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- NBQ000
This video was uploaded over 4 months ago before we heard about Coronavirus
- Bennn0
CDC is starting to compile some stats...
About 17% of people between the ages of 20 and 44 who were confirmed to have COVID-19 had to be hospitalized, of which 3% were admitted to intensive care.
- Bennn0
70% less people in the Montreal subway... its crazy. No traffic in the streets too. Its like during the Christmast Holidays.
- Nairn2
Wish I'd shut up and not said anything about new work contacts this week - the two I had simply disappeared, after a few emails back and forth but before I'd even quoted, so I know it's nothing to do with costings etc.
I've just completed the first half of a large-ish project that's been in the wings for a couple of months now, so i need to get that out and paid-for - but aside from that I've earned a slightly comical £65 this week otherwise.
Everything. Has. Simply. Stopped.
Partner's going absolutely spare - she's in TV/Film and I came into the kitchen this morning to find her in tears after she'd read an article in the Guardian about the implosion in her industry, with productions being cancelled all over the place. Doesn't help that her particular angle is European productions, which is definitely not happening any time soon.
ho hum.
- Nutter1
The US were offered the tests that are proved to work by the WHO, but no, they had to make their own because of business interests...
"Early CDC tests couldn't distinguish between coronavirus and water"
- argh, first link is just a image, second one is the articleNutter
- yuekit8
What a shitshow. This wasn't necessary. Look at South Korea, Japan, Singapore, other Asian countries. Things aren't perfect but they got the situation under control.
The USA and other Western governments OTOH stupidly waited two months to do anything when the threat was clear all along.
Then when it was finally too late they decided to overreact and basically sacrifice the entire global economy without any clear idea of whether this would actually solve the problem.
- yesterday I got downvoted for saying thisNBQ00
- More people will die alone at home because of hardship than because of the this fucking virus...grafician
- Well, I'm with both of you on this.Continuity
- NBQ this is the post you're talking about? "Many people will die anyway if we do a lockdown or not." https://is.gd/JRjZBb… You are deranged fella :Dkingsteven
- I tried to say what yuekit is sayingNBQ00
- timeline.. said this a week agoshapesalad
- https://summit.news/…********
- Republitards being Republitards
God, Guns & Grits®utopian - what evidence do you go off of yuekit that shit is under control?********
- And where u scared 2 months ago? And the .measures taken elsewhere to destroy economy was reason to pause.********
- Do we believe the quarantine controlled the outbreak at the price of 2 month utter destruction of asset value. Or more than likely just a speed bump********
- zaq4
- Continuity0
Here we go: the curfew hammer just fell on the whole of Bavaria. Only allowed out to go to the supermarket or pharmacy, to visit a dying relative or sick child in hospital, or to take a walk/jog to get some air (only solo or with people you live with).
25 000 € fine for non-compliance.
- Our Gov leaked a similar "plan" but they said is "NOT going to be pursued" - but all of us in chorus "YET!"grafician
- Also nobody thought about the psychological effects of this fucking quarantine! I'm good alone, but from all the people I know, I'm mostly an exception!grafician
- Many people will go mad alone.grafician
- All this because nobody really knows how long do we need to stay home. For now it's emergency 30 days here. We'll see.grafician
- We're getting the curfew provisionally for 2 weeks. I suppose with the option to extend.
What fucking times we live in.Continuity - What about people going to and from work?Nairn
- Same happening in California and probably NYC any minute now.monospaced
- @Nairn: people going to and from work are allowed, but only if there's no other choice (e.g.: home office not an option)Continuity
- Ah, ok - that makes sense. I'm about 2½ weeks from being able to work from home and am utterly petrified if shit goes south before then :\ Godspeed, man xNairn
- utopian-1
Second dog tests positive for coronavirus as owners warned not to abandon pets
- First dog to test positive for coronavirus has died in Hong Kongutopian
- 'The dog ultimately tested negative; it is believed the positive swabs simply indicated that his mouth & nose were contaminated from the household.'webazoot
- Re the 1st dog.webazoot
- the first dog eventually tested negative but died from being isolated and away from it's owner for 2 weeks :(kingsteven
- there's been a load of testing on household animals and livestock though and this is the second positive, first one was incorrect...kingsteven
- yuekit0
Been watching US financial channels. A week ago the hosts would end every interview by asking the guest when it was time to "buy the dip." Under Trump these guys have become addicted to the stock market perpetually going up like a junkie.
Now it's more like this...
- autoflavour0
Here comes the cash grab..
what’s next, is chips implanted so we can all be easily scanned and transacted.. ?
for the good of the quarantine.. we must get rid of money.. then cards will be dirty too..
- neverscared0
A picture shows a drone used by police officers to control people on the ‘Promenade des Anglais’ in the French Riviera city of Nice, on March 19, 2020, on the third day of a strict lockdown in France.
- grafician3
Ok, so basically there's a 2 way to avert a total meltdown:
1. go hard at it, close everything down, keep people at home for a short period of time - 1-2 months. This gives the medical system time to sort things out.
Meanwhile produce ALL the test-kits in the world.
2. Go in and test everybody - I mean every living person everywhere! Twice!
All those confirmed positive, go to hospitals/quarantine zones or simply under lockdown home.
All those not sick, resume life.
This is more or less suppression.
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These 2 articles are making the rounds:
"This Is How We Can Beat the Coronavirus
Mitigation can buy us time, but only suppression can get us to where we need to be."
https://www.theatlantic.com/idea…"Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance
What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time"https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/c…
These articles are reasonable, fact checked, can be shared with everybody.
- we seem to be going for 1. here in DKNutter
- Same here in RO - 1 month emergency lockdown (is not mandatory, for now), people seem to respect it.grafician
- #1 in Canada too. The problem with #2 is overload in hospitals and lots of deadsBennn
- and the problem for #1 and #2 is the metldown of the economy..Bennn
- 1 and 2 are not separate options but the order of execution.
Fucking LOLdeadsperm - @Bennn you just been bennnsplained man LOLgrafician
- Getting tested isn't the same as getting vaccinated. Tests don't cure or prevent virus. They only help you know if you should quarantine yourself.********
- And right now we're trying to just quarantine everyone. Or we should be.********
- yuekit-2
Cost of one person's COVID-19 treatment in the US: $35k
You would expect this would at least be for life-threatening illness and a lengthy hospital stay right?
Nope, just testing for the virus and a few visits to the ER.
- I think the medical bankruptcy numbers will be really interesting after this plays outR_Kercz
- I THINK all this will be subsidized if not covered. Depends on how socialist the republicans feel this week.monospaced
- we Canadians are so luckyBennn
- The society was sick a long time ago.PhanLo
- Woaa! Here you could live decently for 2 years with that, still paying taxes and having free medical care.grafician
- this doesnt have any equivalent in the world. noneBeeswax
