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in times of like this i think of camus' la peste (the plague); what an absurd world we are living in.
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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An infection control experiment that was rolled out in a small Italian community at the start of Europe’s coronavirus crisis has stopped all new infections in the town that was at the centre of the country’s outbreak. Through testing and retesting of all 3,300 inhabitants of the town of Vò, near Venice, regardless of whether they were exhibiting symptoms, and rigorous quarantining of their contacts once infection was confirmed, health authorities have been able to completely stop the spread of the illness there. Andrea Crisanti, an infections expert at Imperial College London who is taking part in the Vò project while on sabbatical at the University of Padua, urged countries that have been limiting virus testing, which includes the UK and US, to learn lessons and ramp up the numbers of people being screened. “In the UK, there are a whole lot of infections that are completely ignored,” Prof Crisanti told the Financial Times. “We were able to contain the outbreak here because we identified and eliminated the ‘submerged’ infections and isolated them,” he said of the Vò approach. “That is what makes the difference.” The success underscores the importance of testing and isolating otherwise healthy carriers, an approach that has been strongly endorsed by the World Health Organization. The WHO this week urged all countries to test aggressively, noting that South Korea and Taiwan were having success in limiting infections by doing so. “Our key message is: test, test, test,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief, said on Monday
Yeah it was a good speech, Churchillian quotes apart. Not much new apart from soon asking the elderly to stay indoors.
Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
aazak
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Feel like watching "Starship Troopers" or maybe "Independence Day" after that!
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Very moving this.
So travel ban into the EU
But the UK won't take part (So Ireland cannot take part yet)
Idiots
But the UK won't take part (So Ireland cannot take part yet)
Idiots
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
Starship troopers what a flick that was. Might watch it tonight, thanks for reminding about it.
RTÉ.ie
yea, nothing new, but calm, direct and firm, also a bit of compassion.
in a time when Ireland is trying to form a government, this kind of reassuring leadership, while not groundbreaking, is very important.
Meanwhile the brits will steal the face masks and hand sanitiser from beneath the noses of the frontline health service staff, then next time nurses or doctors dare to ask for a pay rise, the press will be mobilised to turn the public against them.
Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
Sorted.
Yep, last went Friday they made a paper thin effort at hygiene,just didn’t feel confident in others washing hands wiping stuff down after.
Got a text yesterday to say they were closing for the foreseeable all membership time lapsing is suspended.
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Watching Simon Coveney's body language yesterday, I got the impression that there is a point at which we will institute border checks unilaterally if London keep closing their eyes.
It is hard to explain to anyone that is not Irish just how hard it is for our politicians to even think that.
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I think advising people and banning them are quite different
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