South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

[Grant]

The English version of that Afrikaans article posted earlier.

Eastern Cape healthcare has collapsed: ‘Sick people are fighting each other’ | City Press

The Eastern Cape healthcare system has collapsed, say doctors and healthcare workers who are employed in the province.

www.news24.com

Fukking horrifying situation

i cant help but wonder if the R6bn in lost revenue the vile & useless snot gobbling fukkpig has cost the nation, could have purchased an extra oxygen tank or two

 

[Geoff.D]

The English version of that Afrikaans article posted earlier.

Eastern Cape healthcare has collapsed: ‘Sick people are fighting each other’ | City Press

The Eastern Cape healthcare system has collapsed, say doctors and healthcare workers who are employed in the province.

www.news24.com

What is even worse, is when you read this report and the latest Minister's report together at the same time.

Mkhize sends out Covid-19 warning: Gauteng will have the most cases within days

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has warned that Gauteng will emerge with the highest Covid-19 numbers within days.

businesstech.co.za

Then you see, that instead of addressing really serious issues such as those in the Eastern Cape, The Minister will spend time find fault with what WC did:

Turning his attention to the Western Cape, the minister said he recognised that there were some key issues that led the province to having high number of cases.

“One of the main observations was that the the provincial strategy was mainly hospicentric- focusing on case management. Intensive contact tracing, quarantine and isolation programmes were sub-optimal.”

Dr Mkhize said that since the intervention, the province has been working hard to address these gaps, “but we are receiving reports that most community members remain reluctant to subject themselves to quarantine and isolation, despite government having secured these sites in various parts of the province.”

Then the situation in the EC looks even worse. Instead of just accepting the lessons from the WC and focussing on the other provinces more time is spent on trying to make WC look "bad" presumably to try and make the other provinces look less bad.

Now there are some really disturbing paragraphs in the report on EC hospitals:

“Many of them need oxygen, but there is not enough for everyone. So, those without oxygen are fighting those who do have it to try to ‘steal’ it. Sick people are fighting each other. It is literally a ‘survival of the fittest’ situation. It is awful,” said the distraught doctor.

Then what is going to happen? Patients are going to end up on ventilators instead, which is now known to be an almost guaranteed death sentence,

We have not seen anything regarding how bad it is going to get!

 

[Supervan II]

WATCH | Covid-19: Inside a NMB hospital where dirt lines hallways, doctors clean wards

Livingstone Hospital

 

[Paulsie]

Fukking horrifying situation

i cant help but wonder if the R6bn in lost revenue the vile & useless snot gobbling fukkpig has cost the nation, could have purchased an extra oxygen tank or two

EC health has always been a disaster even under normal conditions. Doesn't help that everything is now happening behind closed doors.

 

[MiW]

What is even worse, is when you read this report and the latest Minister's report together at the same time.

Mkhize sends out Covid-19 warning: Gauteng will have the most cases within days

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has warned that Gauteng will emerge with the highest Covid-19 numbers within days.

businesstech.co.za

Then you see, that instead of addressing really serious issues such as those in the Eastern Cape, The Minister will spend time find fault with what WC did:



Then the situation in the EC looks even worse. Instead of just accepting the lessons from the WC and focussing on the other provinces more time is spent on trying to make WC look "bad" presumably to try and make the other provinces look less bad.

Now there are some really disturbing paragraphs in the report on EC hospitals:



Then what is going to happen? Patients are going to end up on ventilators instead, which is now known to be an almost guaranteed death sentence,

We have not seen anything regarding how bad it is going to get!

You do know that ventilators need oxygen, much more oxygen, than a normal oxygen mask?

 

[Vorastra]

New advanced level 3 lockdown rules – All the changes

Many new lockdown rules have been announced for exercise, sit-down restaurants, cinemas and theatres, conferences, hotels, and bed and breakfasts. Here is a summary.

mybroadband.co.za

 

[Grant]

New advanced level 3 lockdown rules – All the changes

Many new lockdown rules have been announced for exercise, sit-down restaurants, cinemas and theatres, conferences, hotels, and bed and breakfasts. Here is a summary.

mybroadband.co.za

What's this - level3 (a), version 1.3

 

[Paulsie]

What's this - level3 (a), version 1.3

Level 3(a), version 1.3 1/2(c).

 

[R13...]

Fukking horrifying situation

i cant help but wonder if the R6bn in lost revenue the vile & useless snot gobbling fukkpig has cost the nation, could have purchased an extra oxygen tank or two

They'll probably argue that the R6bn would have come with an extra burden in smokers needing Oxygen. Never mind that most smokers kept right on (Clarence Carter Mainstay style).

In more seriousness though, some of the issues are the usual corruption where ANC acolytes never miss a chance for a sport of looting regardless of the circumstances. When money must be spent the ANC are like the gangsters in Goodfellas, "they'll try to steal every bit of it". In the same corner as the ANC are the unions. They see a crisis and think here's a chance for the lowly worker who can't get in on the tender action to milk the state for a bit more money. They'll call it danger pay, overtime, etc. The risks seem to evaporate as soon as you show them extra starched paper.

 

[ToxicBunny]

What's this - level3 (a), version 1.3

Nah... Level 3.01.01 Advanced, with Retardedness level 9000

 

[MiW]

Not SA, but this tread needs some positive news...

Coronavirus in Ethiopia: 'Incredible recovery of man aged over 100'

Aba Tilahun, who is 114 according to his family, was discharged after two weeks of treatment.

www.bbc.com

He also was given anti-biotics and the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone, which has been hailed as a ground-breaking treatment for hospital patients seriously ill with Covid-19.

 

[Lupus]

Nah... Level 3.01.01 Advanced, with Retardedness level 9000

Yup instead of just dropping to level 2, lets add more regulations to 3, or how about as the president said, put it in our hands.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yup instead of just dropping to level 2, lets add more regulations to 3, or how about as the president said, put it in our hands.

Can't do that... Mama knows best.. we must listen to her.

 

[Lupus]

Can't do that... Mama knows best.. we must listen to her.

The one who has not spoken for sometime, but has just thrown things from her ivory tower.

 

[Gordon_R]

Incompetence and dysfunction leads to logic failure:

Nelson Mandela Bay: Govt should consider Level 4 for metro, says acting mayor | News24

Nelson Mandela Bay acting mayor Thsonono Buyeye believes the government should consider reverting the metro to Level 4, with burdened hospitals and a lack of social distancing among the growing concerns.

www.news24.com

 

[bwana]

Incompetence and dysfunction leads to logic failure:

Nelson Mandela Bay: Govt should consider Level 4 for metro, says acting mayor | News24

Nelson Mandela Bay acting mayor Thsonono Buyeye believes the government should consider reverting the metro to Level 4, with burdened hospitals and a lack of social distancing among the growing concerns.

www.news24.com

Yep. Doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen though.

 

[Lupus]

Incompetence and dysfunction leads to logic failure:

Nelson Mandela Bay: Govt should consider Level 4 for metro, says acting mayor | News24

Nelson Mandela Bay acting mayor Thsonono Buyeye believes the government should consider reverting the metro to Level 4, with burdened hospitals and a lack of social distancing among the growing concerns.

www.news24.com

The level system doesn't work, proper social distancing, mask wearing and washing hands would work better. Locking people away is what caused a lot of the issues, another one was the stupid 50 people at funerals during the hard lockdown

 

[Paulsie]

Yup instead of just dropping to level 2, lets add more regulations to 3, or how about as the president said, put it in our hands.

Yup, let's just add more regulations to those that are now deemed invalid!!

 

[ViciousClone]

Aviation briefing

WATCH: Mbalula briefs media on aviation industry operations

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced that limited domestic air travel for business purposes would be allowed, subject to restrictions.

www.enca.com

 

[ViciousClone]

So far what I've got is 7 regional airports will open 1st of July. Which airports, i don't know yet.