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[keithy]

Africa has done amazingly, and I read that this was due to swift and effective action (Not ignorant stereotypes people trot out about population).

It's only recently that some countries in Africa have been more badly hit, so if we look at that in the context of the world at the moment that's a real achievement.

Not reported on in msm of course.

The map also shows data for Africa, which most other outlets seem to completely ignore. Lots of zeros and <1s.
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[teuchter]

Africa has done amazingly, and I read that this was due to swift and effective action

Where have you read this?

 

[keithy]

Where have you read this?

Dunno, have read a few articles since March 2020 and it stuckin my mind. Googling now backs up that response based on prior experience of pandemics (ie greater willingness to wear masks etc) had an impact. Similar to places with experience of sars performing better.

 

[teuchter]

Dunno, have read a few articles since March 2020 and it stuckin my mind. Googling now backs up that response based on prior experience of pandemics (ie greater willingness to wear masks etc) had an impact. Similar to places with experience of sars performing better.

Yes, it has been mentioned throughout but I've never actually seen anything that comes to a very clear conclusion.

 

[keithy]

This covers a few points: "The UK Has Seen More Deaths From COVID-19 Than the Whole of Africa. Here Are 6 Reasons Why." The UK Has Seen More Deaths From COVID-19 Than the Whole of Africa. Here Are 6 Reasons Why.

 

[teuchter]

This covers a few points: "The UK Has Seen More Deaths From COVID-19 Than the Whole of Africa. Here Are 6 Reasons Why." The UK Has Seen More Deaths From COVID-19 Than the Whole of Africa. Here Are 6 Reasons Why.

Its no. 1 reason is the age of the population.

 

[keithy]

Its no. 1 reason is the age of the population.

That's one of 6 reasons and doesn't detract from the ones about performance.

 

[teuchter]

That's one of 6 reasons and doesn't detract from the ones about performance.

It doesn't support what you said which was that Africa has done amazingly "due to swift and effective action".

It may be that many African countries did take swift and effective action, but as far as I can see, the significance of action taken relative to underlying conditions is very unclear. Loads of things are unclear about the differences between all countries.

 

[keithy]

Swift and effective (and much more than we did):

Dr. Nkengasong, the director of the Africa CDC, told the BBC there was a “joint continental effort” to put in place early interventions. They focused on "scaling up testing and following up contact tracing, and very importantly masking.”

Some African countries like Rwanda cancelled international flights and many banned mass gatherings quickly. Without COVID-19 testing yet available on a mass scale, countries like Ethiopia checked 40 million people’s temperature by May and checked their travel histories, to better understand the level of potential coronavirus disease in the population and prevent it spreading.

 

[teuchter]

Swift and effective (and much more than we did):

Dr. Nkengasong, the director of the Africa CDC, told the BBC there was a “joint continental effort” to put in place early interventions. They focused on "scaling up testing and following up contact tracing, and very importantly masking.”

Some African countries like Rwanda cancelled international flights and many banned mass gatherings quickly. Without COVID-19 testing yet available on a mass scale, countries like Ethiopia checked 40 million people’s temperature by May and checked their travel histories, to better understand the level of potential coronavirus disease in the population and prevent it spreading.

Right, but all this has to be in context to mean much. Rwanda cancelled international flights but was that approach uniform across the continent and was it notably different to the approach taken in other regions of the world?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I'm not that arsed about restaurants cos I don't have anyone to go with anyway but I will definitely be having a coffee and sitting down and drinking it inside with a croissant very soon.

What happened with the "we're opening anyway" movement of restaurants over there?
Something similar has been organised to start today in France.

 

[Chairman Meow]

Well it was day one of lockdown today in WA and we had zero new cases, but looks like yesterday’s positive security guard wandered around half of Perth, so we will see in the next few days. On the plus side my husband (who had to go to work) reckoned traffic was at least 50% down and he only saw two people all day not masked up. Considering today was our first day of mask wearing that’s pretty good going. Fingers crossed.

 

[HAL9000]

LA, one vaccine centre suffered delays due to..

For nearly an hour Saturday, about 50 vaccination opponents and right-wing supporters of former President Donald Trump delayed COVID-19 vaccinations when they protested at the entrance to Dodger Stadium, the site of a mass vaccination campaign.

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[platinumsage]

Japan's new PM turning out to be a Theresa May, and is not handling the pandemic any better than the UK government:

Suga Yoshihide is failing to connect with the Japanese people

Nowadays the job of prime minister is a poisoned chalice

www.economist.com

" As cases spiked late last year, the government stuck by a campaign to promote domestic tourism, claiming that it had no impact on the virus’s spread. (Researchers at Kyoto University recently published a study showing otherwise.) Critics lambasted Mr Suga for attending a dinner with eight guests in a posh steakhouse just when the government was calling for citizens to avoid dining in big groups. After suspending the travel campaign, Mr Suga dithered over whether to declare a state of emergency, ultimately doing so in early January in piecemeal fashion, adding seven prefectures to the original list of four after regional leaders complained. Some 80% of Japanese believed the declaration came too late. "

 

[Chairman Meow]

Day three of our five day lockdown in WA. Three days in a row with zero cases. This is the list of places the security guard visited, luckily he was using the SafeWA app, which enables you to scan a QR code to register your location. I've attached our daily update, and also a mask that people are wearing in the Northern Territories. This is also their tourism slogan. If we get to Friday with no new cases lockdown will be lifted, so fingers crossed!

The Health Department contact tracing team has pulled together a list of potential exposure sites of where this positive case has been in recent days.
These locations currently include:
-Coles Maylands supermarket on 25 January from 8pm to 10pm
-KFC Maylands on 27 January from 6pm to midnight
-Mitsubishi Motors car dealership in Midland on 27 January from 7pm to close
-Spudshed, Coventry Village in Morley on 27 January from 8pm to midnight
-ECU Joondalup on 28 January from 11am to 2pm
-Consulate General of India on St Georges Terrace in Perth on 28 January from 12pm to 5pm
-Halal Grocery Store in Cloverdale on 28 January from 7pm to 9pm
-Venus Ladies and Gentleman Hair Design Maylands hairdressers on 29 January from 1pm to 3pm
-Perth Convention Centre on 29 January from 4pm to 6pm
-Nedlands Family Practice GP surgery on 29 January from 5pm to 6pm
-Chemist Warehouse North Perth Pharmacy on 29 January from 5.30pm to 7.30pm
-7-Eleven Ascot petrol station on 29 January from 8pm to 9pm
-Coles Maylands supermarket on 29 January from 8pm 9pm
-Puma Service Station in Burswood on 30 January from 11am to 12 midday.
-Coles Express/Shell Service Station in Cloverdale on 30 January from 12 midday to 3pm
-Pharmacy 777 at Maylands Park Shopping Centre 30 January from 2.30pm to 4pm.
People who have been to these venues on these dates and times must get tested.
In addition, people who live or work in the Falkirk Avenue, Maylands area including Coles, Liquorland and the Maylands shopping precinct should present for a test.
They must then go home and isolate until their negative test results are returned.
The investigation is on-going by our public health team, and it is likely more locations will be added following further discussions with the man.
Close contacts will be contacted by public health officials and asked to quarantine for 14 days.
More information on testing clinics will be available on our website – the WA Health and WA Gov websites.

 

[ice-is-forming]

What are the NT like

 

[teuchter]

This is also their tourism slogan.

No it's not.

 

[Chairman Meow]

No it's not.

Isnt it?Did they change it? I know a lot of people up there, the CU in the NT gear is pretty popular.

 

[teuchter]

Isnt it?Did they change it? I know a lot of people up there, the CU in the NT gear is pretty popular.

It's just a joke thing. It's not anything official, obviously.

 

[Chairman Meow]

Fair enough. My colleagues in Darwin love it though.

 

[teuchter]

Fair enough. My colleagues in Darwin love it though.

I wonder if anyone's told them it's not real.

 

[Sunray]

Japan's new PM turning out to be a Theresa May, and is not handling the pandemic any better than the UK government:

Suga Yoshihide is failing to connect with the Japanese people

Nowadays the job of prime minister is a poisoned chalice

www.economist.com

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" As cases spiked late last year, the government stuck by a campaign to promote domestic tourism, claiming that it had no impact on the virus’s spread. (Researchers at Kyoto University recently published a study showing otherwise.) Critics lambasted Mr Suga for attending a dinner with eight guests in a posh steakhouse just when the government was calling for citizens to avoid dining in big groups. After suspending the travel campaign, Mr Suga dithered over whether to declare a state of emergency, ultimately doing so in early January in piecemeal fashion, adding seven prefectures to the original list of four after regional leaders complained. Some 80% of Japanese believed the declaration came too late. "

What is it with leading politicians making stuff up in regards to a pandemic?

 

[sideboob]

France! Who would have guessed this? " the chance of contracting Covid-19 from an infected person during sex is almost guaranteed. "

Warehouse orgy with 100 men and women raided by police for breaking Covid rules

Police fined up to 100 people and arrested three as they broke up an orgy in Collegien, Paris, which was in breach of current rules to stop the spread of Covid-19

www.mirror.co.uk

I didn`t know orgies were still a thing, I feel as though I`ve missed out. How many people constitutes an orgy?. Must add "visit France" to my bucket list now.

 

[cupid_stunt]

France! Who would have guessed this? " the chance of contracting Covid-19 from an infected person during sex is almost guaranteed. "

Warehouse orgy with 100 men and women raided by police for breaking Covid rules

Police fined up to 100 people and arrested three as they broke up an orgy in Collegien, Paris, which was in breach of current rules to stop the spread of Covid-19

www.mirror.co.uk

I like this line -

"The event was in breach of the curfew, and there were also problems with masks and social distancing," said an investigating source.

No shit, Sherlock.

 

[killer b]

I didn`t know orgies were still a thing, I feel as though I`ve missed out. How many people constitutes an orgy?. Must add "visit France" to my bucket list now.

I assumed any more than two, but I checked and apparently an orgy starts at five. Every day's a schoolday.

 

[sideboob]

What is it with leading politicians making stuff up in regards to a pandemic?

Coming from someone in Japan, but not big town, I can tell you that the gov`t is doing fuck all. Tokyo, Osaka and other big cities are requesting people to shorten business hours and what not. The bars and sex industry are business as usual in most places, and this is where the majority of clusters are occuring. The only thing saving the country, or slowing the spread of the plague is common sense among the citizens. Unfortunately the gov`t is handing out money left and right, which everyone is happy to take, not realizing that it`s them, and future generations that are going to be responsible for paying it back, through taxes and inflation. Sorry for the rant, long day.

 

[hash tag]

sideboob you say you didn't know orgies were still a thing...I didn't know much about Geisha and "mens" nights out at "pop concerts" by very young innocent girls until a short while back, but thats another thread for another place.

 

[Supine]

Vaccine supply volumes for the covax vaccine

https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/covax/COVAX-Interim-Distribution-Forecast.pdf

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I assumed any more than two, but I checked and apparently an orgy starts at five. Every day's a schoolday.

up to 4 it's just swinging

 

[cupid_stunt]

up to 4 it's just swinging

Surely it goes - threesome, foursome, or[gy]some?