COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 4 ~ Post #927: When this is over

Welcome to my COVID Odyssey: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ May our journey be over soon. When this is over: Welcome The Wanakers need to be more like this now. See: COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 3 ~ Post #926: Willis & Rawnsley Court Decision ~ A lump of coal for the Wanakers for Xmas Keep safe in 2022. Alan…

COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 3 ~ Post #926: Willis & Rawnsley Court Decision ~ A lump of coal for the Wanakers for Xmas

Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Judge’s son William Willis, lawyer Hannah Rawnsley sentenced for flouting Auckland lockdown to holiday in Wānaka. The couple who garnered widespread attention in the first weeks of the Delta outbreak after they left Auckland’s strict Covid-19 lockdown for a holiday home in Wānaka pleaded guilty today and were sentenced. Equestrian William Willis…

COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 2 ~ Post#924: NZ COVID-19~ OMICRON has reached NZ border

Yesterday Thursday 16 December it was officially announced at a televised media conference that the OMICRON variant has been detected at an MIQ facility in Christchurch. We extend our previous chart to include the OMICRON variant. The horizontal access shows potential values for Ro. For the previous chart see: COVID Odyssey: Worldwide Winter Windup 6…

COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise ~ Post#923: NZ Delta COVID-19~ Learning under COVID

I have just completed a free two-week online business course run using Zoom. This is the second time I have done this course. The online course was far better using Zoom than the face-to-face (f2f) course I did two years ago in 2019. See: https://noticeme2021.weebly.com/ These sites are my way of paying it forward The…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 18 Post #945~ COVID-19: Verifying ranges for Ro

We use the table developed in our previous posts to verify ranges for Ro for a number of variants. We have developed this chart: Updates see: COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 33 Post #960~ NZ OMICRON: Is Omicron as infectious as the measles? COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 19 Post #946~ COVID-19 Variants:…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 8 Post #935~ NZ Omicron: Estimating Ro

We use actual case numbers for the Omicron variant in New Zealand to estimate Ro. We find that case numbers may potentially triple in a two-day period. For update see:https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/2022/02/01/covid-odyssey-nz-new-year-fear-11-post-938-nz-covid-19-can-ro-be-30-higher-than-re/ To estimate Ro (the average number of people one person may infect without isolation over a 10-day infectious period), we need to estimate (project) the…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 6 Post #933~ Omicron will be dominant variant in NZ community in 2 to 4 weeks

What community variant? What on earth letter are we onWhen will we next have OmicronDelta is now dominantOmicron soon prominentPerhaps rename it Omnicron? Alan Grace14 January 2022 We have only had one known case of community spread of Omicron in New Zealand. NZ Herald today (14 Jan) on P1: Should we rename Omicron, Omnicron? Below…

COVID Odyssey ~ Post #925: Merry Christmas ~ OMICRON is coming to town

Merry Christmas: Wishing you a COVID free Christmas and an OMICRON free new year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiagLn56hek So get vaxed for goodness sake! Alan Grace’s latest version: OMICRON is coming to town You better watch out You better comply You better not doubt I’m telling you why OMICRON is coming to town It’s making a list It’s…

Welcome

Welcome. My COVID Odyssey posts prior to April 2022 have now become an open time capsule. My COVID-19 posts can also be found here: https://covidodyssey2022.wordpress.com/ My name is Alan Grace. I live in Titirangi (Auckland, New Zealand). Welcome to Alan’s Ark, The Amazing Phoenix, and My COVID Odyssey (all on this site). For a timeline…