The Answer Key

The answer key to yesterdays challenge will be found at the bottom of the page.

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Oh dear! There is a confirmed COVID case in Shauna's retirement home. It is a worker who shares an apartment with a worker from the other infected home in Perth. She is/was extremely conscientious about washing and disinfecting, so they hope for the best.

Two of those who work closest to her, the worker, are being tested. The residents have been confined to their rooms. Shauna reported that the first meal delivery to three floors worked efficiently.

Understandably but unfortunately, this has caused several other employees to give notice, so daughter is working harder that ever. She put in 12 hours yesterday and will go in to work again today, Saturday.

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As of yesterday, at least 80 seniors residences in the province reported COVID cases. The residents at Sha's place tend to be in decent health and not as old as in many homes, so she has high hopes for minimal impact.

My goodness, I just saw that up to 900 seniors residences across the country are infected.

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Isolation Tidbits from a poll

• 76% of Canadians are isolating voluntarily
• 5% are in mandatory quarantine at home
• 14% are working
• 6% don't think it will work (and it won't if they don't)

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A response to the 6% in the above poll



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Speaking of Isolating, I had to give in just a little bit yesterday when I entered my third store in three weeks because it was necessary to get cat food. We called the order in; they had it ready by the counter with all but the entrance being barricaded to customers. I waved my card at the machine and was off quickly.

The other two previous store visits were similarly brief and as safe as possible.

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We are now into week 4 of isolation with many more to go, I am sure.

If isolation is working in general across the province and country, we may begin to see indications by the end of next week.

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Since we were out anyway, we took selfies at this sign by a friend's house. She is the wacky and wonderful town councillor and wild hat lady of whom I have posted before.

Town people posing here is becoming a town meme of sorts. Anything to keep the spirits up. But I do shock myself when I see the old man in the photos. I know I'm of an age, but I forget how obvious it is.

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Another recent selfie of the bizarre kind. Perhaps do not share with impressionable children. 😈

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I looked out the window and saw two neighbours conversing while maintaining the ultimate in social distancing (red circles).

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Last evening I picked up our first order from WMart. It went smoothly and quickly, and we scored on 17 of the 22 items that we requested. That's not bad.

For things we missed, Shauna's former neighbour, who is also Sue's manicurist,  has volunteered to pick up items for us because she is off work, and Shauna is extremely busy at work.

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As promised, here are the answers if you tried to play the Figures of Speech game in yesterdays post. I would probably not have bothered playing it on my own, but it was kind of an event playing it online in a family chat group. If you haven't yet played the game and want to, please stop scrolling now, and click here to find the game (puzzle). (I am putting it down a little way to assist you with this aversion if that is what you choose to do.)