Pictures of the COVID-19 Shutdown

[Chris Kern]

This thread is for photographs documenting the effects in various geographical locations of government restrictions that are intended to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus.  I suggest that each image be labeled with the location where it was made, ideally including a geotag.

[Chris Kern]

USA, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2020, 1355 EDST, Intersection of Wisconsin and Western Avenues, N.W.

[Chris Kern]

USA, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2020, 1606 EDST, National Mall Looking West.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Reposting from another thread:

Belgrade, Serbia, April 7, 2020 - a side street of the main pedestrian area:

On my way to pick up food today, I took this one. The sign reads "Stay at Home." The day was lovely, sunny, warm, trees are getting first leaves, and the sun was lighting them from behind. I noticed the trees the other day, but they were in the shade. So I planned today's shoot using Photographer's Ephemeris to tell me exactly at what time today the sun will illuminate this street. 3:02pm, it turns out.

Not a great art, but two things struck me as unusual: the sign, and the fact that the street was practically empty, although in different times, with a weather like this and the arrival of spring, it would be as busy as Times Square.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Belgrade, Serbia, April 8, 2020 - the main pedestrian area:

Lovely spring day, 20C/68F, the time of the year and weather that would have this main pedestrian area of Belgrade packed with people.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Belgrade, Serbia, March/April 2020 - police and military patrols on the streets, after a Martial Law was announced (a news media image):

[armand]

.... (a news media image):

And here I thought you decided to be a rebel

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Since no one else wants to play, I'll continue:

Belgrade, Serbia, April 10, 2020 - The Republic Square, the very center of the city, National Museum on the left, National Theater on the right, main pedestrian area a few steps to my left:

[rabanito]

Belgrade, Serbia, March/April 2020 - police and military patrols on the streets, after a Martial Law was announced (a news media image):

How come the military are  thoroughly masked and the policemen unconcealed?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

How come the military are  thoroughly masked and the policemen unconcealed?

Good question. I do not know. Personal choice? But more likely this: police sleeps at home, alone or in the family. The army sleeps in barracks, 20-60 people in one room, with bunk beds. Potential for infection spreading is much greater.

As a matter of fact, it has been reported that dozens of soldiers got infected while securing the border, in the first wave of people returning from abroad.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

You know the things are screwed up when parks are becoming scenes of crime. Totalitarian madness.

Belgrade, April 14th:

P.S. Next weekend, for the Orthodox Easter, we will be under an 84-hour house arrest.

[Chris Kern]

Next weekend, for the Orthodox Easter, we will be under an 84-hour house arrest.

No leaving home even just to take a walk?  What's the stated rationale for that edict?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

No leaving home even just to take a walk?  What's the stated rationale for that edict?

If I had a dog, I would have 20 minutes within 200 meter (yards) radius from my building. Otherwise, no. Rationale!? What rationale one can expect from an ex-socialist government, advised by the Chinese? It is totalitarianism in action.

Older than 65 are allowed to go shopping between 4am and 7am. No, I am not kidding... in the morning. And for that there are long lines.

Oh, i forgot... older than 65 are not allowed out the whole week (except for shopping above), not just over the weekend.

Having said that, I just returned from an hour and a half walk (I am 63, so my curfew starts at 5pm every week day) with a friend, who is just a few weeks into his 65 (thus risking a fine between 500 and 1500 euros), and I saw no police or military patrols. Truth to be told, in the two weeks since I've been going out for half an hour to get food, I have not seen but a single policeman. And that one was just chatting with a street vendor, not actively monitoring the passerby.

[Craig Lamson]

Not much action in my neighborhood, other than a bit of snow today. 

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Not much action in my neighborhood, other than a bit of snow today. 

A drone shot?

[Craig Lamson]

A drone shot?

Na, I've got REALLY long arms

[Peter McLennan]

Not much action in my neighborhood, other than a bit of snow today.

Very nice. 

Stupid parking, though.

[Guillermo Luijk]

Not much action in my neighborhood, other than a bit of snow today.

Since you're showing a single house, that lack of action can be achieved anyday no matter if COVD-19 is out there or not, as long as the family living in the place remains indoor :p

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Since you're showing a single house...

His drone has REALLY short arms

[Craig Lamson]

Since you're showing a single house, that lack of action can be achieved anyday no matter if COVD-19 is out there or not, as long as the family living in the place remains indoor :p

yep, but it was snowing a bit too much to take the drone much higher.  This was as far as I coud see it.  Besides I liked the composition