The coronavirus pandemic is speeding along and sometimes it feels like time is standing still, while other times it flies by. Those who are quarantined are trying to make the best of their situation, while those who go out to work face their fears, through determination or through necessity, and take steps towards safety while hoping for the best.
As has been the case since the start of the widespread epidemic, there are people who have been keeping the web entertained in our confinement and fear. Here we have our favourite examples from this week.
Nine-year-old Heidi Smith, daughter of surgical consultant Adrian Smith, has put together an amazing silent stop-motion film which shows how a little blonde plasticine girl triumphs over the cough-causing virus – with a monster bottle of handwash! #keyworkerkids pic.twitter.com/K7rrsewQYb
— Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (@CHFTNHS) May 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1259223035971805185
No school. No friends. No clubs. The kids haven’t had it easy during the lockdown.
We think they’ve been incredible.
Our firefighters have a message for each and every one of them… 🧡#THANKYOU pic.twitter.com/aHQKjgRDma
— South Yorkshire Fire (@SYFR) May 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/Johnny_suputama/status/1258786799851376641
My dad doing his bit for the frontline care workers. He's been making scrubs wash bags. His life long career as a Master Pattern Designer has him set up perfectly… pic.twitter.com/Aztv6auFtT
— jasbinderkaur (@jasbinder43) May 8, 2020
LGBT+ people from all over the world come together to say ‘stay home’ 🌎 pic.twitter.com/kfqdYCUP6Y
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) May 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/geoff_shenton/status/1259007239903379458
The Better Together Global Orchestras Network & the @EUYOtweets brought together 140 musicians from 30 countries to record Beethoven’s Ode to Joy during the period of self-isolation.
Thank you for this fantastic performance!#EuropeDay #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/zMYxUkmhMS— EU Delegation UK (@EUdelegationUK) May 8, 2020
I think I need to clarify to @Telegraph readers, who may have seen the truncated headline, that the full quote is …. "I've been having cocktails parties on Zoom" … really, matron!! #carryonisolation pic.twitter.com/1bx9dPw34Z
— Elaine Paige (@elaine_paige) May 7, 2020
#OnThisDay 40 years ago, #smallpox was made history.
It's the only human disease to be eradicated so far.
A lesson we must take is: when the 🌍 unites behind science and public health measures we can defeat diseases and protect lives and livelihoods. pic.twitter.com/9GgNwtI0wg
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 8, 2020
“The only truth is music.” ― Jack Kerouac
A sublimely beautiful performance of 'Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor' by Yo-Yo Ma #songsofcomfort pic.twitter.com/LJBKdhaVds
— George Shiber 🧐🧬🧮🕊️🫶 (@GeorgeShiber) May 8, 2020
Image credit: Lindsey B