COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

Repeat after me ... must get a life.

That is not the first time i have heard that ha

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

African nations will be the best at containing it. I just got back from West Africa yesterday and was chatting about it. They contained ebola effectively after all.
Lots about Africa will lend itself to containment. Lots of villages live in compounds, families live together and sustain eachother, there are militaries that dont take any shit, non democratic leaderships that impose the will they want. People dont move about as much as in western countries, and they are very effective at keeping their homes and themselves clean, due to the red dust that African villages and towns are built on and people live amongst, and the insects that can come into the house. It isnt third world in the way people think either. They have historically lived with managing disease in a way that other continents havent. It will spread everywhere but Africa wont be disproportionately affected

Your post is a little anachronistic imo. Africa isn’t just defined principally rurally now; it has some huge cities where this could sweep through and devastate.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Nice to see ads for mask popping up on here, I think they are trying to tell us something

 

[aguero93:20]

Nice to see ads for mask popping up on here, I think they are trying to tell us something

That you've been googling masks?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Your post is a little anachronistic imo. Africa isn’t just defined principally rurally now; it has some huge cities where this could sweep through and devastate.

I was about to respond to say the same. And most African nations do not have well-developed healthcare systems to accommodate such an urban outbreak, nor established screening, testing, or emergency response programmes.

I understand @Uncle Wally One Ball’s point in the context of the rural communities, but the mega cities like Accra, Kinshasa, Lagos, Nairobi, and even Johannesburg (to a lesser extent) will fair rather poorly, unfortunately.

I have actually seen those challenges first hand whilst in Accra and a few places outside of Africa with MSF when I was younger.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Nice to see ads for mask popping up on here, I think they are trying to tell us something

Better than Co-op Funeral Services I guess.

 

[kaz7]

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Your post is a little anachronistic imo. Africa isn’t just defined principally rurally now; it has some huge cities where this could sweep through and devastate.

I agree but the post I was responding to referenced the third world and it being a factor in the spread. It will go through any city in the same way, but I wanted to clear up the concerns the poster had

 

[SebastianBlue]

If anyone knows what this means can they explain it? How do they "Push it away"?

Prof Whitty said benefits of the delay phase included:

• Pushing the peak of cases "further away from the winter pressures on the NHS" so that there was "more capacity to respond"

I have used my iPad, as well as my substantial graphic design talents, to create the following to demonstrate why “pushing it away” is an important mitigation strategy from a public healthcare capacity perspective.

To respond to the inevitable snark, it was actually quite the achievement to keep my hands steady to draw this without my stylus (which I think the missus nicked).

 

[aguero93:20]

I was about to respond to say the same. And most African nations do not have well-developed healthcare systems to accommodate such an urban outbreak, nor established screening, testing, or emergency response programmes.

I understand @Uncle Wally One Ball’s point in the context of the rural communities, but the mega cities like Accra, Kinshasa, Lagos, Nairobi, and even Johannesburg (to a lesser extent) will fair rather poorly, unfortunately.

I have actually seen those challenges first hand whilst in Accra MSF and a few places outside of Africa with MSF rwhen I was younger.

On the bright side, it's Africa. You can create depopulated zones to stop the virus spreading and nobody cares.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I agree but the post I was responding to referenced the third world and it being a factor in the spread. It will go through any city in the same way, but I wanted to clear up the concerns the poster had

Fair enough, but my point is that the devastation in those big African cities could be palpably worse than elsewhere for a number of reasons

 

[cibaman]

My guess is that very soon after the first UK deaths they’ll pull the plug on sporting events. Public opinion will harden against large gatherings, there’ll be a step up in the anxiety levels.

The PL will be happy for games to be played behind closed doors if that fulfills the Sky contract

Can’t see the FA being happy playing the semi finals and final in an empty Wembley stadium. I wouldn’t be surprised if those games were postponed until August, possibly in place of the Community Shield

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

769 new cases and 41 new deaths in Italy. Germany cases up 84% in 1 day.

Not good.

 

[Cityfan]

I have used my iPad, as well as my substantial graphic design talents, to create the following to demonstrate why “pushing it away” is an important mitigation strategy from a public healthcare capacity perspective.

To respond to the inevitable snark, it was actually quite the achievement to keep my hands steady to draw this without my stylus (which I think the missus nicked).

You got the colours right for good and bad , that's the main thing. ;-)

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

769 new cases and 41 new deaths in Italy. Germany cases up 84% in 1 day.

Not good.

The incubation is ending. Governments sat around faffing letting it spread with just a couple of cases, now it dozens, within a week it will just grow exponentially to hundreds and thousands.

 

[SebastianBlue]

769 new cases and 41 new deaths in Italy. Germany cases up 84% in 1 day.

Not good.

It’s not a good trend, by any means.

@Uffa what is the general coverage and public perception like in your part of Italy right now?

 

[west didsblue]

My guess is that very soon after the first UK deaths they’ll pull the plug on sporting events. Public opinion will harden against large gatherings, there’ll be a step up in the anxiety levels.

The PL will be happy for games to be played behind closed doors if that fulfills the Sky contract

Can’t see the FA being happy playing the semi finals and final in an empty Wembley stadium. I wouldn’t be surprised if those games were postponed until August, possibly in place of the Community Shield

At least we'll have an excuse for not selling out Wembley for the semi if we get there ;-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

You got the colours right for good and bad , that's the main thing. ;-)

All of the science degrees put to good use. ;-)

 

[west didsblue]

First UK death just announced

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I have used my iPad, as well as my substantial graphic design talents, to create the following to demonstrate why “pushing it away” is an important mitigation strategy from a public healthcare capacity perspective.

To respond to the inevitable snark, it was actually quite the achievement to keep my hands steady to draw this without my stylus (which I think the missus nicked).

Ooh, I can play this game...

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