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Love and best wishes to you all over there IC.
seconded, thirded and carried. All three most heartily.You too Serenity, hope you are keeping well - I know as a critical worker, you are probably right in the thick of it so I've been thinking about you.
Stay healthy!
IF (and that's a big one) China's figures are at all to be trusted.Astonishing, and quite frankly depressing beyond words!
"Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China's"
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China's - BBC News
If he refuses to shut the pubs, he robs the landlords of any avenue of claiming re-compensation for loss of business and thus income. This way he's passing the buck.I'm bewildered by BoJo's admission that infections will go up, and then pleads with Londoners to stay out of bars and cafes.
If bars and cafes are open, you'll always have those that will go there, so surely simply ordering them to close would be the logical solution.
If he refuses to shut the pubs, he robs the landlords of any avenue of claiming re-compensation for loss of business and thus income.
Breaking: Turkey confirms first death from coronavirus
Turkey announces a second coronavirus death, cases jump to 191
Turkey announces a second coronavirus death, cases jump to 191 - Reuters
yes true ? you see this is obvious ,nobody says the opposite ? what is the problem ?you see nobody hides it.
What is perverse in this is not addressing what is clearly a source of danger (pubs and restaurants left open), while telling customers to shun the businesses.So basically, damned if they do, damned if they don't..... What a horrible dilemma!
Oh for the days when looters were simply shot.
On the spot.
A Dutch idiot (I cannot describe him in any other way) was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail (of which 2 weeks suspended) for coughing into the faces of 2 police officers shouting he was infecting them with corona.
He also has to pay 350 euro's to each of the 2 officers and has seen his driving license suspended for 10 months (due to driving while impaired).
Germany has almost 20,000 cases but less than 66 deaths. They're not crowing about it though as the suspicion is it's mainly young people and Germany has been testing widely. UK by contrast 3,983 cases and 177 deaths (1/3rd in London) though the UK has tested nearly 67,000 people.
The Swedish strategy is based on isolating risk groups like the elderly and personal responsibility That big gathering are not allowed but else it mostly up to people to voluntarily follow advice like work at home if possible, stay at home at first sign of symptoms, avoid travel and keep social distancing. There it most cases seem to work that people work at home and people staying away from shops and restaurants. A big difference from other countries is that daycare centers and schools up to year nine is still open, while higher education is closed. There the reason for that it both the negative effect it would have on society, for example that hospital staff would need to stay home with the kids. Also avoid the risk that elderly relative would have to take care of the children and get infected.
I don't know if that strategy is good or bad. While I respect that Swedish politicians listen to and base their decisions on the advice from government agencies. That Sweden have a long history of independent government agencies with professional civil servants.
In Britain the toilet roll madness is having a knock-on effect as people unable to buy any are using alternatives which are blocking sewers.
If it wasn't so embarrassingly sad, I'd laugh.
Coronavirus: Toilet roll alternatives blocking sewers - BBC News
In Britain the toilet roll madness is having a knock-on effect as people unable to buy any are using alternatives which are blocking sewers.
If it wasn't so embarrassingly sad, I'd laugh.
Coronavirus: Toilet roll alternatives blocking sewers - BBC News
I have seen not one single thing in the media about what a fabulous job the Germans have done.....but then again they suck.
I would imagine to last thing people want to hear or read is how fabulous the Germans are!
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