Flight

 There's so much Delta variant here in Bali, even with 70% having had the first shot of the vaccine and 18% both, that there's been bule flight - foreigners leaving for wealthier home countries where it's more under control. When I pay people for work, I frequently hear that they'll buy rice now. Made, the woman down the street who has a fruit and vegetable stand that she runs out front of her family's compound, not poor people at all, I saw collecting frangipani to dry and sell. It's used for its scent in soap etc. Those flowers dried used to be well worth collecting. We'd collect ours and dry them and we get a lot every day - and our housekeeper would sell them. But the price went down so far we just started composting them. No more. We've going to collect them again and give them to Made down the street.

Good to Hear

 Jackie Pomeroy's Bali Covid 19 Facebook page reports that 70% in Bali have received their first shot and 18% their 2nd. Almost all the locals and foreigners we know have received both. Still over a thousand new cases a day. Deaths are down somewhat averaging about 27 a day now. Lockdown listed a little. We can go to the beach and sit at a restaurant feet in the sand again and go into the water I guess. I'm in favor of strictness with Covid but think outdoors places especially beaches and parks should be open so people aren't encouraged to meet inside.

Excellent short video

 Don't Make This Deadly Mistake - A video from about rational errors people make when thinking about Covid 19 - from Holy Koolaid

Wet Bulb temperature

 Read about it. - Washington Post

Bali Covid report

Jackie Pomeroy reports on Facebook daily on Bali Covid 19 and today she reported that 69% of people in Bali have received at least one shot. Most of them are Sinovac but some, like us and others in Sanur, got AstraZeneca. And they'll keep going trying to get more. You won't have the high rate of anti-vaxers here as you do in the US so this is promising. At present though, another report today from a friend in the health care community, says there are critical cases waiting in line to get into Covid hospitals. They're full. She begs us all to stay in and disses the Sinovac as being ineffective. I've looked into Sinovac and what I see from established sources (I avoid all alt news outlets) is that it's way better than not getting vaccinated and protects almost everyone whose had it from serious illness or death. One study said it kept 50% from having any symptoms. Anyway, with all the vaccinated and all the people who've had it here I would think that we're headed toward better times. But we should get boosters, preferably Pfizer or Monderna. A Pfizer booster has shown to bring the AstraZeneca almost to Pfizer levels of protection. We could all use that. Even a Chinese study showed that. A leak revealed that the Thai government has tried to stop front line medical workers there from getting a Pfizer booster because they felt it would diminish public confidence in Sincvac and Sinofarm. Last comment - I wish they'd not close outdoor places in lockdown. I think that would work better and maybe there would be less clandestine meeting indoors.

Eating

 Some local musicians and I met today in our courtyard to go over some songs. First we eat. Nyoman brought the bunkus - wrapped lunch. We all got nasi campur - rice mix. Four got chicken, I got fish, Katrinka got a tempe tofu one. We all ate without talking. When we were done, Gus (pronounced goose) said that people here really appreciate food because when the volcano went off big decades ago, there was almost no rice afterwards. Just a little maybe once a week. Everyone was hungry all the time. We remember that, he said. So we don't talk when we eat. We enjoy the food. 

Lockdown locks back up

The lockdown was over for Java and Bali yesterday. And today --- a new lockdown! Just five days. Can get together with people at home but not in public places - they're just for take out.