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We should be wary of patting ourselves on the back too hard. Sure, it looks like we’re doing some things great but we’re still half-arsing the social distancing. My wife works for a govt dept and they are refusing to let her work at home and want to increase her time in the office despite knowing we have two young children who won’t be going to school. My work put hand sanitiser about, moved a few people around, let some work from home... then called groups of people into conference rooms for ‘mission critical’ training.Geez just saw on 9news that Indonesia is predicted to have half of their population infected soon. Lack of testing, poor standards, and a population that ignores all medical advice. Currently a death rate of 10%.
Hard to feel sorry for them though when they are still celebrating festivals and going about life as if nothing is happening.
Trump said it was a hoax.
I take your point. It's true for things like influenza. Have you seen confirmation that recovering from the infection builds immunity?just to clarify, slowing the spread (i.e. #flattenthecurve) is building herd immunity as more people in the population (hopefully young and healthy) get cv19 (hopefully at a very slow rate) and get over it and thereby are no longer able to be 'petri dishes' for the virus to continue to spread through the community.
When countries try to almost completely avoid their population getting the virus that is called bending or avoiding the curve (as compared to flattening the curve) but is only successful if you bolt shut your borders until a vaccine is (hopefully) available at some stage.
A lot of people in the US actually believe that this is all a hoax and propaganda, lol. What hope do they have?
Trump said it was a hoax. Some people on this forum still think that.
It will in any case. Look at the last down turn. Miners in particular were killing themselves at unprecedented rates.Lockdown for 18 months the suicide rate will outnumber the Covid death rate
It will in any case. Look at the last down turn. Miners in particular were killing themselves at unprecedented rates.
All the industry and business disruption already has all but guaranteed this will be the case again.
Odds for America being number 1 with Coronavirus cases is 1.01. Market is closed.What is there even to gamble on currently?
Can we maybe bet on the coronavirus?
Trump was even worse, calling the risk a hoax and claiming they’d soon have zero cases. And look at him now, pretending that earlier warning would have allowed them to avoid their breakout. He’s a buffoon.
Which makes comparing numbers between countries pointless, as differences are as likely to be due to differences in testing policy as much as anything.
He didn't call the virus a hoax. He called the Democratic claim that it was a significant problem that required action, a hoax.He didn't call the virus a hoax. He said the democrats were politicising it. It's this part that he referred to as a hoax.
Doesn't that refer to sars and brain?According to this study, it may affect the brain too.
I don't get your question? Read this part:Doesn't that refer to sars and brain?
Increasing evidence shows that coronaviruses are not always confined to the respiratory tract and that they may also invade the central nervous system inducing neurological diseases.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nob...couple-of-weeks-20200324-p54dib.html#commentsThey are a bit older than us, but overall have comparable population size, similar life expectancy, similar hospital bed numbers, similar ICU bed numbers.
Spain, France, US all following similar trajectory.
He didn't call the virus a hoax. He said the democrats were politicising it. It's this part that he referred to as a hoax.
He didn't call the virus a hoax. He said the democrats were politicising it. It's this part that he referred to as a hoax.
He said it's "their new hoax". What does that even mean when referring to an epidemic. Surely you're not defending Trump?
You have to provide your details and address on arrival though and police can spot check you at any time.Bringing with them COVID-19. Thanks guys. Wish you stayed overseas.
EDIT: I support people coming back though. Don't yell at me!
Interestingly according to this article, UK has ordered 3.5m home Covid-19 test kits!! Our Government seems to work in thousands not millions
Anyway, if these become readily available seems the best was fwd to me is to go into total lockdown for 2 weeks and then whoever has tested negative gets to go about their business again!
Sounds draconian but maybe some sort of wrist band you wear to show you've tested negative? Eg. a cafe owner who has tested negative could then re-open and know that his customers has also all tested negative.
They had mild asthmaHence why the 'young people don't die of COVID' narrative was false and harmful.
Jesus dude, there is not going to be a lockdown for 18 months under any circumstances with COVID. Society just won’t take itTheres so many reports of young people's mental health deteriorating already and one girl in the UK already committed suicide. The lockdown will need to last 18 months until there's a vaccine or as soon as they open up it will just start spreading again.
With an 18 month lockdown you will need the military in the street enforcing it for the next 17.5 months of it
He never directly called the virus a hoax. He called the democrats spin of it a hoax.
which only afflicts 11% of AustraliansThey had mild asthma
There will not be a lockdown for 18 months. I spoke to a medical researcher today who said that a vaccine will be on the market before the end of the year, but equally importantly, there will be drugs out sooner that will minimize the effects.