South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292701044062003200

ANC > SA

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

From r/dataisbeautiful. The ANC can be thankful the mainstream media don't really look at this statistic.

(Edit: The above is only for the top 25 countries in the world by population). A more completed one is below:

 

[Temujin]

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From r/dataisbeautiful. The ANC can be thankful the mainstream media don't really look at this statistic.

(Edit: The above is only for the top 25 countries in the world by population). A more completed one is below:

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Winning, we are led, something something lockdowns work something

 

[Azg]

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From r/dataisbeautiful. The ANC can be thankful the mainstream media don't really look at this statistic.

(Edit: The above is only for the top 25 countries in the world by population). A more completed one is below:

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Do they have graphs spanning a longer period? From what I can see this shows which countries are in the middle / peak of the pandemic. For example if you didn't notice that it says last 7 days you would think Italy was less affected by Covid-19 than SA, which is not true.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Do they have graphs spanning a longer period? From what I can see this shows which countries are in the middle / peak of the pandemic. For example if you didn't notice that it says last 7 days you would think Italy was less affected by Covid-19 than SA, which is not true.

I did notice it was last seven 7 days. The worldometer website has deaths per million, we are 32nd currently (I think we were 44th last week).

 

[Currantly]

I did notice it was last seven 7 days. The worldometer website has deaths per million, we are 32nd currently (I think we were 44th last week).

World average is currently 94.2, we are at 175. We were much closer to the average a couple of weeks ago.

 

[pouroverguy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292779709877686272

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292779709877686272

Exactly. Don't tell that to governments though.

 

[tetrasect]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292779709877686272

Those people really know how to talk kak...

 

[Polymathic]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292779709877686272

No government is actually taming the virus by ensuring as many people as possible get infected. #HerdImmunity

 

[IceyQ]

So we doing bets on what will happen on the 15th at the 11th hour? Seeing as TERS and the DAct will reach its non-conclusion (open-end, of course, to be restarted at a whim)

 

[ToxicBunny]

So we doing bets on what will happen on the 15th at the 11th hour? Seeing as TERS and the DAct will reach its non-conclusion (open-end, of course, to be restarted at a whim)

You get an extension! You get an extension! You all get an extension!

 

[IceyQ]

You get an extension! You get an extension! You all get an extension!

Fekking RIP Oprah XD

 

[Temujin]

Oops... not that anything will happen to anyone

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Fewer than 10,000 businesses helped by scheme intended to assist 700,000

Three months after the launch of the R200bn Covid-19 relief plan, only 6.6% has been paid out

www.businesslive.co.za

More than three months after launching a R200bn scheme to help businesses hit by lockdown keep paying rent and salaries, only R13.26bn or 6.6% has been paid out.

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the relief towards the end of April, he said: “It is expected that the scheme will support over 700,000 firms and more than 3-million employees through this difficult period.”

The recent National Income Dynamics Study’s coronavirus rapid mobile survey, a nationally representative study of 7,000 people, revealed that about 3-million people have lost their jobs as a result of the lockdown.

However, by August 1 only 23% of 39,677 applicants, or about 9,125 businesses, that had applied for loans from the government-backed Covid-19 loan scheme had been granted relief. This amounts to about 1.3% of the number of companies Ramaphosa said would be helped, and a similarly tiny fraction of those who have lost their jobs.

 

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South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

ANC > SA

mybroadband.co.za

Banks aren't keen on some of the risks despite the loans being guaranteed by government

SA’s great R200bn Covid bailout flop

A woeful 3.5% of the state’s R200bn loan scheme has been issued to desperate businesses. So what’s the hold-up?

www.businesslive.co.za

 

[braailekker11]

Thought the coronavirus left SA a while back. Oh well.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Oops... not that anything will happen to anyone

fml ... I had to look at that teaser image twice and ultimately play the clip a bit to confirm that's not George Soros

almost wondered wtf he's doing meddling in our affairs

 

[Paulsie]

Banks aren't keen on some of the risks despite the loans being guaranteed by government

SA’s great R200bn Covid bailout flop

A woeful 3.5% of the state’s R200bn loan scheme has been issued to desperate businesses. So what’s the hold-up?

www.businesslive.co.za

What's not well known is the fact that the government guarantees these loans only if they comply with normal credit risk assessments (if they do not, the banks are liable for the full loss). That is why banks run full credit checks, ask borrowers for collateral and why these loans are not being subscribed.
Yet another great sounding idea gone wrong, to the detriment of those who needed it the most

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Eish, only 16000 tests completed yesterday. Public holiday effect no doubt