tometaxu @tometaxu@mstdn.social

It doesn't matter how you see it, it doesn't matter how your mind perceives it, the moon is always full.

-- B. D. Schiers

Today's report from the ground at McLeod Ganj: 2 pharmacies open; small shops open; one veg shop. Curfew has been limited to 3 hours, so shopping only possible 8am to 11 am. More at https://www.webwalker.to/rewa

#COVID19 #McLeodGanj

What to say. Here it is.
Starting a mail list for the people in my building and anyone else around. To keep each other updated on what's going on. And support.
Modern days -- everyone here has internet, at least a phone. What a game-changer that is.

A 69-year-old man became the first person in Himachal, as well as the first Tibetan, to die of coronavirus. A total lockdown of McLeod Ganj is in force, in which no one is allowed to leave their houses.

https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-claims-first-tibetan-victim-dies-in-dharamshala

#COVID19 #TibetSunNews

* Bunker John's Coronavirus Update for 22 March 2020 -
Factual graphics and maps, with summaries and links.
https://imgur.com/gallery/mJPNezw

* Bunker Report - General info about Coronavirus / COVID-19
https://bunker-report.com/

#WuhanCoronavirus #COVID19 #KeepCalmAndCarryOn

All India, indoors all day, "Janta Curfew".

At 5pm when the sirens go off, ring bells, gongs, bang utensils or clap your claps. To show our gratitude to the frontline workers who are risking their lives to keep everyone safe. And also the sounds will drive away any negative energy and hopefully the virus.

We are all together in this. Be grateful, stay aware, things will never be the same again. The world has to change. We cannot go on like this any more.

https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2020/03/22/india-starts-14-hour-curfew-to-curb-coronavirus-spread#li-comment-7957

image: priscilla, mcleodganj ex-street kitty
verse: gautama the buddha

"The society we built on the premises of grift, waste, cruelty, and greed, is not one that can survive even a moderate disruption like a nasty virus without mass casualties and wrecked lives and bodies.

"What we urgently need, now and for the next crisis, is a society built more on resilience, solidarity, foresight, and compassion."

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/wxekvw/the-world-after-coronavirus-healthcare-labor-climate-internet

"the amount of civic engagement is greater than I've ever seen. ... I've never seen the kind of volunteerism I'm seeing."

"The virus is an equal opportunity infector. And it’s probably the way we would be better if we saw ourselves that way, which is much more alike than different."

-- Epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming:
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/

#COVID19 #humans

Fight-or-flight? or Tend-and-befriend? The collective psychology of coronavirus

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/collective-psychology-coronavirus/

#compassion #COVID19

"The final gift, the one that I keep returning to in these shadowy days, is kindness. A pandemic is a common (pan) experience. We are in this together. We can face it together and we can help one another get through it. Ironically the 'social distancing' we are asked to practice is a call to care. It is not a request made for oneself; it is an act of public good.

"In a pandemic, self-isolation is called quarantine. In Buddhism, it is called retreat."

https://www.lionsroar.com/living-in-this-strange-moment-together/
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Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Update for 13 March 2020 :
https://imgur.com/gallery/pHF4GmJ

@BunkerJohn on Imgur.com
Excellent, rational daily summaries, and good real-time comments and reports.

#COVID19
#Breathe #WashYourHands
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn
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If you wish to experience peace,
provide peace for another.

-- Dalai Lama XIV
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I'm in India, self-isolating since last week. Have good food, a cat, and Internet, and good Web work to do. 🐱 😊

All good! Be well all. Wash hands.
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