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Its about the same here its getting bad in the u.s. the total number I think like tripled in like 3 days or something like that its getting crazy.
China doesnt give a c**p about enviroment either , toxic waste dumped right in the rivers
Its not the first time either , 1968/2003......with the total lack of hygiene its no wonder stuff like this can happen - and sadly will happen again if they dont get their c**p together afa sanitation
I saw that too. Really bizarre. Everything in that excerpt looks to be pointing in the direction of COVID-19. Hard to believe it is not, but if they say it isn't who am I to question that?
Let it (not) be (food) , good pun huh ;)
Thats an old post now. It says the death rate is 4,700, yet we are now at 27,417.
Either the post is very old, or the death rate has jumped at an alarming rate. Either way, I'm not sure why you keep posting these, as though its some justification for saying COVID isn't that bad..?
awwwww....bats are so cute! :-*
On a slightly positive note, the numbers of hospitalised infected in my country, Belgium, are still growing but not exponentially anymore. Same with the number of Corona deaths. Our virologists seem cautiously optimistic that our rapid response and decisive measures are beginning to pay off...
I was impressed by the decisive way our government responded to the matter.
We were called "a failed state" before, but what we can pride ourselves in is
- the fact that we're leaving the de facto decision making over to scientists, not politicians;
- in times like these, we can set our petty differences aside and unite against a common enemy.
We're not there yet, far from it, but I have good hopes that we're slowly getting there.
100% agreed.
Poor people. What an unworthy treatment.
100 deaths reached on January 27th (18 days later).
500 deaths reached on February 5th (9 days later).
1,000 deaths reached on February 10th (5 days later).
5,000 deaths reached on March 13th (32 days later).
10,000 deaths reached on March 19th (6 days later).
15,000 deaths reached on March 23rd (4 days later).
20,000 deaths reached on March 25th (2 days later).
25,000 deaths reached on March 27th (2 days later).
30,000 deaths reached on March 28th (1 day later).
What we all need to remember is that currently, more people have recovered from COVID-19 than have died from it - the media would rather, of course, fearmonger things rather than occasionally mentioning this vital fact. In the UK news, it's just constant updates of number of cases and number of deaths. I'm taking this seriously if course, as are all of my close friends (I'm currently entertaining them by recording videos of myself reading the Ian Fleming books) but constantly checking figures will just make the situation feel more bleak and depressing than it already is. Let's just try and keep our spirits up and keep our news updates to a minimum if we can.
I disagree, I feel the figures are important. It goes hand in hand with taking it seriously. Pretending that people aren't dying isn't helpful.
There are plenty of threads for distractions if that is what you are looking for! :)
Where on earth in my post did I come across as if I was 'pretending that people aren't dying'? The newspaper that I read the most is The Guardian. I look at it every day mostly for opinion and culture articles. Ever since this situation started, their front page is full of Coronavirus headlines in a bright orange font, frequently updating the amount of cases and deaths in the UK as well as round the world (with a flashing bulletpoint next to live event articles). I have to stop myself from reading the figure updates because there I feel there is a real danger of habitually looking at them / developing a morbid fascination of watching numbers go up. I just don't see how getting constant updates about new cases / deaths (yet almost nothing about people who've recovered) can possibly help reassure people or help their state of mind - if anything it's doing the exact opposite.
The United States has had a mass shooting every 14 days since 1985?
Most gun availability, most mass murders with guns. You'd think that'd pretty much wrap that up, wouldn't you.
Mass shooting or school shooting (which often leads to much fewer victims than the former), but yes. TheY passed their longest period without such tragedy 2 days ago already.
--New info from the WHO as of Friday says the virus does NOT seem to linger in the air or be capable of spreading through the air over distances more than about three feet, but is transmitted through large "respiratory droplets and contact routes" via coughing and sneezing. But at least one expert says it's way too soon to know for sure. (link at bottom)
--Sweden is still totally open for business! Grade schools, bars, restaurants, sports events, borders and ski resorts are open. But starting today, they're banning public gatherings of over 50 people. Sweden does have the usual common sense advisories.
--Cases in many parts of the U.S. have continued to rise.
--In B.C. Canada, new info shows the transmission rate there has dropped by double digits. (If I remember correctly, infection rates in Italy, China, South Korea and Germany have also been, or were, falling. The Italian Prime Minister just said they may reopen schools Friday if rates drop and it's feasible.)
--Dr. Fauci is "really confident" that people who recover from coronavirus can become immune to it.
--A Business Insider poll of over 1,100 people from a SurveyMonkey audience shows, in the U.S., the median Republican thinks the crisis would be over in about 2 months, but the median Democrat thinks that'll happen in about 3 months. I side with the Republicans on this.
--The Trump administration's working on new guidelines for social distancing, based on whether certain counties are at low, medium or high risk.
--New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that quarantining everyone together in New York City may not have been the best strategy because the virus could cross age groups more easily. His state is working on a plan to try to get people back to work in a smart, safe way.
--Oxford University research suggests over two-thirds of the UK may have already been infected with the coronavirus. But health experts say the research has key failings and is open to over-interpretation.
--And, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) President Dana White is "hellbent" on staging UFC 249, a major fight night, on April 18th, despite the pandemic. The headliners: your lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Tony Ferguson, but with no fans in attendance.
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations?fbclid=IwAR2R63dduj7ajkqgDwb30ve-KS0iU6_N6xjH2jZrxQ7zelUfN3HqZIw7B-U
I believe that’s quite likely.
If you don't want to read statistics updates about the coronavirus, don't go into the coronavirus discussion thread.
It's that simple.
Anyone willing to run away from that, should probably avoid this thread, the News, papers--in fact, all media. But "ignorance is bliss" really doesn't hold up these days. This isn't about "sleeping well at night"; this is about understanding what's going on, about facing the facts and about taking the matter seriously.
Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity and thank @DaltonCraig007 and others who continue to provide us with the numbers.