International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 3

[Geoff.D]

How are the clusters growing? I mean they closed themselves off, oh right... Hope this will show they can't escape it if they want to be a functioning country in the world.

Yup, NZ and AUS are increasingly becoming huge targets for the virus. And they cannot let their guard down for 1 millisecond. They have no choice.

Does anyone know how the vaccination programme is going in NZ and AUS?

 

[Gordon_R]

Yup, NZ and AUS are increasingly becoming huge targets for the virus. And they cannot let their guard down for 1 millisecond. They have no choice.

Does anyone know how the vaccination programme is going in NZ and AUS?

The Bloomberg article, plus another one last week, state that their vaccine programs are running behind schedule. They have to remain isolated until 2022.

New Zealand is vulnerable to an outbreak because its vaccine rollout has been slow. Immunization of the general population is due to start at the end of July.

 

[Lupus]

The Bloomberg article, plus another one last week, state that their vaccine programs are running behind schedule. They have to remain isolated until 2022.

Hey at least SA has finally vaccinated half the NZ population, it's only been months.

 

[Geoff.D]

The Bloomberg article, plus another one last week, state that their vaccine programs are running behind schedule. They have to remain isolated until 2022.

Reads like the mess we are in:

What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout?

The country has been far slower than others including the UK and the US to immunise its population.

www.bbc.com

 

[Lupus]

Reads like the mess we are in:

What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout?

The country has been far slower than others including the UK and the US to immunise its population.

www.bbc.com

"Australia has been one of the world's success stories in its fight against Covid-19, but frustration surrounds its delayed vaccination rollout."

Really I mean it's not really hard to close off an island at the arse end of the world.

 

[The Voice]

"Australia has been one of the world's success stories in its fight against Covid-19, but frustration surrounds its delayed vaccination rollout."

Really I mean it's not really hard to close off an island at the arse end of the world.

*Continent

 

[Lupus]

*Continent

Yeah but do we count the middle bit? I mean no one lives there, so if we take all the habitable areas

 

[Geoff.D]

*Continent

Okay it is a very big Island. Happy?

You can only go there in a boat or an aeroplane. You cant walk or ride there.

 

[The Voice]

Yeah but do we count the middle bit? I mean no one lives there, so if we take all the habitable areas

People DO live there. Granted, a fraction of those living along the coastal areas, obviously. I just think people sometimes forget just how insanely big Australia actually is (only 1.3 times smaller than the US). So not really accurate to dismiss it as an "island".

 

[Lupus]

People DO live there. Granted, a fraction of those living along the coastal areas, obviously. I just think people sometimes forget just how insanely big Australia actually is (only 1.3 times smaller than the US). So not really accurate to dismiss it as an "island".

True, but the USA isn't counted as continent, it shares that with Canada.

 

[netstrider]

People DO live there. Granted, a fraction of those living along the coastal areas, obviously. I just think people sometimes forget just how insanely big Australia actually is (only 1.3 times smaller than the US). So not really accurate to dismiss it as an "island".

For its size, it has a very small population.

 

[Geoff.D]

True, but the USA isn't counted as continent, it shares that with Canada.

Yet North and South America are connected. So why are they regarded as separate "continents"?
The answer is these definitions are pretty much subjective. Hence, we can adjust the definition whenever we like to emphasise a point.

 

[Lupus]

For its size, it has a very small population.

The middle may as well be called HELL. Though the Oz used to call any town or district there Woop Woop

 

[Lupus]

Yet North and South America are connected. So why are they regarded as separate "continents"?
The answer is these definitions are pretty much subjective. Hence, we can adjust the definition whenever we like to emphasise a point.

Strangely enough by Central America.

 

[daveza]

Crowd of 60,000 gets nod for Euro matches at Wembley

The British government has approved increased capacity for the semis and final

www.businesslive.co.za

Crowd capacity at Wembley Stadium will be increased to more than 60,000 fans for the semifinals and final of Euro 2020, the British government said on Tuesday.

The new levels mean the stadium will be at 75% capacity for the final three games, which conclude with the final on July 11. All ticket holders will need to have either a negative Covid-19 test or proof of full vaccination, two doses received 14 days before the fixture.

 

[flippakitten]

Yeah but do we count the middle bit? I mean no one lives there, so if we take all the habitable areas

Kinda like the Karoo then.

 

[Lupus]

Kinda like the Karoo then.

If the Karoo reached 39 to 40 degrees average in summer sure.

 

[Dave]

Yet North and South America are connected.

Though to be accurate they are only connected by man made bridges now.

 

[Lupus]

Though to be accurate they are only connected by man made bridges now.

Suppose the canal did kind of break that link.

 

[Geoff.D]

If the Karoo reached 39 to 40 degrees average in summer sure.

Yes it does in quite a few places.