South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 3

[Lupus]

So went near a post office on Monday, yeah it may as well have been normal, all the people waiting for grants. No masks, no social distancing, sharing food and drinks.
Though it's the RAGE events cause 15 year olds are at them??

 

[dualmeister]

@daveza

 

[daveza]

@daveza



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Yup - Morningside and Fisantekraal ?

 

[dualmeister]

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[daveza]

Third wave is always the one to ride.

 

[djbrendan]

Pot kek die.
If these fools hit this country with even lockdown 2 or 3. It's going to fall flat.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

No beaches for people in Durbs over the holiday season - I can see people simply ignoring this, however. The beach is as much part of KZN as it is in the Western Cape...

 

[Paulsie]

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No beaches for people in Durbs over the holiday season - I can see people simply ignoring this, however. The beach is as much part of KZN as it is in the Western Cape...

With one exception being granted for new years day

 

[Brian_G]

Translation for those suspecting mass hype - don't allow obvious crowds where possible, will further expose the lack of emergency.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Broke the 8000 mark today...

 

[dualmeister]

Broke the 8000 mark today...

More testing.
They have a Christmas agenda.

 

[sand_man]

Broke the 8000 mark today...

Herd immunity incoming.

 

[netstrider]

Protective facial masks worn by many medical practitioners not safe, study finds | News24

A study conducted on 36 masks, from 12 KN95 brands, by a team of medical experts from the University of Cape Town found none of them met stipulated safety requirements.

www.news24.com

Ha ha ha!

And here people are thinking their little cloth **** will help.

 

[rietrot]

Protective facial masks worn by many medical practitioners not safe, study finds | News24

A study conducted on 36 masks, from 12 KN95 brands, by a team of medical experts from the University of Cape Town found none of them met stipulated safety requirements.

www.news24.com

Ha ha ha!

And here people are thinking their little cloth **** will help.

At least it makes them feel safe.

 

[quovadis]

Herd immunity incoming.

Herd immunity requires our immune systems to continue producing antibodies as an immune response. Evidence to date so far suggests that this is not the case medium to long term.

 

[quovadis]

At least it makes them feel safe.

And here people are thinking their little cloth **** will help.

It’s about reducing risk of infection not preventing infection. People don’t understand the difference.

 

[Paulsie]

Herd immunity requires our immune systems to continue producing antibodies as an immune response. Evidence to date so far suggests that this is not the case medium to long term.

What bollocks!!! Immune system produces antibodies to eliminate current threat, after that antibodies stay behind for a while and then diminish. The memory of the attacker stays though - that's real immunity.

Funnily enough - locking down and self-isolating actually theoretically reduces antibodies over time as immune system is not being challenged.

 

[noxibox]

Herd immunity requires our immune systems to continue producing antibodies as an immune response. Evidence to date so far suggests that this is not the case medium to long term.

It does not require that. There's plenty of evidence of long term memory in the immune system for this type of virus.

But if you do want to maintain antibodies specifically then regular re-exposure is important.

 

[quovadis]

What bollocks!!! Immune system produces antibodies to eliminate current threat, after that antibodies stay behind for a while and then diminish. The memory of the attacker stays though - that's real immunity.

Funnily enough - locking down and self-isolating actually theoretically reduces antibodies over time as immune system is not being challenged.

Unfortunately your opinion and scientific fact suggests otherwise. The studies suggest the immune response is not consistent in terms of an innate or adaptive immune response in the event of re-exposure.

 

[noxibox]

It’s about reducing risk of infection not preventing infection. People don’t understand the difference.

Allegedly. But the way they're sold to the public and mandated by law indicates prevention as the driving factor. Plus any reduction in risk is going to be dependent on the mask worn. Nothing stops anyone from using cloth that doesn't block anything or an N95 that is leaking around the edges.