We are approximately 14 days behind Italy, but we're not seeing anything close to their numbers. At the same stage their death rate was almost 10 times higher, if I'm not mistaken.
Probably true, but I think it's good that these untimely deaths are being publicised just so young people realise that the 'rona is no joke.
Panic is rarely a good response, but it annoys me when people don't take the situation seriously. Especially if their reasoning is "it's just old people, so who cares?". Those people probably deserve to have some anxiety.
Judging by paparazzi photos of them when they're out shopping, that's nothing special.
it's not yet resolved in Asia. there are now second waves of the virus in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea. this isn't going to be some 'one time fix', whereby locking down once solves all our problems. it won't. i dont think people appreciate that there will be a series of lockdowns for the next 12-18 months, so the timing of these lockdowns becomes the most important thing. you lockdown to ensure your healthcare isn't overwhelmed - that's priority #1. you don't just lockdown for the sake of it or because eventually one day your healthcare services will be overburderned (whenever that may be), because this problem isn't going completely away for some time yet.
Back off Brussels!
I remain sceptical but I really hope you're right and they aren't just walking blindly into a shitstorm.
I agree. It's all estimates now. (I personally reckon it would stabilise at 2-3% in a spherical country in a vacuum
).Perhaps we are discussing separate things here. I am talking about what is most useful in tracking the progress of the virus, you seem to be talking about assessing the impact on the country.
Do you really need consent to report the numbers?
Solid choice.
I went to our Tesco's about 9.30 a.m. There was a guy there who would not let you in until you used their wipes and disinfectant spray on your trolley. I was wearing gloves as well. It was pretty quiet and same here, they have markers at the tills to keep people the correct distance apart. I got most things, of course there was absolutely no paracetamol, which I would have liked to buy, they were limiting some things like frozen chips to three per person and you could only get one lot of milk. I am not planning to go to any big supermarket for a couple of weeks now, it will be my local Co-op for anything I do run out of.
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It's brilliant when you actually get a solid mint chocolate club!
My local co-op had nothing and they aren't even attempting to keep people separated or limiting how much you can buy. The Tesco Express literally opposite had the separation boxes outside and were limiting how many people in the shop at once, but again weren't limiting items so although had much more than co-op, they still had things missing.
I have never apologised so much in my life, if I go an inch too close to someone outside, it's 'Sorry! Sorry!' How difficult is it too wash your bloody hands. They should be washing their hands anyway. What is wrong with these people?
Yeah, I made a similar comment a few days ago. This isn't the aftermath of a terrorist attack. We need to behave appropriately.
I went to Aldi on Tuesday, for certain things. They were letting 30 in at a time, when someone came out another could go in. There was plenty of room inside, you could get a lot of things, excepted limited milk available again, they were limiting you to two paper products, so got toilet rolls and a big paper towel, for some reason baked beans have been cleaned out and I couldn't get minced beef, got some today at Tesco. I wouldn't want to be in the house with the family eating all those beans.
2-3% would be so tragic.I agree. It's all estimates now. (I personally reckon it would stabilise at 2-3% in a spherical country in a vacuum
That would drive me insane. So many absolute idiots in this country.
Obviously the government know exactly who died and use that information in their decisions. All this means is they don't necessarily tell the public.
Yeah I don't know why I even engaged. People like that are impossible to argue with because they don't have basic understanding of reality, all they know is what they read on one of the conspiracy sites and pretend to be better than 'stupid government controlled population'. What they don't realize is that the ones being tricked into believing in something dumb are them.
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Well said. This is the most depressing thread I have ever followed on the internet, good to see some positives.
That was cringey af.
Yeah one of the weirdest thing to come out of the Covid19 crisis is just many people don't follow very basic and simple health advice, like washing their hands.
My only guess would be for the majority of western populations(Although particularly in Britain)the biggest national crisis before this one was the whole war on terror stuff. So this the first thing some people jump to.
If washing hands is new on people, just imagine the state of the rest of their bodies.
It's somewhat understandable to consider but when you actually think about it, this virus isn't attacking our society or way of life, it's simply attacking us and we need to protect ourselves. One could argue that it's taking massive advantage of our way of life, mind.
I'll admit I like a good conspiracy theory, but it's been pretty disappointing to see people so sure of themselves who have done so little research to reach that opinion.
It funny seeing different places’ reactions.
