Hats off to the government and keeping up the good spirit

My family and myself in all this are doing fairly well. There has been no case in my family. I have not been out of work, neither has my partner and my dad who owes a bar is working more than before. Also my sisters (one in pharmaceutical industry the other as a nurse) are working and are well off. In our little “cosmos” we do not see any downsides so far apart from uncertainty and fear of what is still to come (fingers crossed). Read more

Worrying that the social divide will grow deeper

I´m afraid that the social divide will grow deeper and populists will take advantage of the situation. The atmosphere in Germany changed from great willingness to help in the beginning to demonstrations and protests. On the one hand, Corona is the government’s finest hour. On the other, it’s that of the populists. Read more

When your prime minister believes in herd immunity

You will have read in the news about the herd immunity theory the UK prime minister was inclined to bet on at the time. Even as we entered phase two (containment) nurses in hospitals were denied protective gear so not to alarm the patients, showing little understanding of what was going on down in Europe. Real containment was delayed as it was the government’s belief that letting more people get infected over a longer period of time would “flatten the curve” of infections so not to weigh too much on the national healthcare service all at once. Read more

Being limited to social contacts across the fence with your neigbors

We are actually doing really good, much better this time around as we now know how the lockdown works. Remote learning is going well this time which was a really big challenge during the first lockdown. Just before the 2nd lockdown we got some pets who make a huge difference as they offer a happy distraction and give the girls big responsibilities. What is really worrying is the travel ban because it will make it nearly impossible for us to travel in case our families overseas need us. Read more

Cancelled weddings and a worldwide travel ban: A challenging time for a self employed photographer and co-editor of a travel magazine

I am self-employed, so I don´t have to go to an office, my office is right at my home or wherever my jobs take me. But as I am mostly shooting weddings or family photos there wasn´t much to do for me. Most of my weddings got cancelled or postponed. I´m also co-editor of AFRICAN-The Fine Art of Travel, which is an Africa dedicated travel magazine. We had to postpone our second issue, too. At the moment there is one research trip pending to Rwanda and I hope we´re going to be able to fly. Read more

When you developed antibodies after the infection

Spain has been one of the most beaten countries in the world for the covid pandemia. We have currently 364.000 cases, 150.000 cured and, unfortunately, 28.670 dead people. I take the necessary measures and avoid the proper contact with people. Spanish people are quite warm and affectionate and we tend to touch, kiss and hugh people. For this reason it´s a bit strange and opposite to our character to avoid contact. Read more