Coronavirus - Overall
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
is it callous to say Aus has performed 114,000 tests, identified 1,600 cases, had 7 deaths (really fucking old people too)
and based on those numbers alone this is going way too far?
Or am i being blinded by my personal situation?
In NZ, I have heard (From a vet of all people) that we have a ventilator for every 50,000 people. Aussie has one for every 2000 people.
I can't back that up in any way. It was merely a conversation.
Now that could explain the measures taken. Surely we must have some industry who can make these, I shared a FB group a while back where engineers were sharing cad drawings for this
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
is it callous to say Aus has performed 114,000 tests, identified 1,600 cases, had 7 deaths (really fucking old people too)
and based on those numbers alone this is going way too far?
Or am i being blinded by my personal situation?
In NZ, I have heard (From a vet of all people) that we have a ventilator for every 50,000 people. Aussie has one for every 2000 people.
I can't back that up in any way. It was merely a conversation.
Now that could explain the measures taken. Surely we must have some industry who can make these, I shared a FB group a while back where engineers were sharing cad drawings for this
That's what entered the back of my mind today. Maybe they have enough information to make these decisions.
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NZ is following the theory that a 4 week lockdown will be enough to see the virus wiped out in NZ. I've heard they are mobilizing trainee police to bolster frontline numbers in an effort to stop unnecessary movement. If they achieve their goal the next phase is to stop dirty critters from bringing the virus into the country again. Short sharp pain, here's hoping it works. It's in the people's hands now
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@chimoaus said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan Does each house still have an Edmonds cook book in NZ? Going to be a few people taking a crash course in cooking.
Dunno. But I'm sure there are a shitload of people eating TV and prepared meals for the next month
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
is it callous to say Aus has performed 114,000 tests, identified 1,600 cases, had 7 deaths (really fucking old people too)
and based on those numbers alone this is going way too far?
Or am i being blinded by my personal situation?
In NZ, I have heard (From a vet of all people) that we have a ventilator for every 50,000 people. Aussie has one for every 2000 people.
I can't back that up in any way. It was merely a conversation.
Now that could explain the measures taken. Surely we must have some industry who can make these, I shared a FB group a while back where engineers were sharing cad drawings for this
Ask Peter Beck to use his 3D printers to make everything we need. He's a smart fella that should have been NZer of the year. Time to show everyone that he's the man
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@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
The opinion of a HK expert in coronaviruses suggested this is accepted doctrine. Hotter is better. And Baron's number crunching article bears that out
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
The opinion of a HK expert in coronaviruses suggested this is accepted
yay living in the tropics then i guess?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
Having just come from Indo, where the Pres has now publicly admitted to lying to the public and suppressing info, having seen the tourists and their flaunting of all rules, I'd throw my money on a "no"
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
It's in the people's hands now
thats the key isnt it, we rely on people doing thier part and isolating, if everyone does it, then it will achieve what they wanted and see us out the other side in 4 weeks
When will our borders be shutdown completely?
She's been a pretty hot summer and very mild autmn here so far...I'd like rain though, although assume water delivery tankers would be classed as essential?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
The opinion of a HK expert in coronaviruses suggested this is accepted
yay living in the tropics then i guess?
Too bad it's full of aussie critters who don't do what they're told. But hey at least the league's still on!
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
Having just come from Indo, where the Pres has now publicly admitted to lying to the public and suppressing info, having seen the tourists and their flaunting of all rules, I'd throw my money on a "no"
That's not about climate, that's behavioral
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
Having just come from Indo, where the Pres has now publicly admitted to lying to the public and suppressing info, having seen the tourists and their flaunting of all rules, I'd throw my money on a "no"
That's not about climate, that's behavioral
Yep, my comment was in response to the question "do we trust Indo"
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Did anyone else see the table of infections/rate vs temperature and humidity? Hope NZ stays warm for those four weeks.
is that still accepted doctrine? Do we trust the Malaysia and Indonesia figures?
Having just come from Indo, where the Pres has now publicly admitted to lying to the public and suppressing info, having seen the tourists and their flaunting of all rules, I'd throw my money on a "no"
That's not about climate, that's behavioral
Yep, my comment was in response to the question "do we trust Indo"
Hell no!
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@Jailbreak7 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Nothing normal here in UK.
We're still going to work but don't know how long for.
All pubs clubs cafes restaurants gyms leisure centrees and now royal parks are closed.
Fights are breaking out in supermarket queues, and when we get inside we find shelves are stripped bare of even the most basic items, Lucky to find fresh fruit or weges, hand soap bog roll.
People now being told to be 2m away from each other.
Everyone is frightened to engage. Dont know what normal is any moreWhere are you? Went to the local Tesco in Orpington yesterday morning to make sure we had last bits n bobs for isolation and it was all civil with shitloads of produce. No tinned tomatoes or beans but more than enough fresh tomatoes. There wasn't any fruit or veg I couldn't get.
Lots of meat, plenty of bread...I got the last packet of flour though (because it's supposedly the gourmet stuff at £4 grrr).
Still a couple of people trying to crowd in when standing looking at a shelf but I just stepped back and let them go for it. When I finished I was straight into a checkout with no queue.
Edit: the 15-20 minute walk home was absolutely excruciating though. Of course as I hadn't cleaned my hands my face developed all kinds of itchy spots the whole way home.