South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

[Lupus]

People dropping like flies yet?


At least our hairdressers are safe.

And the smokers, don't forget about them.

 

[Temujin]

Just wait till it hits the townships, the dead will be lining the streets, the ones with HIV and TB especially...

See, lockdown worked, no smoking, no drinking and millions of lives saved.

 

[Azg]

Eastern Cape government, public hospitals, "just a job" attitude, unions, infectious disease.... What could possibly go wrong???

Unfortunately not confined to Eastern Cape. At the two major Western Cape hospitals Tygerberg and Groote Schuur, staff have been complaining and demonstrating:

'Our workplace is like a jungle,' say staff at Tygerberg Hospital

Healthcare workers at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town say they are scared to go to work and feel more vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus at work than in their communities.

www.heraldlive.co.za

 

[Lupus]

Unfortunately not confined to Eastern Cape. At the two major Western Cape hospitals Tygerberg and Groote Schuur, staff have been complaining and demonstrating:

'Our workplace is like a jungle,' say staff at Tygerberg Hospital

Healthcare workers at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town say they are scared to go to work and feel more vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus at work than in their communities.

www.heraldlive.co.za

Wait a hospital is one of the places you will get it? If only we'd given the government sufficient time, like 26 years to build new ones and make sure they were staffed and capable of handling loads of people. If only...
Though to be fair, CoVID patients shouldn't be in normal hospitals, they should be isolated in special hospitals, the world did this backwards. I mean even the UK build Nightingale hospitals for overflow, instead of using those as the covid hospitals and allowing normal hospitals to work properly.

 

[MiW]

Gauteng Health spokesperson in isolation after contracting Covid-19

Spokesperson Kwara Kekana and her colleague from MEC Bandile Masuku's office are in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.

www.iol.co.za

The department also stated that Masuku has to date tested five times and remain negative. Other officials in his office have also been tested.

Just if anyone wonders where are all the tests done.

 

[MiW]

‘Officers too busy policing Covid-19, not Cape gangs’

Community activist Henriette Abrahams said the Western Cape and national government “are failing to plan for the priorities”.

www.iol.co.za

Cape Town - A spike in gang-related shootings in the province could be connected to prisoners released on parole to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 in correctional facilities. This is according to Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith.

 

[pouroverguy]

Unfortunately not confined to Eastern Cape. At the two major Western Cape hospitals Tygerberg and Groote Schuur, staff have been complaining and demonstrating:

'Our workplace is like a jungle,' say staff at Tygerberg Hospital

Healthcare workers at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town say they are scared to go to work and feel more vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus at work than in their communities.

www.heraldlive.co.za

The amount of healthcare workers at GSH that are developing symptoms and coming to get screened and tested is scary. A doctor told me 4 interns had tested positive, and 5 doctors came on one day last week to get tested.

 

[ShaunSA]

People dropping like flies yet?


At least our hairdressers are safe.

Wait two weeks. It still needs to hit the taxi ranks

 

[ViciousClone]

Well this is it for me fellow Mybb's
I have a runny nose, feel fatigued for the last 4 days. Asthma will take me, Covid for the state.

Or it could be this f+cking cold that came in last 4 days that gave me some snotties. Not quite sure, Google says it's covid for sure!

 

[Geoff.D]

‘Officers too busy policing Covid-19, not Cape gangs’

Community activist Henriette Abrahams said the Western Cape and national government “are failing to plan for the priorities”.

www.iol.co.za

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a bastard. It bites you every single time.

 

[Brian_G]

People with HIV nearly three times as likely to die from coronavirus – new South African data – BusinessTech

businesstech.co.za

Yet others think HIV treatments may be helping in causing the much lower mortality in Africa.

 

[Geoff.D]

Yet others think HIV treatments may be helping in causing the much lower mortality in Africa.

Sorry, I read it as the reverse. The HIV treatments all focus on the creation of more receptors to help fight off HIV, which then means Covid 19 has a better chance of infecting patients. A sort of damned if you do and damned if you don't?

Is anyone able to confirm? Seems to me that means the suspension of HIV treatment until Covid 19 is gone or under control?

 

[MiW]

Cabinet to mull enhanced alert level 3 recommendations next week

Cabinet has received recommendations relating to alert level 3 of lockdown and will decide on these next week after a briefing by ministerial health advisors on the coronavirus pandemic

www.iol.co.za

"However, Cabinet decided to defer approval of the recommendations pending a full health assessment report from the Ministerial Health Advisory Committee on Covid-19. The NCCC is expected to receive the full presentation by early next week," it said, without providing details of the proposals.

So no changes until next week is my guess.

 

[Lupus]

Cabinet to mull enhanced alert level 3 recommendations next week

Cabinet has received recommendations relating to alert level 3 of lockdown and will decide on these next week after a briefing by ministerial health advisors on the coronavirus pandemic

www.iol.co.za

So no changes until next week is my guess.

Still going with this we could go back to higher alert levels, like they did anything anyway. Seriously it should be dropped to 1 and the likes kept into check. Proper hotspots like townships should be looked at, I doubt the suburbs have many cases.
Judging by the hospitals hardest hit, it's not the middle class either.

 

[pinball wizard]

Just wait till it hits the townships, the dead will be lining the streets, the ones with HIV and TB especially...

Two weeks or...?

 

[Brian_G]

Sorry, I read it as the reverse. The HIV treatments all focus on the creation more receptors help fight off HIV, which then means Covid 19 has a better chance of infecting patients. A sort of demand if you and damned if you don't?

Is anyone able to confirm? Seems to me that means the suspension of HIV treatment until Covid 19 is gone or under control?

I'm remembering the theory I repeated from many weeks back, no idea where it originated or if it was backed by professionals or not. But can't see what else could have the widely-unaffected results we've seen for months, unless one believes the WHO rubbish that it's a slower strain in Africa.

 

[Lupus]

Two weeks or...?

Tomorrow, we all know it's tomorrow.

 

[pinball wizard]

I'm remembering the theory I repeated from many weeks back, no idea where it originated or if it was backed by professionals or not. But can't see what else could have the widely-unaffected results we've seen for months, unless one believes the WHO rubbish that it's a slower strain in Africa.

I wouldn't rubish that out of hand. Although this is the first time if heard it, it makes sense in general coronavirus lifespans that it mutates to a less deadly version.

 

[Lupus]

I wouldn't rubish that out of hand. Although this is the first time if heard it, it makes sense in general coronavirus lifespans that it mutates to a less deadly version.

By less deadly? You mean less deadly to the retirees? If only it could take hold with one group of retirees.

 

[Geoff.D]

Cabinet to mull enhanced alert level 3 recommendations next week

Cabinet has received recommendations relating to alert level 3 of lockdown and will decide on these next week after a briefing by ministerial health advisors on the coronavirus pandemic

www.iol.co.za

So no changes until next week is my guess.

Waiting for the alcohol and other judgements. Don't believe for a second the NCCC goons read anything they are given.