{"id":1489,"date":"2020-03-18T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonelkon.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2020-03-20T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T11:25:19","slug":"covid-19-essential-notice-for-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonelkon.com\/jnlk\/covid-19-essential-notice-for-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Essential Notice for Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, I asked for it and I got it. Having posted a satirical flippant article on The Virus, I wanted to know if my readers regarded it as inappropriate in these early days of the global pandemic. The answer was, by a narrow margin, that I should take it down. I have therefore done that by deleting every paragraph except the last one (thank you Mariette for the suggestion. Of course you are quite right.) I will write a few words below here, as a replacement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to thank all of you who got in touch either here or by email. It’s very heartening to know how many people enjoy (or hate) my writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week there will be another blog on this, or another subject. If you would like to read the original blog for your personal and private amusement, (do not share!) send me an email.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello dear readers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have just learned that my partner of 38 years has contracted Coronavirus. As we were together in the aftermath of my accident, there is a high probability that I may have been infected. I am asymptomatic at the moment, but this could change any time. I am very concerned about Partner, who is alone in Shropshire. This could be another reason I no longer regard the Pandemic as a subject for levity. If I get the disease my chances of dying are around 45% owing to my age and pre-existing conditions. Partner will survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a great lesson this is being for me. Summed up in “all very well, until it affects YOU.” And it will. Until we’ve been through the rite-of passage, the test Covid puts us through, no-one can feel safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This frightening disease is getting closer to each one of us by the minute. How many people do you know with it? As each day passes, that number will grow. And then, in the words of Niemoller, “…and then they came for us”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So PLEASE, because I love each and every one of you (including Grigor!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Wash those hands lots<\/li>
  2. Self-isolate if in any doubt (I have!)<\/li>
  3. If in public, keep your distance. 2 Metres, not 1!<\/li>
  4. If you’re one of those people I saw swarming around Borough Market on TV last night, or any other market, or shop, GO HOME! You have a duty to others and to yourselves and to your family.<\/li>
  5. Coronavirus is nothing to laugh about. Not until the danger is passed at least. Yes I know we all need to be uplifted. Leave that job to Netflix and the others.<\/li>
  6. If you GET it, once you have recovered, go out and help others.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Thus endeth the lesson. And endeth my replacement blog. So again, thank you all and I’m very sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    EXCUSES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A serious note. I apologise to you all for not having blogged for some time. This is the reason: I had a serious bike accident. My scarf caught in the wheel of my bike and sent me flying. I fell on my head and have just spent a great deal of time in St Mary’s Serious Trauma Unit. I will blog about this in more depth when I can bear to tell the story without welling up at the extreme kindness of strangers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A BIKE HELMET SAVED MY LIFE. IF YOU DON’T WEAR ONE WHEN CYCLING YOU’RE A DICK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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