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I cancelled my August 11th trip not because of masks but because the travel ban will still be in place for Belgium... moved it to 29th of october... fingers crossed. (Maybe not so bad now the mask policy is back... but I wouldn't have cancelled for that. Still used to wearing masks in all...

it's like smoking: You want to smoke the whole time? sure, but you can't enter this bar, restaurant, movie theatre, public place etc...

Just read that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 2 months ahead of shedule for delivery... They expect to get approved half March (in Europe) ... and would be able to deliver 20 million doses by the end of march. You only need one shot and it can be kept in 'normal' fridge temperature. It's...

Just saw this on twitter...

So here in our country (Belgium) we have the first signs of a second wave... (actually in more European countries). They are trying to quickly respond and certain restrictions are being re-implemented. Masks are now mandatory. on the streets, in every public place, all shops, public transport...

Well, it seems to be correct. "From early on Wednesday, 12 types of premise, including karaoke, nightclubs, fitness centers and mahjong parlors, will be shut down, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday. Ocean Park and Hong Kong Disneyland will be closed again."

Sweden doesn't only have a lot of deaths... but the people now also start to realize that their approach didn't have the desired ecnomic advantage. Their economy is also shrinking as much as the neighbouring countries... and the idea behind herd immunity is also not working. Only 7.3% of the...

euhm... in my country (Belgium) the social distancing rule (1.5 m) is still very much active and required... this is also the case in France, Netherlands, Germany and other European countries. Masks are mandatory if a shopkeeper asks you to wear one or if you can't keep the social distance or on...

Somebody added some PATF music to Splash Mountain...

As we (in Belgium) are getting more and more back to a 'normal' life... there are appearing interviews with survivors of the virus. Some of them are younger people who are warning to not let your guard down. They went trough the infection and are still recovering. Most of them are healthy young...

So, as a foreigner.. I wonder: what's daily live like now in Florida? What are the actual precautions taken in shops/restaurants etc...? And do most people care? We now have an 7 day average of less than 100 confirmed infections... we went in lockdown on march 14th... shops opened somewhere in...

We have daily numbers of our ICU patients, but these are only confirmed ICU patients with covid-19. The red line is the number of ICU beds reserved exclusively (max capacity) for covid-19 patients. This way we don't have to keep track of other ICU patients witrh other urgent medical problems...

I took Martin's sketch and 'enhanced' the look a bit... :) so, maybe something like this?

Wow, I just saw a list of all the items that are removed from the menu at the Disney Springs restaurants... uhm... is there anything left?

We (Belgium) are going in a phase 1 reopening on may 4th. Most companies (industry and B2B-service...no shops) can re-open (with rules of course and social distancing). No restaurants and bars yet and no schools. Schools will open on may 18th for certain grades and with a limit of 14 students...

we had a more positive story about this, this morning: An 40 year old infected person (with the virus 25 days in his body and 14 days on a ventilator... in a pretty bad and critical condition was treated with the plasma of one of their doctors (who already conquered corona) and the results were...

yeah, it's the complete opposite in Belgium. Our numbers seem very high, but they are counting every dead in hospital and carehomes (most of our deaths are in care homes btw.) and at home... even if they are suspected to be covid-19 related but not confirmed. We now also have numbers of how...