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I honestly think that smokers have other concerns, more important ones even, than this virus. The number of people dying from the habits of smoking, on a monthly basis, including second-hand smoking, still largely exceeds the mortality figures for Corona.
That said, ciggies aren't living cells. By the time any shipment has arrived in your country, the virus, if present, is surely no longer active.
Karma, but only for Horny Harvey?
Exactly. I have taken it seriously from the start, but I was not too concerned for my own life or for my loved ones. That's changing, I'm afraid to say.
I have not read reports about the link betwen smoking and the death rates of younger victims, but it might be a factor. They smoke like chimneys in Italy.
Italy has recorded 602 deaths from the coronavirus today, becoming the first country to reach 6,000 fatalities.
On the other hand the number of infections is slowing down and it’s the second day in a row. Quarantine is slowly working. The numbers from Lombardy are hopeful especially in Milan...
Yes. 793 deaths on Saturday, 651 yesterday and 602 today. Hopefully this trends continue in the next few days.
Italy first hit 150 deaths in a day on March 10th, and their 793 deaths peak was on March 21st.
Well the peak in Italy is expected next week end. In Lombardy is slowing down a bit but in most of the other regions is increasing...
Meanwhile in China:
China Reopens More Than 500 Cinemas as Coronavirus Threat Recedes
Hoogstraten - at the border crossing with The Netherlands.
Acting quickly is of the essence. I guess for most people, this felt like a surreal thing; hence the delays. Plus, the Brits are notoriously stubborn people. ;-)
Humanity is very disheartening.
Spain has recorded 514 deaths today so far. The worldwide death-toll has now passed 17,000.
https://www.skysports.com/live-blog/12040/11945306/coronavirus-latest-how-outbreak-is-affecting-sport
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-lockdown-london-underground-tube-17969150
Yep, no-one has thought this through which I knew would happen because you can't expect a leader of a country to go tv, give almost zero advance warning, spout a few rules with little or no planning and expect people to obey them.
I think a lockdown is 100 percent crazy (the economic consequences are mind boggling as well as the huge resources needed to keep many people from breaking the rules of the lockdown!) but if we are having one it should be a full lockdown. No trains, no buses for anyone but essential workers. People with essential jobs should get a government ID pass to prove they need to use trains and buses. That's how to do it. Sigh. Zero planning.
Also, it makes sense to deploy the army at all or most large supermarkets to stop people taking too much loo roll and other stuff. We're supposed to be in this together so that means a ration on certain items!
As I say, the lockdown is crazy, no-one in government had thought any of it through so we'll just make a mess of it and hope the virus doesn't infect more people! Crazy but life is now officially crazy. God knows where this is all going.
Why would a total lockdown be crazy? What about the economy? People are dying, mate. Let's worry about the economy when the death toll starts declining again. Britain waited too long to establish hard measures and yes, now it's all messy. Brexitland is notoriously stubborn. I love the Brits, don't get me wrong, but too many still think themselves on top of the world, invulnerable. I wish they'd have responded sooner.
Same with the USA. Two weeks ago, Corona was still called a 'liberal hoax' by the same man who has since been hoarding useful medical products from all over the world, leaving very little for those of us who have actually been taking this thing seriously since day one.
There is little doubt that, as a nation, we have not taken the threat as seriously as we should have done and we IMHO will pay a huge price. I'm not sure where arrogance ends and stupidity starts.
No matter who or what created this covid19 sh*t, we should all be helping each other. /:)