Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

I think covid is going to be here for a very long time, possibly the rest of our lives. It's probably going to become a seasonal illness we encounter every year. I don't think suppression will work in the long term. Zero covid is a policy that will never work.

Given the large numbers of animal reservoirs I unfortunately doubt we’ll ever be able to eradicate COVID like we did with smallpox (that only infected humans)

White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of coronavirus infection

In a sample of white-tailed deer, 80% were found to have an active COVID infection.

theconversation.com

Although that doesn’t mean we can’t take significant steps to control its spread/impact etc.

 

[tsubaki]

But we are.

Every country is different, from its living style , culture , pastimes etc.

You can't compare different countries based on abertary figures because there is so much more than just numbers.

The UK is nothing like South Korea, it's nothing like Australia , nothing like India etc. You can't directly compare countries and have that comparison valid.

Again, there is a lot of certainty put in that post with almost nothing to back it up and answering statements that were not actually said.

Yes, countries are different, with different traditions, politics and populations.

They are not that different however, and for all the insistent nature of your lots posting you’ve never actually put up one piece of real evidence as to why a competent and effective test and trace system wouldn’t have worked here. It has frankly been post after post of defeatism, as if we’ve just got to suck up the tide of woe this thing has inflicted on us.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Age 48

https://t.co/QzJkH9MhBu?amp=1

A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that a hospital can’t be forced to treat a covid-19 patient in its care with ivermectin, a drug normally used to eliminate parasitic worms, after the patient’s wife sued the hospital to demand the treatment.

Jason Jones, a 48-year-old law enforcement official, was hospitalized at the Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth in late September after testing positive for the coronavirus. He was put in a medically induced coma and a ventilator on Oct. 7, according to court documents. Erin Jones, his wife, asked Huguley to give her husband ivermectin, after consulting with Mary Talley Bowden, a physician not affiliated with the hospital.

Bowden, who recently lost physician privileges at another hospital after it said she spread “misinformation” about the coronavirus, prescribed the drug. But Huguley staff refused to administer it, and Erin Jones filed suit.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Sadly Goat hasn’t been posting recently ( ) or I’d tag him in with this latest update!

 

[JLW]

I’ve never seen this before

 

[grandjoeblue]

I’ve never seen this before

The UK count the same but its a test within 28 days of the death.

 

[peteblue]

I’ve never seen this before

The U.K. did exactly the same. You could be run over by a bus, but if they detect Covid then it’s a Covid death. Absolutely stupid, but that’s what they do. Of course countries like Germany haven‘t taken this approach …..

 

[JLW]

The UK count the same but its a test within 28 days of the death.

Yes mate I know that’s why the people dying from Covid is a fraction of the numbers published, all over the world.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I’ve never seen this before

Iirc that was in Illinois at the start of the pandemic when things were in a state of flux.

US reporting requirements have since changed

How are COVID-19 deaths counted? It’s complicated

As the U.S. death toll nears a half-million, confusion continues over whether people die “of” COVID-19 or “with” COVID-19. Here’s what’s behind the numbers.

www.aamc.org

COVID-19 Death Data and Resources - National Vital Statistics System

National Center for Health Statistics

www.cdc.gov

Cause of Death and COVID-19​

When COVID-19 is reported as a cause of death on the death certificate, it is coded and counted as a death due to COVID-19. COVID-19 should not be reported on the death certificate if it did not cause or contribute to the death.

 

[JLW]

The U.K. did exactly the same. You could be run over by a bus, but if they detect Covid then it’s a Covid death. Absolutely stupid, but that’s what they do. Of course countries like Germany haven‘t taken this approach …..

Yes mate I know, so why are people running from this thing like it’s a death sentence when the real number of Covid deaths could be less than 50% of the numbers published possibly more.

 

[peteblue]

Again, there is a lot of certainty put in that post with almost nothing to back it up and answering statements that were not actually said.

Yes, countries are different, with different traditions, politics and populations.

They are not that different however, and for all the insistent nature of your lots posting you’ve never actually put up one piece of real evidence as to why a competent and effective test and trace system wouldn’t have worked here. It has frankly been post after post of defeatism, as if we’ve just got to suck up the tide of woe this thing has inflicted on us.

How is India ‘not that different’ to the U.K. …asking for @Ghost Rider …..

 

[Ghost Rider]

Again, there is a lot of certainty put in that post with almost nothing to back it up and answering statements that were not actually said.

Yes, countries are different, with different traditions, politics and populations.

They are not that different however, and for all the insistent nature of your lots posting you’ve never actually put up one piece of real evidence as to why a competent and effective test and trace system wouldn’t have worked here. It has frankly been post after post of defeatism, as if we’ve just got to suck up the tide of woe this thing has inflicted on us.

Sorry what?

I don't think I've ever posted about track and trace or ever been negative?

As for countries being different , it would take far too long for me to explain how the English are completely different to any other part of the world that I would hope you could understand the difference enough to not need me to.