Tag: covid 19
Covid Diary: The Rude Awakening.
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Despite over a year of COVID, lock-downs, and homeschooling, COVID hasn’t affected our family all that much… until this week! I really did believe we were in the clear. COVID cases, deaths, and hospital admissions had been decreasing for weeks now, and all the while, the UK vaccination programme continued at pace, with the total…
Covid Diary: 1st Anniversary
March 23rd, 2021: Exactly one year since the UK first went into COVID lockdown. As we contemplate the year behind us I’d like to re-post a song I wrote with an accompanying video, which pretty much says it all. Take care everyone, please stay safe, we aren’t out of this yet, and hope you enjoy…
COVID Diary: Christmas Chaos
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2020’s been a chance to wind down in a lot of ways, but with Christmas now just around the corner, things look to be hitting fever pitch again. With the infection rate coming down and the vaccine on its way I was hopeful for 2021….. Until the UK Government decided to allow everyone to spend…
In Our Hands (For all those we’ve lost)
Here’s my new song: In Our Hands, with it’s accompanying video. Written, produced, and performed by Adam Harkus. In Our Hands was written almost nine months ago now, right at the start of the first lockdown when I was still in shock and basically living in fear over the COVID pandemic. Around that time I’d…
COVID Diary: Failure of Government
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How UK Government policy and Boris Johnson, in particular, have mishandled the COVID epidemic. Failure of Government 1. Death Rate As I write this, COVID has claimed 52,745 lives in the United Kingdom, which’s the highest in Europe and the fifth-highest in the world behind only the USA, Brazil, India, and Mexico. At least two…
Tips for Future Expat Musicians
We are living through an uncertain economic climate. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a startling financial impact, with the gross domestic product (GDP) of the U.S. experiencing its deepest decline since the depression. This has led to a rise in unemployment. Those working in industries such as the arts, music, and entertainment have been…
COVID Diary: Perspective
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How to biggest threat to public health in 100 years has put things into perspective. Remember the news pre-2020, pre-COVID? The beast from the east, flooding, Brexit, plastic bags, politics. In other words, we never had it so good. We didn’t really have any problems. Every day, it seemed, was a slow news day. Those…
COVID Diary: The dangers of wearing a mask
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I never thought I’d say this, but after yesterday it’s my view that the wearing of masks could be doing us more harm than good. Here’s why… First of all, a disclaimer, I’m not one of the flat-earth brigade that denies the COVID risks or the impact it’s having. I get it. It’s real and…
COVID Diary: Stop Living in Fear
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The mood in the UK at the moment is changing. We’ve gone from strictly adhering to full lock-downs, to actively ignoring much lighter restrictions. Here’s a friend’s take on the COVID situation which I don’t necessarily agree with, but I think expresses genuine concerns that families in similar situations would empathise with. Said this from…