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...

[davidc4430]

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@eol-products wrote:

My partner had her dentist appointment cancelled as the dentist was stuck on a cruise ship. 

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not often you have to take a cruise to get your teeth checked

[davewil1964]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Are the Olympics being postponed because of coronavirus? Organisers say they don't have to decide yet

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-20/tokyo-olympics-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19/12072950

the question is why arnt the Olympics being postponed?

because they cost billions of $ and money talks?

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There isn't a postponement option - it's go or cancel.

[domino-710]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@eol-products wrote:

My partner had her dentist appointment cancelled as the dentist was stuck on a cruise ship. 

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not often you have to take a cruise to get your teeth checked

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What is this ............................

[myoclon1cjerk]

“Shock jock Alan Jones again courted controversy this week, saying that Australia is now ‘facing the health version of global warming. Exaggeration in almost everything. Certainly in description, and certainly in behaviour.'”

Isn't it time this drip was tied up in a sack and thrown overboard off Sydney Heads?

[bright.ton42]

Yes. 

[davewil1964]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
“Shock jock Alan Jones again courted controversy this week, saying that Australia is now ‘facing the health version of global warming. Exaggeration in almost everything. Certainly in description, and certainly in behaviour.'”

Isn't it time this drip was tied up in a sack and thrown overboard off Sydney Heads?

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Even Steve Price had a go at him.

[lionrose.7]

Went to the doctors today and the seating had been changed to about a metre apart, I did suck on a cough lolly so I did not cough and clear the room.

There is a guy wondering around Tauranga with a Metre stick asking no one go past it !!!!

Large super market no Loo rolls, Local 4square still has

loo rolls and paper towels but no long life milk ??

No mince meat any where ???

Local 4square say NO they do not deliver wine, so much fof self isolation 🙂

(Pssst will exchange Loo paper for wine)

Instructions: place wine on deck and I will throw Loo paper at you 

[flashie*]

*chuckles*...............and all those years you said you didnt drink alcohol.

The have closed most of our major tourist attractions here..........Mona.......Salamanca Market...........Port Arthur.

[rogespeed]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@rogespeed wrote:

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ok , so what now ? the infection rate curb is not flattening like South Korea's , maybe we should be studying their mitigation and  treatment procedures 

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This is what seems to work, who would have thought:

https://www.livescience.com/small-italian-town-cuts-coronavirus-cases-testing.html

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So seems mass testing and strict isolation with effective border controls is the only way once the virus becomes entrenched - pending a vaccine 

There seems to be some sort of block regarding sourcing test kits - i found a European company who can supply ( but not to Australia ) in 5 minutes searching on the net 

[rogespeed]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

US President Donald Trump says anti-malaria drug could be coronavirus 'game changer'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-20/trump:-anti-malaria-drug-could-be-virus-game-changer/12073424

scientists and doctors worldwide can be heard saying

OMG, Donald, you might just have found the needle in the haystack! we would never have thought of testing 'other' drugs on this virus!

why arnt you in charge of this mess?

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He is a business person , he avails himself to be highly connected , including sources that are not mainstream