South African Covid-19 News and Discussions

[Sinbad]

*populace. Populous is an adjective

 

[MachoPants]

Is this necessary?

It adds no value to the debate

Quite true nonetheless

 

[krycor]

Semi contained.. because there are plenty morons like the okes in my area who go shopping regularly as a way to get out of the house.. (I see you driving out).

This means the perfect lockdown, contain and resume 21 days later is not possible and a staggered, responsive & random test driven / infection reporting approach to bringing this back to semi normalcy is needed.

So why can’t you gather with friends, fly on you vac etc? Because idiot, narcist, entitled folk are a large % of tolerable populace these days due to dumb parenting.

 

[Lupus]

Pretty much.. the whole point of lockdown is not merely to limit spread but also to quickly assess the spread directly via testing & stats (random phase is also part of this) and cases coming in.

Now granted mild cases will go by unnoticed.. the 21 day period was chosen to let it run its course (+/-14 days).

BUT that assumed isolation was perfect. People will claim that we just have lesser cases(mild only) or unreported deaths.. on the latter.. as much as SA has problems, I don’t think that is one of them.

The milder hypothesis is statistically abnormal due to context.. yes we have a younger populous (relatively, this is why politics here is populous.. high unemployment, high youth % check history everywhere) but we also have high rates of hiv, tb & poor housing conditions .. all of which will result in more deaths.

So unless there is a sudden spike in the last week (deaths or infection report due to hospitalization) we will be in a semi contained state. This is where people disagree on how to open up things there after but yah..

It's all a very grim numbers game unfortunately and so far the numbers look in our favour, but we will have to see.

 

[Lupus]

*populace. Populous is an adjective

It's also a game from the 80s and 90s by defunct Bullfrog studios.

 

[krycor]

Heh

 

[Geoff.D]

We had an issue yesterday about visitors to our gated community.
Half sadi ban all visitors half said we cant issue such an instructions and a third half said call the police. Outcome? No resolution.

 

[Lupus]

We had an issue yesterday about visitors to our gated community.
Half sadi ban all visitors half said we cant issue such an instructions and a third half said call the police. Outcome? No resolution.

wouldn't it be a third? Cause you can't have 3 halves ;-)

 

[Geoff.D]

wouldn't it be a third? Cause you can't have 3 halves ;-)

Yes you can, because some are so stupid they can't make a point and stick to it. Comment was sarcastic not mathematically correct. In other words there were plenty of "draadsitters".

 

[cavedog]

I see that guy that was trending when he made a video of himself with swab in his nose saying test kits are contaminated and contains the virus and that 5G is microwaving people has been arrested.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Forced removals?

But yeah, it has to be done. The density in Alex is completely unhealthy

2000 people targeted in Duncan Village. Population 100k.
2% to be moved.

 

[Sinbad]

2000 people targeted in Duncan Village. Population 100k.
2% to be moved.

So, lip service :/

 

[MEIOT]

I see that guy that was trending when he made a video of himself with swab in his nose saying test kits are contaminated and contains the virus and that 5G is microwaving people has been arrested.

Some good news

 

[MEIOT]

Lockdown: Some Alexandra residents ready to defy quarantine orders if they test positive

Some residents of Setjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg are seemingly ready to disobey the government's efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic from spreading in the area.

www.news24.com

And some not good news

 

[Willie Trombone]

So, lip service :/

...and moved to temporary housing. Not sure what the point is TBH. Maybe the 2000 are 2000 in a high density part. Just seems more like a social experiment.

 

[nivek]

Semi contained.. because there are plenty morons like the okes in my area who go shopping regularly as a way to get out of the house.. (I see you driving out).

This is why they need to ease the restrictions slightly and let people exercise on their own, go for walks, etc, just let people out the house for a bit of fresh air, as long as the activity is low risk

 

[Paulsie]

I think it is slowly and quietly becoming rampant throughout SA. Look at where it has popped up (hospitals, Vavi, potilics, townships, municipal market...). I think the big issue is that we are only seeing cases that were tested (minimal) + those who were infected (not identified) and got so bad they had to be hospitalized.

 

[HelterSkelter]

What was the dude's name with the ear bud in his nose??? Apparently he was responsible previously for claiming to have discovered a body as well... i want to check if there is any truth to that.

Not sure, but I think many people call him "That Idiot"

 

[lumeer]

I was startled to discover that nearly one in five South Africans is HIV positive. I never realised that the number was that high. I wonder if ART might confer some protective effect. Probably not.

 

[ProfA]

I was startled to discover that nearly one in five South Africans is HIV positive. I never realised that the number was that high. I wonder if ART might confer some protective effect. Probably not.

One thing South Africans do very well is fck.