COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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inbetween said:
Whichever figure you look at (deaths, total infections etc), every single EU and Western country has been disproportionally affected globally.

Thailand for example has a population of 70 million and an average age that makes it similar to here. Bangkok is one of the most populous cities in Asia, very similar to London yet Thailand as a whole has only seen 3000 cases with 57 deaths....

They imposed their full lockdown in April, 2 weeks after we did, yet the virus was first detected in Thailand in January, just like here.......

So why does the virus not spread like wildfire in Bangkok and Thailand but it does in London and elsewhere in the UK?
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a couple of things spring to mind.

1) Eastern countries are "used" to outbreaks of things and embrase things like masks quickly and still regularly wear them from the 2003 SARS outbreak.
2) Thailand isn't a 1st world country. there maybe loads of cases/deaths going unreported in small outlying village areas.
3) different strains in different areas maybe having an effect.
4)Thailand specifically is quite tropical so high humidity which apparenly is more hostile to the virus on surfaces
5) Thailand disifnected the streets every night ( as did a lot of eastern countries )
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1881470/army-to-disinfect-bangkok-roads-nightly

Just use google to investigate each country your questioning to see what pops up. that link about singapore was something like the 2nd hit on my 1st search.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
What’s a medium account?
Something only the likes of Derek Acorah can access?
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:)

its a website, loads of articles about stuff, I get a lot of techy info from there when I looking. with a free account you get a few articles a month/week ( not sure exactly ) but with a paid account its full access.

https://medium.com/

has apps on iOS / Android for easier reading and links will automatically start the app.

but the fact its not working on your PC suggests other issues to be honest
 
grunge said:
:)

its a website, loads of articles about stuff, I get a lot of techy info from there when I looking. with a free account you get a few articles a month/week ( not sure exactly ) but with a paid account its full access.

https://medium.com/

has apps on iOS / Android for easier reading and links will automatically start the app.

but the fact its not working on your PC suggests other issues to be honest
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I can't open it on a laptop, so the last bit looks right
 
grunge said:
a couple of things spring to mind.

1) Eastern countries are "used" to outbreaks of things and embrase things like masks quickly and still regularly wear them from the 2003 SARS outbreak.
2) Thailand isn't a 1st world country. there maybe loads of cases/deaths going unreported in small outlying village areas.
3) different strains in different areas maybe having an effect.
4)Thailand specifically is quite tropical so high humidity which apparenly is more hostile to the virus on surfaces
5) Thailand disifnected the streets every night ( as did a lot of eastern countries )
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1881470/army-to-disinfect-bangkok-roads-nightly

Just use google to investigate each country your questioning to see what pops up. that link about singapore was something like the 2nd hit on my 1st search.
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Self reply!.

I do wonder if point 5 has some sort of bearing on things. would be interesting to see if we can find a map of countries that disinfected streets to see if that did have a big impact.
 
grunge said:
Very odd. seems OK for me on Win10 Laptop on Chome+Firefox and is working on Safari on my mac as well.

try this link as it seems to expand out from the original link to this one.

https://elemental.medium.com/corona...isease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2

also a bitly version

https://bit.ly/2ZW36vG
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I'm getting "too many redirects" errors on both of those - t suggests clearing cookies, but I don't know why that would help.

I've seen things on medium before, which makes it more odd.

Out of interest, I've seen bit/ly before - what is it?
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I'm getting "too many redirects" errors on both of those - t suggests clearing cookies, but I don't know why that would help.

I've seen things on medium before, which makes it more odd.

Out of interest, I've seen bit/ly before - what is it?
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Bitly is a service to shrink URLs.

https://bitly.com/

if you are ever having to share a complex URL with someone over the phone ( or have limited quantity of text like twitter used to ) or something its really handy.

example.

Amazon link to a fire stick.

amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-TV-Stick-4K-Ultra-Hd-With-Alexa-Voice-Remote-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B079QB9BD7/ref=sr_1_3?crid=CRTJ58WA6U80&dchild=1&keywords=firestickstick4k&qid=1591011979&sprefix=firest%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-3

shrinks to.

https://amzn.to/3clsoFZ

Heh, forum doesn't show the Amazon link, had to remove the http:// stuff
 
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Been to hospital this morning with my lad for a routine appointment

They told us in their opinion the restrictions are being lifted far too soon and because of all the dickheads who can't follow simple instructions the hospitals are all preparing for an inevitable second wave
 
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