Coronavirus Diary

Day 49 5th May 2020

There's now 3,881 cases in Northern Ireland, 194,990 in the UK and 21,983 in Ireland. I saw a news article that said 7 million people in the UK could've been infected by coronavirus which sounds crazy. But it wouldn't surprise me if the numbers are much higher since the UK isn't doing enough tests and they're probably sending people like my dad home without being tested.

There was a guy in Sweden who'd had Covid-19 in December, so people are thinking that coronavirus was in Europe a lot earlier than it was reported. They said it could've been in Europe since November.

Last November I had the worst flu I've ever had. I had a cough, a fever, body aches, a sore throat and a bit of a cold. I could barely sleep and I didn't eat much, it's the worst illness I've had. I felt so hot that I got a cold damp cloth and put it on my forehead, it was awful. It lasted about 3 weeks and I never went to the doctors about it. I joked to my mum that it was swine flu because it was so bad, but now I wonder if it could've been Covid-19. It'd be good if it was because then I wouldn't have to worry about catching it and my whole family had the illness.

There was a photo of a plane going from Northern Ireland to England and it was fully packed. It's shocking because people are meant to be staying at home and not going to other countries.

There was also a Northern Irish politician who travelled across the country to visit a friend which is ridiculous. People shouldn't be breaking the rules, especially when they're a politician!

Anyway today I got up and watched You've Been Framed. There was a really funny bit where a kid was doing gymnastics and she was running up to the vault. She was meant to jump but instead she ran straight into it, it was funny but I'm sure it must've hurt.

Then I watched Celebrity SAS and the celebrities were put into pairs. They had to abseil down a cliff and it was hideous! They had to walk down it while they faced the ground, I don't think I could've done it. John refused to do it so he was sent home.

Their second challenge was carrying a log and a can and it seemed really difficult. Joey Essex was with Lauren Steadman and a lot of the time he was carrying the log on his own. He kept dropping it and Laura got mad with him and she kept shouting at him, which I didn't think was fair. She helped him carry it near the end but she was still shouting and complaining. I thought it was very rude of her and there was no need for it.

Ant called the celebrities shit because they had been slow in the challenge and I thought that was pretty rude of him. They probably aren't used to carrying heavy things around. No one should be called shit, it's very mean.

Lauren was told off for shouting at Joey because she wasn't being a team player. I thought they were right to tell her off because she was rude to Joey. I could understand if he had been wanting to give up but he was literally trying his best.

In the night they were all woken up and they had to do a fireman's lift on their partner. I thought it was quite unfair for some of the women because their partners were taller and heavier than them. I felt so sorry for the woman who had to lift Tony, he's literally 17 stone! I thought it was quite dangerous because the people could easily injure themselves, especially if they don't know how to lift someone properly.

I remember once when I was a kid I tried to give a girl a piggy back and she was taller and heavier than me. I ended up falling backwards onto her and that would probably happen if I had to do what the celebrities were doing.

At the end of the show they had to send people home and Ant wanted to send home Joey and Lauren, thankfully they didn't. They sent home a woman who I didn't know and she hadn't got a lot of screen time.

I played some Spider-Man and I love the game, I think it's really kind that the person gave it to me for free. There were a few puzzles for me to do so that I could fix a robotic arm which was pretty cool. I stopped a few robberies as well and I got killed once because I find the bigger enemies hard to kill. They need web attacks instead of punches. I also got a new suit and I'll be able to customize suits which sounds fun.

Then I watched My Week With Marilyn which is a movie about Marilyn Monroe. It had a lot of famous people in it like Eddie Redmayne, Michelle Williams, Judi Dench, Emma Watson and Kenneth Branagh.

It was based on a true story and it showed Marilyn filming one of her movies and Eddie was the assistant director. It showed her struggles and how Eddie helped her. I really liked the movie but for some reason my parents weren't fussed on it.

After that I watched The Good Fight. There was a bit where Lucca was in the park with her baby who is white because the father is white and Lucca's mother is white. She was on the phone and a white woman complained about her neglecting the baby and thought that Lucca was the babysitter, probably because Lucca is mixed race but people would call her black. Lucca was being sarcastic saying that she'd stolen the baby and that she was going to sell it, she was leaving and the woman followed her. The woman literally called the police on Lucca! It was ridiculous! I couldn't believe how racist the woman was, I could understand if the baby was being insulted or abused but Lucca was doing nothing wrong.

Then Lucca was abused online by people and it was horrible. Jay had to take her to and from work in case people attacked her and she found out that the white people at the firm were being paid more than the black people. Jay leaked it and people started arguing with each other about pay and it was sad to see. I thought everyone should've been paid equally if they had the same job and they're talking about fixing it.

Maia who's white had been accused of doing drugs. Partly because of the difference in pay and a black man had been fired in the past for a similar thing, she was fired. She had to go and work at a call centre type place where she answered calls and legally advised people. I hope she'll get her job back or get a job at a new place.

Michael Sheen was also in an episode and I think he's quite funny in it. He helped them with a case where people couldn't get health insurance because they'd done a genetic test to find out their ethnicity. The company shared their results which also had their potential health conditions. Thankfully they won the case and came to an agreement.

That's it for today, I hope you're all doing well.