{"id":7097,"date":"2021-07-12T18:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2021-07-12T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:34:08","slug":"ignored-by-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/ignored-by-sunflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignored by Sunflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

The title of this post is a joke, not a serious delusion of isolation. I saw that a few sunflowers had come out but that they were looking away, rather than towards me. They are looking at the morning sun and I was walking in the afternoon. They are still in the process of coming out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I was asked if I wanted to go to a restaurant and I automatically said no. Given the data about the rising number of cases in Switzerland it makes no sense to go to towns or cities, and to eat in a crowded place, rather than to continue self-isolating. If I was okay with crowds at this stage in the pandemic I would have gone to the IFSC World cup. I am not fine with crowds, when the number of sick is rising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One issue is that there seems to be no data for the Canton de Vaud for the last week or two. I don’t know whether that means that there are no cases, or that they have not been counted. Haute Savoie and Geneva are going up, so Vaud should follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every Canton is deep red except for Neuchatel, for now. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The table above illustrates why it makes sense not to meet people in towns, cities, restaurants or other places. There is a chance that you could continue as normal, and be fine, but if enough people think that way then large crowds form, and what was safe, in small numbers, becomes a breeding ground for large numbers. At this point, it’s better to walk in the countryside and be ignored by sunflowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had been asked “Do you want to come over” then I would have said yes, without hesitation. I said no because in my opinion, and according to the data I see, it is not safe to risk spending time around crowds, for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imagine going back to such habits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the pandemic ends I look forward to meeting new people to do new things, but for now the likelihood of this happening is low. Yesterday’s solo bike ride was good. I avoided the roads where traffic is aggressive as much as possible, and kept to the more rural, quieter paths. The weather was perfect yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, during the entire walk I felt that it would rain at any minute, but it didn’t. It stayed dry, and that’s good because I was not equipped for the rain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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