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The Corona Chronicles – Back To Business

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

I spoke too soon. COVID-19 is still with us, now mostly in the form of the latest variant, BA-5.The Ministry of Health dashboard, last updated at 11.06 this morning, gives the Transmission Rate (R) as 1.37 although on the morning … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Gerusalemme Liberata

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

Fifty five years ago come Sunday, in the midst of the Six Day War, all Israel was electrified by the announcement of Motta Gur, Commander of the 55th Paratroop Brigade, which liberated the Old City of Jerusalem from the Jordanians: … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Never Forget

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

Today, in Israel, we are marking Holocaust Remembrance Day – or, to give it its full title, Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day. And I stress the word Heroism. Because while many people think Jews went like lambs to the … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Whatever Happened To Spring?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

The beginning of the week saw the official start of Spring, with the vernal equinox. Tonight, we will be moving the clocks forward one hour, thus heralding the official start of Israel Summer Time. The weather, however, does not seem … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – New Variants, the Weather, Purim, Putin and Other Ruminations

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

Earlier this week, we were warned that a new, hybrid variant of the COVID-19 virus has arrived in Israel, a combination of the Omicron and Delta variants, currently nicknamed Deltacron. That’s in addition to the BA2 variant I mentioned in … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – How Putin Single-Handedly Defeated COVID-19

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

Have you noticed how nobody is talking about the pandemic any more? True, the transmission rate and other numbers are falling and the Fifth Wave did seem to be gradually subsiding (here, in Israel, at any rate) throughout February, although … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Looking For The Logic

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

On the news this morning, I heard that the government is planning on scrapping most of the remaining COVID restrictions – this, despite the fact that there are still about 20,000 new confirmed cases daily – which is, admittedly, a … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Letting Off Steam

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

On Tuesday morning, I awoke to the sound of rain pattering against my windows. Yet when I looked at the Weather Channel app on my mobile phone, it informed me that the sun was shining!It just goes to show, you … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – The Many-Headed Monster

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

The Mutations of COVID are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before.You are fighting that which is unfixed, … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Confusion

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

There is a vigorous drive in motion here in Israel to push the vaccination of 5 – 11 year-olds, as well as to persuade the over-60s and people who are in high-risk categories due to existing health conditions, to get … Continue reading →

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