Three things to discuss in this post. The film, the family and the innocence of President Trump.
First of all, the film. Contagion is a film I was not able to watch before. Being a healthcare worker, I get anxious seeing patients because any of them may have COVID. Some are more blasé than others about this, and seeing both high and low risk patients sets my nerves on edge. I decided to watch it because of how Matt Hancock said that it taught him things. Watching it, I can see how. Back in 2011, while governments were looking at pandemic influenza as the cause of a global crisis, this looked at a cross over infection as being the cause of a pandemic. It identified the risks posed to those around infected people, and also the fatal consequences for healthcare workers (which is why it was good that I did not watch it sooner). It even dealt with how people would endanger lives by spreading fake news. Eerily accurate, it is almost as if someone had a crystal ball in 2011, but saying that, training since Swine Flu has influenced this film.
Next, the family. My wife got some flowers yesterday for Valentines Day which I did not get to see until today as I got home late last night. They look amazing but I am worried about who sent them. We had to go to Mersea Island as part of my job as I had to visit an undertakers. Thanks to COVID bodies are being moved out of Colchester due to issues storing them. Later we dressed up for a meal while listening to music from the 70’s and 80’s. It was nice all of us talking and chatting together. My dressing up was marred by two scars which Leia gave me this morning on my nose. The one on the left side was from the morning when she greeted me and got overexcited, the other was when she helped my daughter when we had a play fight.
Trump has been found innocent of inciting a riot. The attack on the capitol buildings in the US was planned and premeditated, but despite the rhetoric leading up to it, he was deemed innocent. Which means that Biden should be able to do what he likes in the last few weeks of his presidency.
And last of all, a joke...
At school one day, Little Johnny’s teacher asks the class to use the word “contagious” in a sentence…
Cindy raises her hand. “Yes, Cindy?” She answers, “I was at the dentist’s office with my mom, and she said not to play with the toys in the waiting room because the other kids were contagious.”
“Very good, Cindy!” the teacher said, “Anyone else want to try?” Samantha raises her hand. “Yes, Samantha?” She answers, “My dad tells me not to yawn because then everybody else yawns. He says yawning is contagious.”
“Excellent work, Samantha! Very creative,” the teacher praises. “Okay, one more volunteer.” Little Johnny raises his hand. “Yes, Johnny?”
“Well,” he says, “I was helping my dad in the yard last week, and we saw the neighbor painting his house. He was using a small brush, so I asked my dad, ‘Daddy, why is he using such a small brush?’ and he says, ‘I don’t know son, but it’s gonna take that contagious.'”