Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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roydo said:
My town is very quiet. Everyone is queuing in the new way, 1 in 1 out, pretty good humoured in the main.

I was already conditioned to be spending a lot of time at home anyrate, so I dont really mind it, but in that respect, I feel quite fortunate. It must be very difficult for many households though.
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Yeah, queued myself at the chemist myself today, they have set a table up just behind the main door, good idea and social distancing well maintained by the people themselves.
 
peteblue said:
I‘m hoping that this will teach us to bring manufacturing back home......
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Certainly a case could be made, that said i think scale and market forces come into play as well, we are one of the biggest pharma producing countries in the world, certainly per captia the biggest, yet we are struggling to get a supply of testing agent.

The volume and scale of demand is absolutely massive and challenging for any normal world wide manufacturing infrastructure but likely has a shelf life.

I wouldn't be opening a plastic glove, face mask or medical gown company domestically in 18 months time.
 
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Joey66 said:
I have a nice bum Bruce ......but don't talk through it :D
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navidson said:
Unfortunately they haven't invented a Police Car where the seats are 2m apart from each other
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It was actually a throw away aside .

However no risk corona then ? Because I know people aren’t allowed contact so I presume there is a reason they can’t work alone ? It’s just I’m told there is social distancing , trying to figure out why is doesn’t apply in certain cases . I understand if there is disorder or criminality and officers are required to attend it or for example firearms officers , paramedics or firefighters need to be in minimum pairs or obviously more but all police officers? Not sure why they can’t work alone as they’ve done in the past . Probably something I’m not aware of though that’s more important than these social distancing issues .
 
Toast said:
A lot of people seem to be just going about their business during the day though.
Its not being enforced in my opinion.
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Just been for my walk and their were alot more cars on the road than ive seen in a while hope people not getting impatient already.
 
Neiler said:
Its following the familiar pattern of getting a familiar foothold in the main transport hubs that are usually dense urban cities NY LA, NJ, New O, that cocktail is just right for the virus. You would love to see a strategic plans now minimizing contagion through the belt on the east and west and coasts and surrounding areas particularly cities. If lock down is lifted though, i wonder will we see a mass exit from these areas and subsequent second surge. People of Louisiana, god you would really feel for them they've had such a terrible few years. Fingers crossed.
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Some good data visualization on the metro areas being provided by the NYT, agree that focus on them makes sense to avoid spread into their surrounding suburban/rural areas.
www.nytimes.com

How Severe Are Coronavirus Outbreaks Across the U.S.? Look Up Any Metro Area (Published 2020)

Tracking coronavirus growth rates in metro areas around the nation.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
And interesting thread with some observations on today’s data
 
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