Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Harryflashman]

Apologies if this has already been posted

 

[roydo]

I have yet to see a single person use the cleaning sprays and not a single person has observed the one-way system.

I might consider moving to Bristol, it sounds like you people have a clue.

Everyone, pretty much, use the sprays. Everyone observes the 2 metre rule and one way system in Tescos, (dont have one at Sainsburys), even the butcher in the high street has put tape on the pavement for queuing, and has screens in the shop. Only 1 person in the shop at any time.

Its utterly normal to us.

That said, I am pretty confident that deaths from cycling accidents will spike pretty soon. Its like France.

 

[Eggs]

.....if the U.K. came out favourably on comparison figures, I guarantee this Government would be exploiting them.

 

[Goat]

Everyone, pretty much, use the sprays. Everyone observes the 2 metre rule and one way system in Tescos, (dont have one at Sainsburys), even the butcher in the high street has put tape on the pavement for queuing, and has screens in the shop. Only 1 person in the shop at any time.

Its utterly normal to us.

That said, I am pretty confident that deaths from cycling accidents will spike pretty soon. Its like France.

Im getting a bit angry about it all RayRay, the amount of times ive had to take deep breaths and bite my tongue cos somebody totally ignores the line spacing in the asda. The last few weeks ive had to send the missus shopping cos somebody at some point is defo getting beaten to death with a bottle of Pepsi if I keep going.

 

[Harryflashman]

.....if the U.K. came out favourably on comparison figures, I guarantee this Government would be exploiting them.

they tried to exploit we were the biggest purchasers of PPE despite the details hidden within that fact .

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Find it shameful how Channel 4 are turning COVID-19 into some racist virus that attacks BAME worse than others.

Has their ever been an illness/virus that effects certain races/nationalties differently to others?

Sounds to me more to do with social/economic/living arrangements and a large proportion of BAME who work in the care/medical sectors.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Is N.J.’s COVID-19 death count off by 45%?

The surge in total deaths is far larger than those attributed to the coronavirus. Experts say it could take a while to reconcile the numbers.

whyy.org

New data released by the State of New Jersey suggests the true toll of COVID-19 may be much greater than previously thought. Vital statistics released by the state show the total number of deaths by any cause between March and April rose from 12,567 last year to 23,070 this year. The 10,503 additional deaths recorded this year represent an 83% increase over 2019. “This is just not something we have seen in American mortality data in a long time. It’s astonishing,” said Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Irvine. “This is unlike anything I have ever seen in the United States, short of the 1918 influenza pandemic.”

The 10,503 additional deaths recorded this year are 45% higher than the 7,228 coronavirus deaths the state officially recorded between March and April, which epidemiologists such as Noymer say is a sign that New Jersey is likely undercounting the true death toll from the pandemic. Death trend lines tend to be very consistent year-to-year. Between 2016 and 2019, New Jersey never saw more than 13,047 deaths from all causes across March and April. That figure skyrocketed to more than 23,000 deaths this year. “In New Jersey, the vast majority of deaths are directly related to COVID, in my opinion,” he said. “It’s a huge increase. It’s more than we’ve seen in any regular flu season, even the swine flu pandemic. It’s very significant.”

 

[Harryflashman]

Find it shameful how Channel 4 are turning COVID-19 into some racist virus that attacks BAME worse than others.

Has their ever been an illness/virus that effects certain races/nationalties differently to others?

Sounds to me more to do with social/economic/living arrangements and a large proportion of BAME who work in the care/medical industry.

yes there has , I stand by to be corrected but possibly related to this disease I’m pretty sure research shows diabetes effects the BAME community worse and obvious sickle cell and that’s off the top of my head .

I don’t know the details or whether it’s cultural but I’m sure the white community have worse heart disease rates than other communities .

 

[PhilM]

From my experience lockdown seems to have ended in my area and when everybody goes back to work next week it will defo be over.

While I hope I'm wrong, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit of a spike in the next week or two in hospitalisation.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Everyone, pretty much, use the sprays. Everyone observes the 2 metre rule and one way system in Tescos, (dont have one at Sainsburys), even the butcher in the high street has put tape on the pavement for queuing, and has screens in the shop. Only 1 person in the shop at any time.

Its utterly normal to us.

That said, I am pretty confident that deaths from cycling accidents will spike pretty soon. Its like France.

Same in Durham. The odd inadvertent going up a down aisle or vice versa in Tescos but everybody is following the instructions.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

yes there has , I stand by to be corrected but possibly related to this disease I’m pretty sure research shows diabetes effects the BAME community worse and obvious sickle cell and that’s off the top of my head .

I thought diabetes but surely those with diabetes know they are at risk rather than there being some genetic disposition to the virus itself.

 

[Blues Harp]

I have another 4 weeks of my "lockdown" time (as advised) to go......no way am I tempted to venture out after that has finished...just awaiting the "2nd wave"

 

[Joey66]

Fake news.

How Sweden suppressed infection rates without a lockdown

Sweden and Denmark took wildly different approaches to handling the coronavirus pandemic - but so far, it hasn't made much difference

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Harryflashman]

I thought diabetes but surely those with diabetes know they are at risk rather than their being some genetic disposition to the virus itself.

but what I mean is the BAME community, I’m unsure if that’s the correct terminology for this stats , have a higher rate of diabetes so I mean that’s something that Potentially effects a community greater due to ethnicity. Also sickle cell is a disease which effects the BAME community so in answer to your initial question yes .

 

[Goat]

How Sweden suppressed infection rates without a lockdown

Sweden and Denmark took wildly different approaches to handling the coronavirus pandemic - but so far, it hasn't made much difference

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sweden 2,941 deaths
Denmark 506 deaths

As I said, fake news.