21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

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hmmm...

if all people are herded to grocery stores and pharmacies that would mean that those places are now hotspots for possible infection. movement is now concentrated not diluted.

people that may not yet know they are sick or just dont show symptoms will go there touch things, interact with staff and other people.
 
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Acid0 said:
Sooooo who is going to be brave and bored enough to go to the third page of google when you search for stuff
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The_Ogre said:
How is the crim able to break into your house, if he's not allowed to leave his?
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Because criminals will ignore the lockdown. They are going to thrive, just as looters are. Now we will see how serious the army will be. Shoot on sight?
 
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John Tempus said:
I dont really understand the details.

Everyone must stay at home but food supply can continue to operate.

How the hell will anyone buy the food supply if they are not allow to leave their homes, this seems idiotically written up.
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Maybe if you read/listen to the speech you would understand!
 
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Geoff.D said:
Because criminals will ignore the lockdown. They are going to thrive, just as looters are. Now we will see how serious the army will be. Shoot on sight?
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Criminals usually target empty homes. So this means the rape and murder count is gonna go up.

Or

They going to target businesses that are now standing empty for 21 days.

By the time you get back to your business or shop it is empty.
 
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MirageF1 said:
Look on the bright side.

You far less likely to get infected. Self imposed self isolation.
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Every cloud has a silver linning crap lol No thanks. We are close to the Lesotho border, which means the army is going to be out in full force.One road in and out of towns so you can bet your sweet ass it is going to be a complete nightmare getting out of towns, should you wish to go shopping for food.

I am going to the general dealer today and see what I can get, food wise.Packets of soup, bread. soya mince, maybe canned tuna, bullybeef, and some pasta.With rationing I could get by for 21 days, a cooked meal every other day.

Hardly healthy.........

At least work wise I am mostly unaffected as I work from home and all my clients are international, with the lock downs in these countries sales climbed a bit.But not sure how long people will continue spending money on luxuries. Currently content on steam in selling for $29.99 a pop, get paid commission in pounds, dollar/pound exchange rate went down slightly, but with the higher rand kinda equalise that, maybe a bit more.So will need to plan ahead with the money iam getting month end for at least 2 months or so.

As the infection spreads internationally, I might be screwed in the short term for a bit.With the exception of mtn contract and funeral cover ect, I have no debt like loans or bonds.We own our property.If fact we have no debt in our household, I think in many regards we are better off then most people who have mountain of debt and possibly no jobs at the end of this lockdown. My monthly expenditure on, contract. policies act is R 938.00 so not too bad.Just renewed my mtn contract.......lol Talk about **** timing.......
 
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access said:
hmmm...

if all people are herded to grocery stores and pharmacies that would mean that those places are now hotspots for possible infection. movement is now concentrated not diluted.

people that may not yet know they are sick or just dont show symptoms will go there touch things, interact with staff and other people.
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That kind of thing will be controlled.

Limited number of people in stores and the queue outside will be spaced. Strict controls inside.
 
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Paid a deposit for a weekend holiday in Sept, luckily not too much yet so will defer that for now. Probably wouldn't get the money back anyway if I were to cancel.
 
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access said:
hmmm...

if all people are herded to grocery stores and pharmacies that would mean that those places are now hotspots for possible infection. movement is now concentrated not diluted.

people that may not yet know they are sick or just dont show symptoms will go there touch things, interact with staff and other people.
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It's a good point, am going to try do any shopping at opening time, get in, get out and avoid muppets who stand around in the middle of the aisle with no sense of personal space.
 
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So my honest assessment. This is already in the townships and taxi's and the lockdown will only slow its spread in those areas, not stop it. People out there are too desperate and live too close together. The lockdown is aimed at preserving as much life as possible especially among the more educated people. I suspect hospitals are going to fill up fast in the next few weeks and above all else you do not want to be in one of those hospitals if you need it. Hence, stay home, try avoid the shops, take precautions when you do have to go out. This is going to get wild once our infections ramp up a bit. We will probably all get it eventually but you really want to get it after the mass rush when there is better info, they know what treatments work best, and there are beds available.

The economic costs and ramp up to unemployment is going to be terrible. Ramp up security if you are able this year. As always though some industries will struggle, some will do better, some will remain the same. The list of people who this is financially destroying is huge, and lead by the service industry. Personal trainers, hairdressers, non essential shops, etc are gonna take a while to recover from this. Good luck to those in this industry and hope you pull through.

There are a few positives but they are largely dwarfed by the negatives. With non essential industries shutting down for 3 weeks power demand will drop and Eskom will hopefully be able to do some additional maintenance without triggering load shedding. That could help a lot later in the year when people are trying to catch up without load shedding hanging over them.

Anyways, good luck all. Be careful.
 
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Nerfherder said:
That kind of thing will be controlled.

Limited number of people in stores and the queue outside will be spaced. Strict controls inside.
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so like 1 person per isle and 100 people queue over 300 meters. sounds like theres not enough time in the day.

will be interesting to see how its done. and the videos coming out of people that cannot behave ..lol
 
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Cius said:
So my honest assessment. This is already in the townships and taxi's and the lockdown will only slow its spread in those areas, not stop it. People out there are too desperate and live too close together.
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Just looking at some of the squatter settlements close to the freeways in Durban, with the level of sanitation and how close together people live, Covid gets in there and it will spread like wildfire.
 
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Cius said:
So my honest assessment. This is already in the townships and taxi's and the lockdown will only slow its spread in those areas, not stop it. People out there are too desperate and live too close together. The lockdown is aimed at preserving as much life as possible especially among the more educated people. I suspect hospitals are going to fill up fast in the next few weeks and above all else you do not want to be in one of those hospitals if you need it. Hence, stay home, try avoid the shops, take precautions when you do have to go out. This is going to get wild once our infections ramp up a bit. We will probably all get it eventually but you really want to get it after the mass rush when there is better info, they know what treatments work best, and there are beds available.

The economic costs and ramp up to unemployment is going to be terrible. Ramp up security if you are able this year. As always though some industries will struggle, some will do better, some will remain the same. The list of people who this is financially destroying is huge, and lead by the service industry. Personal trainers, hairdressers, non essential shops, etc are gonna take a while to recover from this. Good luck to those in this industry and hope you pull through.

There are a few positives but they are largely dwarfed by the negatives. With non essential industries shutting down for 3 weeks power demand will drop and Eskom will hopefully be able to do some additional maintenance without triggering load shedding. That could help a lot later in the year when people are trying to catch up without load shedding hanging over them.

Anyways, good luck all. Be careful.
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ultimately, that is all you want to do....slow the ****er down. The economic ramifications are going to be dire, but also see a reset of sorts. The human cost is going to be tragic! Pragmatic me : although a human disaster, a natural way of cleaning up the herd. Sometimes, you have to destroy in order to create...sometimes when something is broken so badly, it easier to start from scratch than trying to fix it. Compassionate me : Everyone look after yourselves and your love ones.
 
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