South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

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LCBXX said:
Cue the "We need to beware of the second wave/Second wave in infection incoming" narrative for the Western cape.
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narrative for the Western cape.

The "them of the Health DP" can suck my hypothetical balls
 
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ToxicBunny said:
2 weeks guys, 2 weeks.
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Still 2 weeks? :unsure:
I'm sure it was 2 weeks months ago, or is my memory failing me?
Maybe that 2 weeks isn't in normal linear time, the virus must be working closer to the speed of light which would make it a couple of years to go?...
 
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Brian_G said:
Still 2 weeks? :unsure:
I'm sure it was 2 weeks months ago, or is my memory failing me?
Maybe that 2 weeks isn't in normal linear time, the virus must be working closer to the speed of light which would make it a couple of years to go?...
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We're on around 50,000 daily cases. What more do you want?
 
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Ramaphosa: Attempting to profit from a disaster is the action of scavengers

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again expressed concern about rampant corruption during the state of national disaster to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

In his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa said those responsible for siphoning state funds would be dealt with decisively and harshly.

He said it was “difficult to understand the utter lack of conscience that leads a businessperson who has heeded the call to provide lifesaving supplies during a devastating pandemic to inflate the price of a surgical mask by as much as 900%”.

“Nor can one explain why a councillor would stockpile emergency food parcels meant for the poor for their own family, or why another councillor would divert water tankers en route to a needy community to their own home.

“It is impossible to discern what drives an entire family whose member stole funds meant for unemployed workers to go on a spending spree, buying cars, paying for renovations and beauty treatments, and even tombstones,” Ramaphosa said.
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Sure, laugh it off, if you consider a few deaths enough to bring a planet to a halt...

And don't get me started about the "infection rates" again.
 
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Brian_G said:
Sure, if you consider a few deaths enough to bring a planet to a halt...

And don't get me started about the "infection rates" again.
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Yea it's always just a few deaths when it's not your own mother, wife or daughter isn't it.!

And no. Don't get started about the infection rates again
 
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Grant said:
Yea it's always just a few deaths when it's not your own mother, wife or daughter isn't it.!
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Being realistic about the overreaction doesn't mean those of us who are are also unkind, I for one certainly empathise with any suffering.
 
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Brian_G said:
Being realistic about the overreaction doesn't mean those of us who are are also unkind, I for one certainly empathise with any suffering.
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Overreaction?
People working in ICU environments in our hospitals watch on as multiple dead bodies are wheeled out of the ward every day
 
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