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Sunset at the end of the road.
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Les roses du confinement
Pink hybrid musk "Felicia"
Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italia
Baubles and other Christmas Tree decoration on Munich's Christmas Market.
As there is no Christmas Market in 2020 due to the Coronavirus situation, that's an archive shot from 2019.
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Traffic jam at the set-in point for boating down the Isar river downstream of the Ickinger Wehr.
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Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. Believe we can build a better world. Believe when others might not. Believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else. Believe that the best is yet to be. Believe in each other. Believe in yourself. I believe in you.
Kobi Yamada
I pray for the world to overcome this difficult time
What is usually a pretty busy intersection, even on Sundays, is now a display of vast emptiness.
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Not even a single car in sight on the the A99 Autobahn at the Neuherberg exit. Usually this place has heavy traffic, even at night.
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In the distance... - seen from the New Schleißheim Palace.
And in front of Schloss Lustheim a gazillion of people are ice skating on the Mittelkanal in the Schlosspark.
Like there is no Corononavirus still spreading...
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I should not be able to stand in this position, even if that was Friday evening....
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While under the curfew - well, better than watching paint dry.... 😀
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Il y a deux ans sortaient ce que je pourrais appeler mes premières "vraies" photo de rue ; à mi-chemin entre la prise de vue esthétique et la volonté de documenter la dernière matinée avant le premier confinement, ces photos m'avaient amené à réaliser une prise de vue à cet endroit-même avec la même file d'attente (peu ou prou), au matin du 17 mars 2020, peu avant midi, sur le chemin du retour.
Deux ans plus tard, les choses ont bien changé, mais certaines habitudes restent ancrées...
Edit : la photo d'il y a deux ans environ :
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Vous remarquerez que les deux magasins sont plutôt très proches, mais que là où la stupeur de 2020 imposait d'acheter des journaux et de se séparer avec application, la lassitude de 2022 a plutôt imposé de ne pas rater Pâques et de faire la queue à la chocolaterie avec une distanciation physique... on va dire...Plus raisonnable. :-))
What is usually a pretty busy street (even on Sundays) became a display of vast emptiness when the lockdown begun.
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'All the business of war, and indeed all of the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do.'
Duke of Wellington
Not too much traffic on the usually busy Munich Ring-Autobahn.
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While being bored due to lockdown, I realised that I did not take any photo of that particular watch for a very long time...
And, as not to be accused of advertising, the brand name and brand logo of the disinfectant bottle are cloned away.
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Away from the pavement
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Captured in October 2024.
Following an appointment with the Long Covid Clinic I can officially report that, yes, I have Long Covid. There is no definitive test yet but my symptoms are indicative of Long Covid and in addition I am told that my symptoms also indicate Covid induced dysautonomia. That means damage to my autonomic nervous system responsible for controlling blood pressure and heart rate, etc.
Just one mild acute infection that I caught from my ex-partner in 2023 has caused life-limiting disease.
There are now plenty of studies that show that even asymptomatic acute Covid infections result in permanent damage to the brain, cardiovascular system and immunity. Everyone that has had Covid is harmed even if they think they are fully recovered.
I'm pleased to see that the woman in this shot is wearing an FFP2 respirator mask. Sadly the man is just wearing a surgical mask that does nothing to prevent or protect from the spread of airborne infection such as Covid or the flu. Public health education has failed us.
Nothing can be done for my Long Covid by the way. There is no cure. There are no treatments (although HIV retroviral drugs are showing promise in a few trials around the world). My 'treatment plan' will involve advice on how to plan, prepare and pace myself to manage my symptoms. Things that I am already forced into doing just to manage day-to-day living.
Protect yourselves my Flickr friends. It's not too late. The damage from each infection is cumulative. Your health is precious.
Take care my friends.
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DSLR selfie captured in September 2024.
Yesterday, not far from home, a guy drove past me and, leaning out of his window, shouted "weirdo" because he saw me wearing a 3M Aura respirator face mask.
Yes, it affected me a little, but that is because I am a 'highly sensitive person' and have CPTSD with a history of having been bullied and abused but, honestly, I call myself that and worse from time to time and I have been called far worse by other people.
Mostly I felt sadness and pity. That public health messaging, and in his case, education itself, has failed.
I do not mask because I am anxious. I do not mask because I am afraid of Covid-19. I mask because I understand airborne infection processes, have read too many reputable peer-reviewed papers on the damages of Covid-19 and because I have a baseline that I need to protect.
I have already suffered permanent damage and disability from a single Covid infection two years ago. I live alone, have nobody to care for me, and already have a disability baseline that I need to protect. I can't afford to be more ill or more disabled. I am not afraid of Covid. I am, understandably, afraid of losing the baseline of health that I have right now. I protect that.
Droplet dogma permeates our health institutions and they are reluctant and are politically pushed to ignore airborne infection despite nosocomial Covid and Flu being a major issue that is killing many vulnerable people every week. It's an Ignaz Semmelweis situation all over again. I guess change takes time.
It doesn't have to be that way. We can have clean air. Our immune system is not a muscle that needs to be trained by viral infections - viruses do damage, always.
In the absence of clean indoor air with adequate ventilation, HEPA filtration and high UVC treatment, the only protection from airborne disease is FFP2/3 (N95/99) respirator masks. They work. Surgical and cloth masks do not work.
I have had just one infection since the end of 2019. How many times have you or your family and friends been sick? Was that normal before the pandemic?
It was normal to have maybe one or two simple colds each year, ones that were uncomfortable for a few days. Maybe, once every 20 years you would get influenza and be bedbound feeling like you are dying for a week or so.
Now people are much more ill with each infection and are ill far more often. Covid-19 did this. It damages the immune system in a similar way to HIV. In fact, in many countries HIV drugs are being used and trialled to treat Covid and Long Covid now.
I prefer not to be sick. I have always been a square peg in a round hole too so I don't mind standing out if it keeps me safe and well.
I think we need to stop the normalising of spreading our respiratory diseases to others. We have the tools and technology to stop the suffering. Demand clean indoor air. We cleaned our drinking water to stop Cholera. Why would you not want to stop the spread of Covid-19, influenza, RSV, TB, Measles and more?
Food for thought.
I wanted to share because public health messaging has failed us. Knowledge is power.
I don't really care if you or anyone else thinks that I am weird. Especially when I have just stepped off a bus full of people coughing their lungs up.
Es ist schön, euch alle hier zu sehn;
durch dieses Ereignis geeint.
Ich weiß, ihr wolltet diesen Weg nicht gehn,
ich sehe, dass der ein oder andere weint.
Vergießt keine Tränen, erinnert euch heiter,
an unsre gemeinsame Zeit.
In euren Herzen lebe ich weiter,
hinterließ diese Zeilen euch zum Geleit.
Mir geht's jetzt gut,
ich bin dankbar für alles;
für jeden gemeinsamen Schritt.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
so schließt die Augen.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
so lauscht dem Wind.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
schaut in die Sterne.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
kommt an den Fluss.
Ich liebte Wälder, die Berge und das Meer,
die Sonne, die durch die Nebelwand dringt,
mit ihrem Schein die Seele wärmt,
alle Ängste und Zweifel bezwingt.
Hab mein Leben gelebt,
geliebt und gelitten,
bekommen, verloren,
genommen, gegeben,
hab gelacht und geweint,
mich versöhnt und gestritten,
ich bin am Ziel und es war schön, dieses Leben.
Mir geht's jetzt gut,
ich bin dankbar für alles;
für jeden gemeinsamen Schritt.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
so schließt die Augen.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
so lauscht dem Wind.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
schaut in die Sterne.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
kommt an den Fluss.
Wenn Musik erklingt, lasst mich bei euch sein.
Wenn ihr die Krüge erhebt und feiert, ebenso.
Bei helllichtem Tag wie bei Feuerschein: Gedenkt meiner und dann seid bitte froh.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
so schließt die Augen.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
so lauscht dem Wind.
Wollt ihr mich sehn,
schaut in die Sterne.
Wollt ihr mich hörn,
kommt an den Fluss.
Soll ich ganz nah bei euch sein,
schließt mich in euren Herzen ein,
besucht mich hier an meinem Stein.
Text: Martin Duckstein Musik: Schandmaul
My thoughts and prayers are with the Corona victims and their families. Wearing a mask will save lives and enable our freedom. Those in denial have no respect for others including those close to them.