I live in Melbourne Australia, and we have just come out of ours, curfew, travel and people limits and everything in between. Yesterday I went out for my first "decent" flight in 6 months.
OK, your area looks rural, so get a ghillie suit or camo up like a tree, go outside, have fun, but just make sure you don't move fast because a tree that is running will attract attention!
According to Wikipedia total US deaths (combatants & non-combatants) in World War 2 was 405,399 so they've got a little way to go yet to match that, including the other military conflicts with covid-19 deaths, but with a vaccine still not on the horizon your figures could sadly come to fruition into the new year if things don't change with too many people claiming "It's a hoax". What with the onset of winter in our latitudes and the restrictions flying my Mavic is becoming a fading memory.
Bought the original Mavic 1 Pro three years ago to shoot aerial video to complement the underwater stuff I'd shoot on dive trips to locations such as New Guinea, Palau, Indonesia and South Africa but, apart from practice flights, flying in the UK doesn't turn me on. Was hoping to get on a liveaboard in January to the Maldive Islands which has just announced it's rescinded its ban on visitors from the UK but today we've been informed that as covid-19 infections have spiked again to a dangerous level we'll be entering lock down again next Thursday for a month! I think that'll put the kybosh on trips abroad for the foreseeable future. Got my eye on the new DJI Pocket 2 and either a Mavic 2 Pro or the Mavic 3 Pro+SC, if it comes out within a few months, and then hunker down to familiarise myself with them and their manuals over the winter, maybe just in time for spring next year!
Yes, I have lots of friends ‘Down Under’ and they keep me informed. Sometimes it pays to be at the other end of the World, lol. I have been lucky also for the last 40 years to take your fellow compatriots on tour all over Europe. I have immense respect for you all. Keep safe, we need you all to come back!
Have you posted any of your videos....would love to see them.....and dream! Keep safe!
Unfortunately I've found travelling to some countries that claim to allow drone flying can be as frustrating as finding places to fly in the UK. Two years ago I contacted a safari lodge in Botswana for permission to take off from their grounds on the banks of the Zambezi and they said it would be OK. When I arrived some weeks later the general manager rescinded their permission saying the authorities said no, in case I might be acting for poachers looking for animals to kill! Flabbergasted wasn't the word! Similar in the Bahamas during a shark diving boat trip. Authorities wanted $500 deposited with customs to ensure I didn't sell my drone to a local where sales of drones are taxed heavily. Needless to say I didn't even bother, I've been caught like that before. Have some good video while snorkelling of me being deliberately butted in the chest by a 12 ft whale shark in the Philippines two years ago and some close encounters with similar sized Tiger sharks in the Bahamas in January before covid-19 struck, but this forum isn't the place for underwater stuff, is it?
Unless you have an ‘aquatic’ drone, perhaps not. However if you have a You Tube channel please send me your link. I have never seen anyone butted in the chest by a 12’ whale shark! ?
Pretty insane lung damage unfortunately
Lockdowns and restrictions such as masks (of the recommended type and worn over the mouth and nose) as well as maintaining distance from others do work. They have been relatively ineffective in the U.S. due to noncompliance... the new increases in cases correlate with this and the opening of many public venues And noncompliance with recommendations from CDC and WHO. Hope the vaccine is available soon and works... I have great concerns it won’t. BTW, my other job is being a doctor for 40 years.
Well......now you have some time on your hands lol!
Oh, I am so sorry, I hope it eases with time and you can be given an effective treatment that can help.
If masks & lockdowns were truly effective, countries in the EU that are reportedly having significant spikes in "cases", despite having lockdowns and near or at 100% mask compliance, that would not be happening.. So, no, there are many studies that get hidden now, but can be found with some searching, that clearly show that for respiratory viruses, masks are largely ineffective..
