South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

[The_Mowgs]

My own BIL didn't even tell me he tested positive. And we're fairly close. He only told me today when he let it slip that he came from the doctor and has received the all clear.

Will pray...

 

[pouroverguy]

COVID-19 patients at Helen Joseph Hospital go 3 days without water

Had a good opinion of Helen Joseph due to the excellent treatment and level of care that I there back in 2015/2016, but it seems Guateng is trying to outdo the Eastern Cape for shockingly poor and inadequate healthcare facilities during this pandemic.

 

[Geoff.D]

True, but regardless what the percentage of asymptomatic or very mild cases is, the growth rate deduced from tested cases will still apply. It just means is that our case numbers are several days behind.

Knowing the actual number of asymptomatic or very mild cases would have been very helpful early on but at this stage it seems we are no longer concerned with halting the spread and are more focused on treatment (and doing a pretty terrible job at that as well).

In all provinces except possibly one.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Will pray...

Why?

 

[The_Mowgs]

Why?

That you have it

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Alcohol sales ban back in the spotlight amid complaints to govt's coronavirus command council | News24

The increase in the number alcohol-related trauma cases and its impact on the health system has been tabled before the National Coronavirus Command Council.

www.news24.com

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

That you have it

I've had it already

 

[tetrasect]

Alcohol sales ban back in the spotlight amid complaints to govt's coronavirus command council | News24

The increase in the number alcohol-related trauma cases and its impact on the health system has been tabled before the National Coronavirus Command Council.

www.news24.com

Not really an increase, it just went back to what it was before the lockdown, which was meant to build extra capacity beyond normal numbers. Now they can't even deal with the pre-lockdown numbers???!!!

 

[Paulsie]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1281536220691148805

As expected

At least they an use those off road mopeds to carry patients to the field hospital from all over both provinces

 

[Paulsie]

So come Monday smoking will be illegal in SA

Dr. Maria Cristina Profili, a WHO representative to Jordan, said the partnership between the health agency and the private sector came about beginning in March, when the coronavirus was spreading around the world.

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So they started this partnership at a time when WHO was still hesitant to declare this a pandemic?

Also, WHO in a partnership that pushes the sale of nicotine products? Why not recommend vaping, that already excludes the majority of harmful chemicals??

 

[Sinbad]

At least they an use those off road mopeds to carry patients to the field hospital from all over both provinces

No, cos they don't exist. It's a three year project.

 

[GRES]

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So they started this partnership at a time when WHO was still hesitant to declare this a pandemic?

Also, WHO in a partnership that pushes the sale of nicotine products? Why not recommend vaping, that already excludes the majority of harmful chemicals??

This is an interesting info:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2609784549295712

 

[RedViking]

This is an interesting info:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2609784549295712

Gru!

 

[Temujin]

WHO teams up with Google and Amazon against smoking

With the World Health Organization warning the globe’s 1.3 billion tobacco users are at higher risk during the global COVID-19 pandemic and in need of new tools to quit, it’s calling in the big guns.

mybroadband.co.za

warning the globe’s 1.3 billion tobacco users are at higher risk during the global COVID-19

the program will begin with a pilot in Jordan, which has some of the highest tobacco use rates in the world

*cough*

*cough*

 

[Paulsie]

This is an interesting info:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2609784549295712

The doek lady should be charged with crimes against humanity for her smoking ban.

Nicotine in nature repels pests (nicotinoids), so why would it not work inside ones body?

Edit: on the other hand, she might actually be a candidate for a Nobel peace prize as her smoking ban allowed for all those lethal black market nasties. Maybe that's why SA is doing so well with the mortality rates

 

[pouroverguy]

The doek lady should be charged with crimes against humanity for her smoking ban.

Nicotine in nature repels pests (nicotinoids), so why would it not work inside ones body?

Edit: on the other hand, she might actually be a candidate for a Nobel peace prize as her smoking ban allowed for all those lethal black market nasties. Maybe that's why SA is doing so well with the mortality rates

Are you suggesting that smoking is good for the body?

 

[tetrasect]

Are you suggesting that smoking is good for the body?

In terms of preventing Covid-19 infection, yes.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

In terms of preventing Covid-19 infection, yes.

Lmao

 

[Paulsie]

Are you suggesting that smoking is good for the body?

I'm suggesting that nicotine can be beneficial. Smoking and nicotine get interchanged all the time and one assumes the other.

I do not advocate to start smoking, but there is no short term benefit in stopping either, especially during a pandemic.

Yes the body starts to heal straight away, but there is also something called quitters cold, when the body is far more susceptible to infection shortly after quitting.

 

[Baboon with Lipstick]

In terms of preventing Covid-19 infection, yes.