Covid remembered


            My memories from a time that we would all probably prefer to forget






20/4/2020 Richard Branson quote after asking for a loan from the government




24/04/2020 Boris Johnson nearly dies after contracting Covid





24/04/20 Trump says "Bleach kills Covid ".



26/04/20 Footballer Moise Kean breaks social isolation rules by having a party with his team mates





29/04/20 Boris Johnson's message to stay at home. (Wilfred was born 29/4 )






                               16/04/20 Captain Tom Moore starts his charity walk.                                                                      30/04/20 Tom Moore walked 100 times round his garden , raising £30 million for the NHS
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                   19/05/20 Trump accuses China of starting Covid, and WHO of being a puppet

                                                                                        

            6/05/20 Government adviser Professor Ferguson resigns after breaking Covid socializing rules



                                                                            


                5/20 PPE worth £5 million from Turkey scrapped because of contamination
                                                                  
                                                                                

                           10/05/20  Minister for transport urges us all to "Get on your bike." 


                                                                                


                        11/05/20 Boris Johnson's "stay at home " message criticized

                                                                                             

16/05/20 Lock down eased in England, but not Scotland. They warn against English invasion.

                                                                         



12/05/20 Travel restrictions removed but not for Wales and Scotland





18/05/20 FC Seoul fill their stadium with sex dolls




20/05/20  Hottest day of the year, 28 degrees, people hit the beaches, but no loos were open





28/05/20  Government adviser Dominic Cummings caught out for driving 250 miles to Durham while sick during lock down to visit Durham Castle.






02/06/20 Trump poses outside a church after George Floyd is killed by police using undue violence during arrest , causing riots all over America




07/06/20 Edward Colston 1636 - 1721, was a merchant and MP involved in the slave trade. BLM ( (Black Lives Matter ) pulled his statue down and dumped it in the River Avon



11/06/20 Pubs called "Black Boy" changed their names. Calls for similar street names to be changed, and also Penny Lane, Liverpool which was named after George Penny, merchant.




12/12/20 Brexit talks break down. Royal Navy placed on standby.





12/20 Johnson clashes with Sturgeon over Scottish devolution and Covid.




16/12/20 London back in Tier 3 lock down. Mutant virus blamed for increase in infections.





19/12/20 Johnson announces lock down for Christmas covering London & S/E.


  

21/12/20 French border closed. 1500 lorries stacked up at Manston airport.




30/12/20 Mutant virus spirals out of control. Lock down extended to Tier 4 covering most areas. Football matches postponed due to number of players testing positive



6/01/21 All UK back in lock down. Over 1000 daily deaths reported.




2/01/21 The Army drafted in to help injecting the vaccine.



9/01/21 Two women fined £200 for driving 5 miles to a beauty spot in Derbyshire.


12/01/21 Gorillas infected with Covid by a zookeeper.





27/01/21 Returning passengers to be quarantined in hotel rooms at there own expense following concerns from Brazil and South Africa mutants.


                                                                                        

                                                                                        
                                                                            
29/1/21  EU introduce a ban vaccine exported to 3rd World. Germany threaten AZ  because of reduced deliveries.
    
                   




      31/01/21 Protests all over Russia after Navalni  ( leader of the opposition party) was arrested.  Toilet brushes waved because of media coverage about Putin's £600 gold toilet.



       19/02/21 Mars Rover touches down successfully. Rock samples due to come back to earth 2032 !



          16/02/21 People refusing to be inoculated because of rumours that it contains chimpanzee extracts.

                 


       24/02/21 Boris announces road map to ease lock down. 4 steps ending 21/06. Kids go back to school 08/03. At least 220000 died from Covid in the UK according to a government enq

Looking back, I don't think anybody properly realized how bad the situation was.










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