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Geoff.D said:
Have no idea. The figures we get in our area are very erratic.

See the Mediahack website for more detail.
One H of a peak in EC and GP, which does not seem to be correct and suggests thta deaths have NOT been reported consistently in these two provinces.


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I think they acknowledged in the E. Cape that they had somehow missed a bunch of Covid death reports and added them all in to the same day's stats.
 
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I think they acknowledged in the E. Cape that they had somehow missed a bunch of Covid death reports and added them all in to the same day's stats.
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In this morning's news, triggered by completely meaningless statistics published, and a few hours later corrected, KZN has now come out with concerns that many people are dying at home of Covid 19 and those deaths are thus not being logged by the health department in the daily statistics.
More and more evidence coming out that the statistics logged by the health department are not reflecting what is really going on.
 
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Geoff.D said:
In this morning's news, triggered by completely meaningless statistics published, and a few hours later corrected, KZN has now come out with concerns that many people are dying at home of Covid 19 and those deaths are thus not being logged by the health department in the daily statistics.
More and more evidence coming out that the statistics logged by the health department are not reflecting what is really going on.
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Could've told you this, the stats are just meaningless.
 
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Geoff.D said:
In this morning's news, triggered by completely meaningless statistics published, and a few hours later corrected, KZN has now come out with concerns that many people are dying at home of Covid 19 and those deaths are thus not being logged by the health department in the daily statistics.
More and more evidence coming out that the statistics logged by the health department are not reflecting what is really going on.
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They can only log what is official. If they tested the people that are dead and sent away samples it will be logged?
 
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Is this “social engineering by decree”, asked Johann Rupert last week.

The chair of Remgro was referencing the cognitive dissonance implied in the fact that taxis are packed, yet restaurants are collapsing all around us, and the government is demanding billions for a new airline, yet it has closed down industries, banning alcohol and tobacco sales.

Rupert’s point is that logically, none of this makes sense.

But the contradictions in the lockdown rules speak to a far cruder political calculation.

The ANC was advised on two things by the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) – the group of doctors and scientists advising the government on Covid-19 – insiders tell the FM: first, if you’re serious about limiting infections during the peak, you can’t afford to have taxis at 100% capacity; second, the science says schools should, largely, be kept open.

And yet, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decisions on both those issues, alarmingly, appear to have gone against the advice of the scientists. How could this be?
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www.businesslive.co.za

ROB ROSE: Schools and taxis — the emperor is naked

Lockdown decisions are political choices, made because the ANC is politically weak
www.businesslive.co.za www.businesslive.co.za
 
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Geoff.D said:
In this morning's news, triggered by completely meaningless statistics published, and a few hours later corrected, KZN has now come out with concerns that many people are dying at home of Covid 19 and those deaths are thus not being logged by the health department in the daily statistics.
More and more evidence coming out that the statistics logged by the health department are not reflecting what is really going on.
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Worth reading an independent an objective view of the SA statistics:
www.bbc.com

Coronavirus in South Africa: Why the low fatality rate may be misleading

As coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals.
www.bbc.com
 
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Chris_the_Brit said:
A more honest article than the one he wrote in early April praising the great leadership of Cyril. Weird this article is not spreading like wildfire on WhatsApp groups as the April one... :sneaky:
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Pretty normal Social media is never interested in facts and the truth, only in the hype and BS that supports their idiotic views. Look at how quickly the BLM movement stopped pushing their BS in SA as soon as the protests in the USA started being responsible for more atrocious violence, injury and deaths.
 
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