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[Buddy Bradley]

no, i'm surprised it's that much - 1 in 10 is a lot of people

Especially when you consider that 1 in 4 people in the world are in China, a place where they kept outbreaks and infection relatively low.

 

[MrSki]

Especially when you consider that 1 in 4 people in the world are in China, a place where they kept outbreaks and infection relatively low.

18% of the world population so more like one in five.

 

[Cid]

Yeah I’m not sure how helpful the global estimate is... I guess it’s more intended as a warning than an accurate assessment.

 

[Cid]

India was reporting 6.8% based on a serological survey from mid Aug to mid sept, US 7% for August.

 

[frogwoman]

Poor Spain

 

[Buddy Bradley]

This doesn't look good, no idea how NL compares with the UK at the moment.

 

[elbows]

Can customise that chart here: Free to read: Coronavirus tracked: has the epidemic peaked near you?

I stuck a different mix of countries into that same configuration of graph and got this:

 

[elbows]

It can be hard to keep up with on again, off again regulations in Belgium but I see things got tighter again there recently and now especially so in Brussels:

All bars, cafes and event halls in Brussels have been told they must shut down for at least a month as of 7am (CET) on Thursday as the Belgian capital went beyond recently tightened national restrictions in Belgium.

The minister-president of the Brussels-Capital region, Rudi Vervoort, said drinking alcohol in a public place would also be banned, sports clubs would have to close their canteens and food consumption in the market was prohibited amid a spiralling infection rate.

Restaurants will remain open for now in an attempt to keep the hospitality industry alive

32m ago 11:59

 

[elbows]

Italy introduced new rules involving masks:

The new law, which was approved by the Italian government this morning and will be valid for 30 days, consists of two steps. People are required to carry face masks with them at all times in Italy and, as of October 8, masks must be worn always when outdoors, unless in “isolated” areas and “during sports”.

Also:

From October 8, swab testing will be mandatory for persons arriving in the country from the UK, Holland and Belgium, as is currently the case for travellers coming from Croatia, Greece, Malta, Spain and certain areas of France, including Paris.

Covid-19: new rules in Italy | The Florentine

As of October 8, throughout Italy, masks must be worn always when outdoors, unless in isolated areas and while doing sports.

www.theflorentine.net

 

[2hats]

Italy introduced new rules involving masks:

From October 8, swab testing will be mandatory for persons arriving in the country from the UK

Booking a return flight might be the easiest way for UK citizens to guarantee getting a test with a timely result.

 

[Mation]

Booking a return flight might be the easiest way for UK citizens to guarantee getting a test with a timely result.

With the added bonus of reviving the budget airline industry

(This year is so fucking weird and dysfunctional that I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to read that this has become an actual thing. )

 

[Badgers]

Who had 'MERS Coronavirus' in the 2020/2021 sweepstake?

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) remains of global public health concern. Dromedary camels are the source of zoonotic infection. Over 70% of MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV)-infected dromedaries are found in Africa but no zoonotic disease has been reported in Africa. We aimed to understand whether individuals with exposure to dromedaries in Africa had been infected by MERS-CoV.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30599-5/fulltext

 

[2hats]

Who had 'MERS Coronavirus' in the 2020/2021 sweepstake?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30599-5/fulltext

Only a 34.4% case fatality rate.

(Though that should help limit spread).

 

[frogwoman]

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uk.reuters.com

Some 1,387 people are currently hospitalised with COVID-19, six times higher than a month ago, including 326 in intensive care, an increase of more than five times.

 

[elbows]

Iran is having a nightmare with its 'third wave'.

Coronavirus: Iran sets new record for deaths amid 'third wave'

The country, one of the hardest hit in the Middle East, has also seen a spike in Covid-19 infections.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

Iran is having a nightmare with its 'third wave'.

Coronavirus: Iran sets new record for deaths amid 'third wave'

The country, one of the hardest hit in the Middle East, has also seen a spike in Covid-19 infections.

www.bbc.co.uk

And, I doubt those numbers are anywhere need the real ones.

 

[elbows]

And, I doubt those numbers are anywhere need the real ones.

Or a bit of both and the reason they are breaking records this time is that they might be hiding less of the deaths this time. I might never know.

 

[frogwoman]

It's a tragedy in poorer countries where health systems are out of date or underfunded, there are conflicts, people have other issues which haven't been treated etc.

 

[kabbes]

It’s not a third wave in Iran. It’s still the first wave.

 

[elbows]

It’s not a third wave in Iran. It’s still the first wave.

Yeah, and there is no universal, clearly defined consensus about what constitutes the exact boundaries between epidemic waves in the first place, and certainly not in this pandemic where wave mitigation is undertaken and then relaxed in a cycle.

With that said I'm probably not going to spend any energy trying to fight against what the general public and media think terms mean to them in this pandemic. If it looks like a series of waves on graphs of cases, hospitalisations and deaths then I think its fair enough that people will use that language, including officials that are trying to describe the situation to the public.

 

[Supine]

Face Shields are useless for protection against covid. Wear a mask...

 

[quimcunx]

Not that surprising really and I've seen before that they're for use with masks not instead of.

Surprised it's as low as 2% though.

 

[elbows]

Just to be clear, that study is looking at the protection of others, not protection of the person wearing the face shield.

But yeah, whichever way you look at it, I dont recommend use of face shields alone, which stands to reason as in theory they all about protection of the wearer from infection via the eyeballs rather than anything else.

 

[kabbes]

The graph doesn’t show 2%, it shows a confidence interval indistinguishable from zero.

 

[elbows]

The Madrid fiasco continues:

Madrid's regional court has struck down an order that imposed a partial lockdown in the Spanish capital and nine nearby towns.

In a statement, the court backed an appeal by the local authorities, saying the order by the Spanish health ministry "impacted on the rights and fundamental freedoms" of some 4.5 million people affected by the restrictions.

The Madrid region had been forced to ban residents from leaving their houses without a valid reason from last Saturday.

From BBC live updates page https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54460270

 

[emanymton]

Face Shields are useless for protection against covid. Wear a mask...

Should have another column for covering your mouth and not your nose.

 

[Edie]

The graph doesn’t show 2%, it shows a confidence interval indistinguishable from zero.

Also for most diameters, unlikely to be a significant difference between the three masks which aren’t N95.

 

[ska invita]

Face Shields are useless for protection against covid. Wear a mask...

Depends surely on what "aeresol" and how it is distributed? Is it equal to breathing/speaking

 

[elbows]

Sounds like the German health authorities have had to resort to mentioning stuff that is closely related to the self-defeating prophecy concept that I know we've discussed a couple of times here in the past.

Has a different name for it though....

Coronavirus: Bars to shut in four more French cities with alert level raised

Bars and restaurants are to close in Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne, as infections spike.

www.bbc.co.uk

But at a news conference with Mr Spahn, RKI President Lothar Wieler said Germans must be wary of what he called the "prevention paradox" - the feeling that measures were no longer needed because case numbers were relatively low.

 

[elbows]

Spanish government now bypassing the Madrid regional government bullshit via the last resort means of declaring a state of emergency!

Coronavirus: Spain imposes state of emergency on Madrid

The order follows a court decision to lift a partial lockdown on the capital and nine nearby cities.

www.bbc.co.uk