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Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Hehe - Not bald (Yet) - Just happy for the missus to hack away with the clippers!
It'll all depend on the numbers though. There can't really be any set date on this just at this stage.
If the numbers start to flatten off (deaths and confirmed cases, probably the latter being more important) at the end of week 3 of our lockdown - which is when other nations have started to see similar results, then we'll be able to assess going forward. We obviously need that to happen at some stage next week for us to stay on course with most other European nations.
From there, we will likely need another two weeks of lockdown to ensure we don't get a second wave immediately.
If all of the above happens, then an early May date for the gradual easing off of restrictions (as Austria and Denmark are planning) seems reasonable. But the above will have had to have happened for that to be the case so we can't really set dates just yet.
There's also the point of keeping an eye on how Austria/Denmark and other countries gradually coming out of lockdown then cope. If there is a surge in cases in those nations, we have a head start of approx 1-2 weeks on them and we need to take advantage of that.
But if you dont want people entering the country because they may have the virus . People will not be allowed leave either?
peteblue
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Your invite to the Oldies thread is in the post.....
peteblue
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Indeed, the point he was making though is how simple it will be for this virus to kick off again without either a vaccine or the dreaded ‘herd immunity’......
orly
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Permanently angry?
Even if a vaccine comes it wont be feasible for everyone to get it either though. It looks like the virus is here to stay . Controlling it will be the thing
Like with influenza. This isn't going to go away quickly, and while we will adapt a level of immunity the (current) virus will mutate too; hopefully, we will adapt quicker.
peteblue
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It‘s the same with this testing that everyone wants. No one believes that we will do 100,000 tests a day, and even if we could there are 65,000,000 of us so that’s about 2 years to do everyone......
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More than 4,300 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus. Among them are frontline medical staff. Sirin Kale tells the story of two of them. The two men did not know each other, probably their paths never crossed, but in death they would find a strange symmetry. Dr Amged El-Hawrani and Dr Adil El Tayar - two British-Sudanese doctors - became the first working medics to die of coronavirus in the UK. Their families don't want them to be remembered in this way - but rather as family men, who loved medicine, helping their community, and their heritage.
Like the many men and women who come from overseas to join the NHS, El-Hawrani, 55, and El Tayar, 64, left behind friends and relatives back home to dedicate their careers to the UK's health service. They married and had children - El-Hawrani settling in Burton-Upon-Trent; El Tayar in Isleworth, London. And they became pillars of their communities, while maintaining ties to the country of their birth, the Sudan that both men loved.
Coronavirus: Coming 5,000 miles to die for the NHS
Two British-Sudanese doctors became the first doctors to die of coronavirus in the UK. This is their story.
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Like the many men and women who come from overseas to join the NHS, El-Hawrani, 55, and El Tayar, 64, left behind friends and relatives back home to dedicate their careers to the UK's health service. They married and had children - El-Hawrani settling in Burton-Upon-Trent; El Tayar in Isleworth, London. And they became pillars of their communities, while maintaining ties to the country of their birth, the Sudan that both men loved.
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Ultimately most the population will need to contract it before restrictions are fully lifted. Imperials latest modeling estimated (about a week ago) that near to 3% of the population have had it. It's going to take a fair bit of time before that number rises (relatively safely) to 80/100%.
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Some attitudes never change.
Particularly from you.
You've shown more anger than I ever have. I sit here and laugh at the likes of you. You and others I cannot be bothered to mention have lightened up many a day and night with your ranting in the other thread. Oh by the way, are you having withdrawal symptoms with the 'Brexit' threads lying fallow at the moment? Don't worry, you'll be able to bash the usual suspects (excellent film!) at some time in the future.
In the meantime, please continue to provide what little entertainment you can...
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Well, that's a point proven, thanks! Always better with some context lol
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