Coronavirus - New Zealand
-
@Nepia said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Do you have an e-reader? I just stocked up on e-book recommendations from friends. I was in a Macpac store on Saturday and seriously contemplated buying a solar charger but the price (over $200) made me baulk, but I'm wondering now if it may be worth the cost.
yeah there is always that option (iPad) I just prefer books
-
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
shit, just about finished my book and library now closed
Will have to hunt around my house or see what my neighbours can disinfect for me!
i thank the lord i have an extensive library at home, and i am happy to re-read
-
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
shit, just about finished my book and library now closed
Will have to hunt around my house or see what my neighbours can disinfect for me!
i thank the lord i have an extensive library at home, and i am happy to re-read
Sadly I got rid of my library when I figured how much money I was spending on my storage locker in NZ ... should have just shipped them here in hindsight.
-
I hope people do take this seriously and adhere to the government's plan for the next month, even if they strongly oppose it.
Flouting the rules and spreading the virus will only extend the amount of time they keep businesses etc closed. Their decisions will all be based on the number of new cases, if we keep that to a minimum then we'll be able to get back to work a lot sooner.
-
@No-Quarter sounds like they will have boots on the ground in an effort to keep people from congregating. I hope they take a hard line, let's make sure its no longer than 4 weeks
-
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
So I spoke to a hotel operator just now. Said they've been given notice they came accept bookings during L4.
Do you guys take that to mean that travel by car is OK during that period?
I don't think travel from town to town is ideal....
-
My brother in Brisbane is (below)
the Director of Intensive Care and Chair of the Resuscitation Committee at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. He has worked on the epidemiology and treatment of sepsis with the ANZICS clinical trials group, and is on the steering committee for the ADRENAL study. The subject of his PhD was inert gas kinetics and respiratory physiology, which ties in well with his out of work activities as a mixed gas rebreather diver.
Speaking to him, he thinks a vaccine will be about 6 months in the making. Have we heard any better than that? I've seen stuff all in the media around the vaccine for this.
-
@voodoo Would have to be to get groceries etc. Maybe they would make you do a trip planner to the local supermarket on your phone or something. Police could then check your phone to see where you have been. Not sure. Depends just how strict they get.
-
@Hooroo I think I read 12-18 months so anything sooner would be a bonus. The bigger issue is my understanding is Corona is a family of virus like Influenza, so there are mutations all the time. This particular one we have now is one of the worst. We could get a vaccine and then it mutates into something else just as bad. Just like you can always catch the flu (different strain) even though you get a shot. I hope this isn't the case but my worst case scenario brain is thinking it.
-
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Speaking to him, he thinks a vaccine will be about 6 months in the making. Have we heard any better than that? I've seen stuff all in the media around the vaccine for this.
That would be amazingly fast. (There is still no vaccine for SARS.) Which leads to two questions:
Is that when it is in clinical trials or finished clinical trials, and how long to ramp up to full availability?
What efficacy would it have? 50% protection?
-
@Tim said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Speaking to him, he thinks a vaccine will be about 6 months in the making. Have we heard any better than that? I've seen stuff all in the media around the vaccine for this.
That would be amazingly fast. (There is still no vaccine for SARS.) Which leads to two questions:
Is that when it is in clinical trials or finished clinical trials, and how long to ramp up to full availability?
What efficacy would it have? 50% protection?
Dude, you need his number as I would have no idea how to answer any of those.
-
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Speaking to him, he thinks a vaccine will be about 6 months in the making. Have we heard any better than that? I've seen stuff all in the media around the vaccine for this.
That would be amazingly fast. (There is still no vaccine for SARS.) Which leads to two questions:
Is that when it is in clinical trials or finished clinical trials, and how long to ramp up to full availability?
What efficacy would it have? 50% protection?
Dude, you need his number as I would have no idea how to answer any of those.
fucking up your game! we all need to slip outside our comfort zone in these times mate!
-
I wonder if we would have tried to ride it out for longer if we were going into summer. The healthcare system is already stretched over winter.
-
@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I wonder if we would have tried to ride it out for longer if we were going into summer. The healthcare system is already stretched over winter.
Singapore is in eternal Summer, and they jumped right on it
-
So 7 Sharp did a story on a lady who was hospitlaised for CV, even had someone interview her in her campervan outside her home after she was released from hospital...luckily she had a facemask on, I assume to stop the reporters giving her another dose?
About 24 mins in if you are keen....you need to login to TVNZ Ondemand to watch