South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 3

[daveza]

Yes.

You understand the problem many of us have with the crackdown since the beginning? The State of Disaster and the implementation of the NCCCCC suspends many of your constitutional rights as a citizen of SA.

Where in the regulations is there mention of enforced random testing ?

 

[Brian_G]

Where in the regulations is there mention of enforced random testing ?

Even if not, how many are going to say no to a cop in S.A.?

 

[LCBXX]

Literally Karin. FFS!

It makes sense since people are queuing for tests. Had they not been queueing, would there be a spike?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Seems to be primarily driven by the Eastern Cape.

Last week Western Cape hit 20 percent, which is far too high.

 

[Paulsie]

Motorists may be tested for Covid at Gauteng roadblocks this holiday

Screening for Covid-19 symptoms will be implemented at roadblocks to contain the virus’ spread during the festive period.

www.businessinsider.co.za

Sounds like a super-spreader event to me

 

[Paulsie]

Where in the regulations is there mention of enforced random testing ?

 

[noxibox]

Last week Western Cape hit 20 percent, which is far too high.

Western Cape government has messed up their calculation according to their own data. If it is 20% though then which area is reporting a very high rate? Look through the areas they list on their dashboard and see if you can find one over 10%. I couldn't. Either they're under-reporting individual areas or the total of 20% is wrong.

The way the Western Cape has calculated the overall percentage is to add all the individual percentages together. The way they've done it they'd be able to get a value over 100% if the rate went high enough in a few areas. In other words they'd be getting more positive results than tests being done.

And according to central government statistics last month, when the Western Cape was reporting 16%, the Western Cape was really under 10%. Looking at the numbers I'm inclined to believe they've done the calculation correctly.

 

[daveza]

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So they need to suspect you have Covid or you have to have been in contact with someone with Covid.

 

[LCBXX]

Alan Winde, who had Covid and recovered from it, which according to the NYT would make him immune, tweets a picture of him sitting alone in an online meeting with his mask on.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1336252092634308609

 

[garp]

Anecdotal, I know, but a huge amount of people I know are suddenly being diagnosed with Covid.. in JHB, not the Cape. Which makes me wonder about Gauteng's supposed low amount of active cases vs the Cape.

 

[MiW]

Sounds like a super-spreader event to me

Not yet reaching the ingenuity of the beginning of the lockdown, when police were sticking their hands in everyone's car boot and handbag, looking for smokes and alcohol.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Western Cape government has messed up their calculation according to their own data. If it is 20% though then which area is reporting a very high rate? Look through the areas they list on their dashboard and see if you can find one over 10%. I couldn't. Either they're under-reporting individual areas or the total of 20% is wrong.

The way the Western Cape has calculated the overall percentage is to add all the individual percentages together. The way they've done it they'd be able to get a value over 100% if the rate went high enough in a few areas. In other words they'd be getting more positive results than tests being done.

And according to central government statistics last month, when the Western Cape was reporting 16%, the Western Cape was really under 10%. Looking at the numbers I'm inclined to believe they've done the calculation correctly.

I'm getting the positivity rate from Sugan Naidoo, who in turns gets the data from the NICD.

 

[noxibox]

I'm getting the positivity rate from Sugan Naidoo, who in turns gets the data from the NICD.

So they're showing the wrong number too. I thought they had it correct. Find one sub-district in the Western Cape that has a positivity rate over 10% in the data the Western Cape is publishing. There aren't even many over 5%.

Makes me wonder about the positivity rates being reported elsewhere in South Africa too then. Are they just summing the percentages from each area too?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

So they're showing the wrong number too. I thought they had it correct. Find one sub-district in the Western Cape that has a positivity rate over 10% in the data the Western Cape is publishing. There aren't even many over 5%.

Makes me wonder about the positivity rates being reported elsewhere in South Africa too then. Are they just summing the percentages from each area too?

Where can you find positivity rates by sub-district? Best I can find on the WC dashboard is this (overall positivity rate for WC)

 

[MiW]

 

[Paulsie]

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So basically, don't go to hospital??

 

[MiW]

So basically, don't go to hospital??

Always the case, i found out that you can only be sick with something , if you go to a Doctor. Stay at home and have some days under the weather sounds much better

 

[MiW]

South African trial of AstraZeneca vaccine still months from efficacy results

Efficacy results may not be ready for months from a trial of AstraZeneca and Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine in South Africa, the principal investigator of the South African study told Reuters.

www.sowetanlive.co.za

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Plett Rage cancelled after Garden Route officials disallow permission | News24

The organiser did not get permission, but also felt it would be morally wrong to continue.

www.news24.com

 

[MiW]

Lots of stuff , second wave Ag tests , probably GP will go the way of EC, WC