 85 corona patients in the ICU are currently not yet comparable to that low point, when 100 new patients a day needed intensive hospital care. Perhaps the gap between Covid-19 and the flu is now less deep than it was.
But I am afraid we will be in lock down in no time again. Like our neighbours the English and the Belgian in semi lockdown. And even in Germany there are places that have new rules.
Nevertheless, it is important to realize that we are only at the beginning of a second wave. The number of infections and hospital admissions is increasing and so is the reproduction rate, which indicates how many others an infected person infects on average, is also increasing. “And then at a certain point it goes fast. If no action is taken, Holland will soon be at 10,000 infections per week, and then?
I read there are medicines for the early stages of the disease and also for more severe cases. Patients no longer need to use a grueling form of ventilation as quickly in the prone position. It is good news that fewer patients need to go to the ICU and that they can leave it faster. 12 days is approximately the stay in ICU. The overcrowded ICs were actually the biggest problem during the first wave. And in the Netherlands we have so many state of the art ICU’s for pandemics and prepared for what is coming.
As a result, we decided to make a new school-work and Covid stay at home place. So we bought two drawers and I decided to remove all the stuff we all accumulated last time when the lockdown came as a surprise and we just sat there and moved things around. Well not anymore. I (we) cleaned all out and remove all we don’t need anymore and did a clean up for the new workplace. We can both work there aswell. It’s maybe the new normal but we will be more prepared than last time.
The dogs agree and love to help !
This is the first end result, really office-cy like.
And we have to do the other drawer tomorrow and I have to clean. But I love the result.
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Blog Date : 22 September 2020
Cheers and i am finished with the office now
So with the new lock down what are the rules? Funny as of the 1st we are opening up again and people can travel across boarders, it's like everyone's getting a chance to be stuck at home. This is nutso to the max, I don't know how much longer people are going to subscribe to this merry go around before we all just lose it and run around naked because we're so loopy from cabin fever
Well its not clear yet and people fight the rules but we got 2200 sick ones per day extra since last week so this will come to new rules and regulations , let hope for a cure soon
I think that this is insane, I feel like its clear now we can't control these things and people and we shouldn't try to force people do things, it just makes them resentful and more opposing. If it was more of a suggestion and not forced maybe people would have responded more positively
Just when you think it is easing up, and then BOOM!
Those drawers are really neat! They sure will come handy for the stuff needed for school, plus those you need yourself. School started here already, and families are prepared as they could ever be with long-distance learning.
Good luck and take care 🥰🌺🤙
The boys will be at home within a couple of weeks , so we are ready and can do this for sure, and a cleaned office makes the difference
that is really sad Britt. We are COVID free right now but, we are always bracing for what comes after.
Wow thats great news Covid free , well we are having a major flare up again
Hello @brittandjosie a pleasure to greet you, I read a few weeks ago that there was likely to be a second wave of infection in many countries because it is unpredictable behavior of the virus in some people and this makes it difficult to take precautions by the authorities, I hope that your town is not so affected and you can assume your educational activities in this new normality, there is still a long way to go in the fight against Covid-19, take care.
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Hello @brittandjosie a pleasure to greet you, I read a few weeks ago that there was likely to be a second wave of infection in many countries because it is unpredictable behavior of the virus in some people and this makes it difficult to take precautions by the authorities, I hope that your town is not so affected and you can assume your educational activities in this new normality, there is still a long way to go in the fight against Covid-19, take care.
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There is a second wave in the netherlands and we are trying to be prepared. The wave is more a less something we had two months ago so we know what will happen but its not that we want or like it.
Where are you from and is it there the same ?
I live in Venezuela and over here in the last two months there has been an upsurge in infections, I do not trust the figures published by the government in this regard and the economic crisis in which we are further complicating the situation, this forces us to be extremely predictable and take great care of our family environment and the sector where we live. We know first hand that public health care centers do not have all the necessary resources and for this reason many people have died, thank you for your interest.
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That's highly appreciated