I mean I know about country comparisons and all that, but Jesus Christ, this is stark.
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Yeah, the reply about population density - and subsequent reply to that - also misses the point.
They closed borders etc. That helped - had the quarantine period in place.
It's so 'remote'. Because they sensibly closed the borders, nobody was travelling there anyway, but even before the pandemic, Australia is a destination, it's not a hub. Europe is a hub, London is a hub. Nobody is doing a stopover flight in Aus.
Same with NZ.
They're so far away from each other and everywhere else. But they have done incredibly well.
This is the breakdown by region in Aus - and in all fairness it shows that the places which were travelled to most - Victoria and NSW - are the ones which were hit.
They also had a spike over there in the middle of their winter, back in August. In relative terms, it's exactly the same spike as we're seeing in terms of timing. Obviously, it's a spike of tiny numbers in comparison to our atrocious ones.
Place - Cases - Recovered - Deaths
| Western Australia | 872 | 845 | 9 |
| Victoria | 20,402 | 19,541 | 820 |
| New South Wales | 4,978 | 3,210 | 54 |
| Queensland | 1,263 | 1,233 | 6 |
| South Australia | 582 | 567 | 4 |
| Tasmania | 234 | 221 | 13 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 118 | 115 | 3 |
| Northern Territory | 87 | 70 | 0 |
ForeverBlue92
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Ever been to Thailand? You'll like it there.
Would love to go there mate - reckon GOT could do a GoFundMe page to get me and my little todger on a one way flight over to there?
ForeverBlue92
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Spot on that - grim figures today though
davek
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Population density:
UK 275 people per sq km = 75,000 covid19 deaths
Vietnam 308 people per sq km = 35 covid19 deaths
Japan 348 people per sq km = 3,540 covid19 deaths
Billy Dean
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EU has finally approved moderna. Hurry up with AZ now please
BlueStevie35
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No we haven’t, it’s over a 28 day period as it’s always been reported for the past 10 months. Doesn’t grab as many headlines saying that though
Infections rocketing again in Ireland - almost 8,000 today. Peak hospital admissions from 1st wave have been surpased now.
Schools and construction sites closed for the rest of the month but likely be longer. Leaving certificate students (A levels) are allowed into schools 3 days a week - no idea how that is going to work or is even safe.
All the people who were allowed to come home from UK has coincided with a massive spike. 40% of positive tests of someone who was in contact with someone who travelled back over xmas have the new UK strain of covid as opposed to 25% in people who didnt have contact with someone who travelled home.
Dark dark January coming up.
Schools and construction sites closed for the rest of the month but likely be longer. Leaving certificate students (A levels) are allowed into schools 3 days a week - no idea how that is going to work or is even safe.
All the people who were allowed to come home from UK has coincided with a massive spike. 40% of positive tests of someone who was in contact with someone who travelled back over xmas have the new UK strain of covid as opposed to 25% in people who didnt have contact with someone who travelled home.
Dark dark January coming up.
yeah, recorded in the last 24 hours so there’s a data lag. Still like for like with previous days.
Haydn
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Bizarrely faced with the grim news, Stock Markets the world over are headed upwards......with London well in the lead.Yeah, very grim.
We're now gonna see the impact any Xmas mingling actually had in terms of hospitalisations.
Just gone on this link - where you got that info from - and worth noting these other summaries too.
498,624 tests conducted in the day. Over the last week tested 3,129,297
3,179 patients admitted daily, 17,980 over last 7 days
Must be all those shares in Vaccine companies. No doubt there will be champagne corks popping at such cause for celebration !
Markets
UK markets| UK markets | % change | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 FTSE 100 LondonCLOSED London | +3.47% | 6841.86 | +229.61 |
| FTSE 250 FTSE 250 LondonCLOSED London | +1.23% | 20973.16 | +255.79 |
| Europe markets | % change | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEXAEX Amsterdam Amsterdam | +0.87% | 639.16 | +5.54 |
| Cac 40 Cac 40 ParisCLOSED Paris | +1.19% | 5630.60 | +66.00 |
| DAXDAX Frankfurt Frankfurt | +1.76% | 13891.97 | +240.75 |
| Euro Stoxx 50 Euro Stoxx 50 Pan EuropeanCLOSED Pan European | +1.78% | 3611.08 | +63.23 |
| IBEX 35 IBEX 35 MadridCLOSED Madrid | +3.20% | 8350.30 | +258.80 |
| US markets | % change | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dow JonesDow Jones New York New York | +1.95% | 30984.75 | +593.15 |
| NasdaqNasdaq New York New York | +0.47% | 12878.69 | +59.73 |
| S&P 500S&P 500 Chicago Chicago | +1.33% | 3776.58 | +49.72 |
Great, great bunch of lads tho.
AIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Chinese vaccine expert is referring to the vaunted Sinopharm vaccine as the "most unsafe vaccine in the world," after it was found to produce 73 side effects.
On Dec. 30 of last year, BBIBP-CorV, an inactivated vaccine produced by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm), was officially approved by China's National Medical Products Administration for general use in the communist country. This was the first Wuhan coronavirus vaccine approved by the Chinese government, and the state-run firm claimed that it has an efficacy rate of 79.34 percent based on late-stage trials.
However, Shanghai-based vaccine expert, Tao Lina (陶黎納), recently uploaded a digital version of the vaccine's instruction manual onto his Weibo page, reported Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper. He stated that after he read the manual, "I took in a long cold breath, and counted the conditions listed in the 'adverse reactions' column." He found that there were 73 local/systemic adverse reactions associated with the vaccine.
The vaccine expert found that in addition to pain in the injection site and headache, there were severe side effects listed that were "more likely to occur," such as high blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of taste, delayed menstruation, and urinary incontinence.
He wrote that the 73 adverse reactions to the vaccine listed on the manual make it what he describes as the "most unsafe vaccine in the world in one fell swoop."
Tao wrote that no inactivated vaccine has more types of adverse reactions than this product. He also asserted that this number of adverse reactions is "absolutely unprecedented."
He stated that other doctors jokingly described the manual as "one long disclaimer." However, he alleged that as long as the side effects are listed in the manual, recipients are not entitled to compensation if they occur.
He warned that the company will be immune to lawsuits from people seeking compensation for suffering the vaccine's side effects and that the provincial governments will be expected to provide recompense instead. Tao suggested that the provincial governments will then face most of the blame if there are major problems with the vaccine.
His Weibo account was quickly deleted by authorities. His page now states "this content cannot be viewed due to violation of regulations."
Tao, 43, has been working in the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention (SCDC) since August of 2000 and is responsible for vaccine management. In late December of last year, Beijing Business Today interviewed him on issues related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
AIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Chinese vaccine expert is referring to the vaunted Sinopharm vaccine as the "most unsafe vaccine in the world," after it was found to produce 73 side effects.
On Dec. 30 of last year, BBIBP-CorV, an inactivated vaccine produced by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm), was officially approved by China's National Medical Products Administration for general use in the communist country. This was the first Wuhan coronavirus vaccine approved by the Chinese government, and the state-run firm claimed that it has an efficacy rate of 79.34 percent based on late-stage trials.
However, Shanghai-based vaccine expert, Tao Lina (陶黎納), recently uploaded a digital version of the vaccine's instruction manual onto his Weibo page, reported Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper. He stated that after he read the manual, "I took in a long cold breath, and counted the conditions listed in the 'adverse reactions' column." He found that there were 73 local/systemic adverse reactions associated with the vaccine.
The vaccine expert found that in addition to pain in the injection site and headache, there were severe side effects listed that were "more likely to occur," such as high blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of taste, delayed menstruation, and urinary incontinence.
He wrote that the 73 adverse reactions to the vaccine listed on the manual make it what he describes as the "most unsafe vaccine in the world in one fell swoop."
Tao wrote that no inactivated vaccine has more types of adverse reactions than this product. He also asserted that this number of adverse reactions is "absolutely unprecedented."
He stated that other doctors jokingly described the manual as "one long disclaimer." However, he alleged that as long as the side effects are listed in the manual, recipients are not entitled to compensation if they occur.
He warned that the company will be immune to lawsuits from people seeking compensation for suffering the vaccine's side effects and that the provincial governments will be expected to provide recompense instead. Tao suggested that the provincial governments will then face most of the blame if there are major problems with the vaccine.
His Weibo account was quickly deleted by authorities. His page now states "this content cannot be viewed due to violation of regulations."
Tao, 43, has been working in the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention (SCDC) since August of 2000 and is responsible for vaccine management. In late December of last year, Beijing Business Today interviewed him on issues related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The binman chronicles
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As long as one of the side effects isn't a craving for eating raw snake and bat stew and travelling I can't say I care. You get the government you deserve and we are seeing that right on our doorstep to worry about what China is doing.
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