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Day 26 - Friday 10th April 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

Lockdown

 Good Friday

 The weather has been absolutely beautiful recently.  I find that in the UK, the Easter weekend is either gorgeous like this or flipping cold and miserable - one extreme or the other!

 However, the good weather has not helped encourage people to stay inside and there have been ridiculous reports of the police having to break up hundreds of house parties.  

 I truly don't get it - literally thousands of people have died and are unwell - if there has ever been a time to be unselfish and think about our personal impact on society and the world, it's now.

 The best analogy I've heard is this (it's a little crude, apologies):

 Imagine the world is a swimming pool.  Someone pees in the pool.  Do you still want to risk getting in the pool?

 On a more positive note, here is a BAFTA winning filmmaker doing his bit:


Hassan Akkad signed up help disinfect coronavirus wards at his local hospital.
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