Day 8 25th March 2020

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There are now just over 9,500 cases in the UK with 209 in Northern Ireland and nearly 1,600 in Ireland. I heard that a 21-year-old died and she had no underlying health conditions. It's very worrying because 21 is very young and she didn't have any health problems. But maybe now people will take the social distancing more seriously.

For some reason the UK government is posting their infection figures very late. We only found out how many were infected a few hours ago. I think it's very bad not to tell us until such a late time because it makes me not trust the government. Although the figures for Northern Ireland were out in the afternoon.

Today my dad spent around an hour trying to figure out how to record a phone call on my phone because I need to record the phone interview for my dissertation. It was pretty annoying because I had nothing to do for that hour and my dad was testing the recording. We ended up downloading an app to record phone calls, but unfortunately the volume is very low.

Then I watched Impractical Jokers and it was hilarious! For Sal's punishment he had to wear drunk goggles while serving people at a restaurant. And then he got spun round and he kept falling over, it was one of the funniest episodes I've seen.

After that I did online training for my work and it was about anxiety and stress. So it was more interesting than the normal online training I did.

Then I watched House of Games and A Shock to the System. It was a movie with Michael Caine in it and he started killing people who were an inconvenience to him. It was a pretty good movie. After that I watched The Good Doctor and I thought it was sad that Lea didn't want to date Shaun because he's autistic.

My friend Bradley lost his job and he's pretty bummed about it. He had started it as an apprenticeship and I think his contract was reviewed every few months. And because of the coronavirus he was laid off. He says he'll need to look for a new job and make a new CV. I feel sorry for Bradley but he had been complaining about his work staying open. He was depressed before the coronavirus and I think he's even worse now. It's very sad and I hope he'll be alright.

That's all for today, goodbye and I hope you're all doing okay.

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