International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 2

[AlphaJohn]

Hmmn interesting:

This virus gets weirder by the day

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Hmmn interesting:

This virus gets weirder by the day

Very.

Now if I can just find out what blood type I am...

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

L

 

[Geoff.D]

Very.

Now if I can just find out what blood type I am...

Start by telling us is your blood red or green?

 

[The_Mowgs]

Start by telling us is your beer red or green?

 

[Gordon_R]

UK study emphasises the very large percentage of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases, and the associated infection risks:

Coronavirus: Majority testing positive have no symptoms

A survey by the Office for National Statistics looked at who had been infected in the community in England.

www.bbc.com

Only 22% of people testing positive for coronavirus reported having symptoms on the day of their test, according to the Office for National Statistics.

This hammers home the importance of "asymptomatic transmission" - spread of the virus by people who aren't aware they're carrying it.

While 22% in the ONS study reported symptoms on the day, a larger group - a third (33%) of people testing positive for coronavirus - reported having symptoms either on the day of their test or at their previous or subsequent test.

This group includes "pre-symptomatic" people as well as "asymptomatic"- those who will never develop noticeable symptoms.

 

[GrootBaas]

Wedding receptions are still not allowed, correct? Even if it is only like 25 people attending. Or have I missed something?

 

[buka001]

Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has the virus.

Officially this time. He has confirmed it himself.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus | Brazil | The Guardian

Far-right president, who has repeatedly trivialized pandemic, announces: ‘It came back positive’

amp.theguardian.com

 

[pouroverguy]

Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has the virus.

Officially this time. He has confirmed it himself.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus | Brazil | The Guardian

Far-right president, who has repeatedly trivialized pandemic, announces: ‘It came back positive’

amp.theguardian.com

So you're telling me it was a bad idea to continuously play down the severity of COVID-19, attend public events, flaunt mask laws and not listen to your Public Health specialists and senior doctors?

 

[Paulsie]

So you're telling me it was a bad idea to continuously play down the severity of COVID-19, attend public events, flaunt mask laws and not listen to your Public Health specialists and senior doctors?

That will depend on the severity of his illness. If mild, he will say "I told you so".

 

[pouroverguy]

Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale (Published 2020)

Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.

www.nytimes.com

 

[nivek]

Wedding receptions are still not allowed, correct? Even if it is only like 25 people attending. Or have I missed something?

haha
imagine the wedding photos, masks & all

 

[BBSA]

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Weird that pictures exclude Belgium (highest deaths per capita in the world -female leader) on the left-hand side and the legend Scott "ScoMo" Morrison of Australia on the right.

 

[flippakitten]

Lol, that image... Leaves out all the countries that handled covid19 very well. Singapore and Vietnam come to mind first both of which did a lot better than the examples.

It's not men vs women, it's good leaders vs bad leaders.

 

[Paulsie]

Lol, that image... Leaves out all the countries that handled covid19 very well. Singapore and Vietnam come to mind first both of which did a lot better than the examples.

It's not men vs women, it's good leaders vs bad leaders.

And educated intelligent population throughout. When looking on the left, the listed countries' populations are mostly protesting, demanding, self-righteous uneducated yobs.

 

[flippakitten]

And educated intelligent population throughout. When looking on the left, the listed countries' populations are mostly protesting, demanding, self-righteous uneducated yobs.

That's partly true but beside the point whoever made that image is trying to potray.
i.e. It has nothing to do with gender, it's leaders. I mean South Africa has NDZ, I don't think there's a better counter argument to "women are better leaders" than she is.

 

[flippakitten]

Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale (Published 2020)

Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.

www.nytimes.com

The article is missing some crucial information, like the strict social distancing measures put in place after they realized staying totally open was stupid.

There is a lesson there though. Social distancing works and if you take the data around mask wearing, things can indeed be a lot more open.

 

[Geoff.D]

Weird that pictures exclude Belgium (highest deaths per capita in the world -female leader) on the left-hand side and the legend Scott "ScoMo" Morrison of Australia on the right.

But, but that would not fit the rhetoric now would it? Agendas, Agendas,

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Weird that pictures exclude Belgium (highest deaths per capita in the world -female leader) on the left-hand side and the legend Scott "ScoMo" Morrison of Australia on the right.

Again, per capita deaths is a meaningless metric for something like pandemic spreads.

And would you still put ScoMo on the right, after they're reinstituting lockdowns?