Coronavirus update

[davidc4430]

Coronavirus update: Formula One Grand Prix called off, Trump announces travel ban, Tom Hanks tests positive

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-12/coronavirus-live-updates-mclaren-lewis-hamilton-travel-ban/12...

[myoclon1cjerk]

I'd pay little attention to the Washington Times, a pro-right paper owned by the Moonies.
Some quarters of the medical profession in the U.S suggest the official numbers don't reflect the real count i.e they're lower than they actually are.

[rogevibe]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
I'd pay little attention to the Washington Times, a pro-right paper owned by the Moonies.
Some quarters of the medical profession in the U.S suggest the official numbers don't reflect the real count i.e they're lower than they actually are.

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My view is that even MAD magazine is a reputable source if it links their suppositions to reputable sources 

Your stated read observation of covid deaths being lower than stated, in some quarters of the medical profession,  is what I had read about in my original text  . In my read text other existing respiratory illnesses were often evident like influenza , so the desire was to have all major severe respiratory related causes of death including coronavirus to be a published statistic along side coronavirus only stats - my reference to a covid antigen positive shark attack victims being included in covid death stats was literary license on my part to emphasise the issue 

[imastawka]

So when did Covid first erupt in China?

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/wuhan-airport-drill-for-passenger-with-a-new-type-of-coro...

[davidc4430]

i dont read much of the US press

what i do do is listen to the words comming out of the hole in the face of those in charge over there and just feel so sad for the people of that country.

trump and his hench people are insane!

they have no idea whats going on and act like the enoumous numbers of deaths and infections are nothing to be worried about.

now i hear boris of the UK acting the same way, dont fear death, get back to work?

insanity!

[lionrose.7]

New Zealand is down to Level 2, just on the news

We can trace apart from 2 people where the people with the Virus got it from.

It may seem easier because we only have 5 mil people, it is the only way

[ambercat16]

Yay, I can now think about getting home😎

Will still have to quarantine but at least I can get there

[imastawka]

Congrats Amber.     The family will be looking forward to your return.

       But mum is gunna miss the company.

[ambercat16]

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@imastawka wrote:

Congrats Amber.     The family will be looking forward to your return.

       But mum is gunna miss the company.

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Yeah, she is🥺

I think we have sorted out all the help she will need but there is no getting around her being on her own a lot of the time☹️

[bright.ton42]

I was surprised that Boris Johnson is seemingly so lax, I would have thought that  his close call with the virus might have pulled him up. I'm not sure of the restrictions in the UK.... must look them up.  

[rogevibe]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i dont read much of the US press

what i do do is listen to the words comming out of the hole in the face of those in charge over there and just feel so sad for the people of that country.

trump and his hench people are insane!

they have no idea whats going on and act like the enoumous numbers of deaths and infections are nothing to be worried about.

now i hear boris of the UK acting the same way, dont fear death, get back to work?

insanity!

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Both their economic and social systems do not enable then to do what we have done , as an example we can still fund mitigation support in-part because our export mining operations are isolated and continue earning revenue , whereas their exports are more non-isolatable manufacturing or  farming produce - basically they can not financially sustain an effective lockdown 

So the circumstances are different - what is insane is the UK continuing immigration @ 18+ million arrivals 3 months prior and up to 23rd March , I believe thousands are still streaming in each day.