Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[grandjoeblue]

That will be because most Republican states are millions of square miles of nothing.

Some big cities in Florida, Texas etc. New York has been a lot worse than Florida/Texas.

 

[Toast]

Is the bbc news right ?

Over 40,000 new cases today ??

 

[Goat]

 

[grandjoeblue]

Is the bbc news right ?

Over 40,000 new cases today ??

Cases have been high for quite some time, they must have broken records for the numbers of tests around christmas as people wanted them prior to seeing family. The deaths still seem a bit low? In two weeks it will surely unfortunately increase.

 

[PhilM]

Is the bbc news right ?

Over 40,000 new cases today ??

The projection that I was told today was that it could easily be 50,000+ within a fortnight if the new strains spread North and West across the capital.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Don't worry everyone. Now Brexit is sorted we can start concentrating on Covid.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

You can't bring China into this for reasons stated earlier in this thread.

New Zealand and Aus followed SARS model. All of Europe followed flu model.

SARS model is about isolating and eliminating. As an island, we could have done that by shutting borders, but our population density makes it a lot tougher than NZ and Aus, who also have better climates.

There's 4m people in NZ, in a country about 3 times the size of the UK, and half of them live in one City. Perth in Aus has registered hardly any cases - it's just so remote.

You've clearly never been to the west coast of the south island of NZ lol .

Yes, we have done well with managed quarantines for all international arrivals and our geographic remoteness has clearly helped. Ultimately though I fail to see how an elimination strategy, if implemented properly from the outset of the pandemic, couldn't of worked in the UK. Even if it was implemented only by region if there were COVID hot-spots.

 

[Toast]

To the point, as ever.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Shut the covid factories. Tier 4 is absolutely pointless whilst millions of kids are crammed into poorly ventilated classrooms.

 

[BlueToff]

You've clearly never been to the west coast of the south island of NZ lol .

Yes, we have done well with managed quarantines for all international arrivals and our geographic remoteness has clearly helped. Ultimately though I fail to see how an elimination strategy, if implemented properly from the outset of the pandemic, couldn't of worked in the UK. Even if it was implemented only by region if there were COVID hot-spots.

aha, I did avoid the west coast on my trip, although just due to time limits!

I definitely agree that there should have been a better strategy. I don't understand why we haven't locked the borders down.

But saying that and then saying there's a guarantee if it had proved successful aren't the same. It may have - well almost certainly would have - helped, but there's a lot of other factors too.

 

[COYBL25]

Shut the covid factories. Tier 4 is absolutely pointless whilst millions of kids are crammed into poorly ventilated classrooms.

My lads classes have the windows open, even when the weather is like this. The kids and teachers wear their coats - seriously !

It’s no big deal to them.

Kids need to be in school mate, as unless they’re on a live feed ( very few are ) the online stuff is a waste of time.

 

[Toast]

My lads classes have the windows open, even when the weather is like this. The kids and teachers wear their coats - seriously !

Same here.
It’s a ridiculous situation when you think about it.
My 8 year old wet himself one day as the kids were all queuing up to use the single toilet one at a time, socially distanced etc.
I was fuming as he got so upset about it as well.

 

[davek]

Meanwhile, a leisurely walk around the shops, a back, sack and crack waxing, polished off by a bit of scran in a covid19 incubator selling muck is still available to all comers in the Tory poodle Liverpool City Region.

 

[COYBL25]

Same here.
It’s a ridiculous situation when you think about it.
My 8 year old wet himself one day as the kids were all queuing up to use the single toilet one at a time, socially distanced etc.
I was fuming as he got so upset about it as well.

Sounds the same as my lads school.

They aren’t allowed to go outside of breaks and lunch for fear of them bumping into someone outside of their bubble.

 

[COYBL25]

Meanwhile, a leisurely walk around the shops, a back, sack and crack waxing, polished off by a bit of scran in a covid19 incubator selling muck is still available to all comers in the Tory poodle Liverpool City Region.

I’m flattered that you’ve been following me around town today , but there really is no need.