Coronavirus - Overall
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A few snapshots from countries heavily affected.
China -from the point of view of someone who is now based in the USA but has family in affected regions
Madrid- From an ex-pat meetup group
Italy - I can't verify the source of it though it matches descriptions on other Italian nurse and doctor posts on twitter/facebook etc -
My brother-in-law is Italian and is in daily contact with his family who live in NW Italy.
The current situation in Italy is much worse than what we are hearing, primarily as a consequence of the health system not being able to cope with the large number of sick people. That video is indicative of the challenges their hospitals are facing.
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Give this man a knighthood now
Via the medium of bucket and water π¦this is a brilliant explanation of UK π¬π§ Gvt scientists π¨βπ¬ π©βπ¬ WuFlu strategy ππ
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Great article which models the various containment strategies. Highly recommend
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/ -
@Baron-Silas-Greenback That's really interesting, Thanks for posting. That and the bucket of water explanation @MiketheSnow provided illustrate that Boris and co's planning might not be so God awful.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Give this man a knighthood now
Via the medium of bucket and water π¦this is a brilliant explanation of UK π¬π§ Gvt scientists π¨βπ¬ π©βπ¬ WuFlu strategy ππ
Obviously you'd want to get the timing right...
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I'm not having a dig here and am no fan of Trump, but have learned to question what he's reported to have said and what he actually said. In most cases it bears scant relation to reality.
It's not a big deal, no worse than the flu
What he actually said: "Last year 37,000 Americans died from the common flu. Nothing is shut down, life and the economy go on... Think about that."
2 It's not a big deal, we got this
3 It's all Europe and China's fault, but we still got thisCan't find these quotes. He did say this on Europe and China though: ""We made a life-saving move with early action on China. Now we must take the same action with Europe."
4 We have enough tests for everyone (not enough by a mile)
What he actually said. "The US has done a very good job on testing. When people need a test they can get a test."
As I said, he isn't my cup of tea, and we don't need hiis bombast right now, but Trump Derangement Syndrome in the media seems as real as Covid-19....
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Give this man a knighthood now
Via the medium of bucket and water π¦this is a brilliant explanation of UK π¬π§ Gvt scientists π¨βπ¬ π©βπ¬ WuFlu strategy ππ
Obviously you'd want to get the timing right...
I'm hoping that this doesn't mean NZ is setting itself up for an overload of cases in the main flu season July/Aug.....
...it could be wiser to let it spread around NZ during the summer time, to let more people build up immunity to it (and I say this while concerned about my older relatives)....
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A question, probably for @Tim Does the test for the virus tell whether or not you've had it and are no longer contagious? Or is it simply a yes you have it/no you don't result?
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Newt in Italy gives his view: https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
Is it just me or is every attention seeking c-grade celebrity telling the world they've been tested?
is anyone else old enough to remember this guy being a really poor singer on NZ variety shows in the 70s ?
Was always difficult to warm to him years later on Aus television with that already in my memory
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had a friend arrive in NZ from Aus just prior to the deadline, said there was zero screening of any sort done...he will be self-isolating anyway.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:
had a friend arrive in NZ from Aus just prior to the deadline, said there was zero screening of any sort done...he will be self-isolating anyway.
Same as in the US when they annouce the deadline, but don't do it straight away. So strange, if you are going to ban travel from a country, why don't they do it from the annoucement?
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Ardern said the Government would "know" if people were refusing to self-isolate, and if people wanted to contact Healthline to inform them of people who weren't compliant, "they can do that".
I thought they said the GCSE didnt monitor people