Coronavirus

[Peregrine]

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victoria-australia-no-new-coronavirus-cases_n_5fc2734ac5b61d04bfaa183a

 

Australia’s second-largest state, Victoria, once the country’s COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community.

 

The state also has zero active cases after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital this week, a far cry from August when Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in one day and active infections totalled nearly 8,000.

 

The spread of the virus was only contained after a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, leaving some 5 million people in Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, largely confined to their homes.

 

I'm not so sure that their lockdown is entirely responsible for their low case count. Australia is in summer right now and it's becoming increasingly clear that this virus is highly seasonal.

 

We didn't hit zero in the US during summer.  The numbers actually went UP as we entered summer coincident with lifting restrictions.

 

The summer increase in the US was almost entirely relegated to the sunbelt stats, where it was so hot that people had to gather indoors. Perhaps seasonal isn't the right word but rather the conditions that force people to gather in enclosed settings.

[ERICOPOLY]

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victoria-australia-no-new-coronavirus-cases_n_5fc2734ac5b61d04bfaa183a

 

Australia’s second-largest state, Victoria, once the country’s COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community.

 

The state also has zero active cases after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital this week, a far cry from August when Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in one day and active infections totalled nearly 8,000.

 

The spread of the virus was only contained after a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, leaving some 5 million people in Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, largely confined to their homes.

 

I'm not so sure that their lockdown is entirely responsible for their low case count. Australia is in summer right now and it's becoming increasingly clear that this virus is highly seasonal.

 

We didn't hit zero in the US during summer.  The numbers actually went UP as we entered summer coincident with lifting restrictions.

 

The summer increase in the US was almost entirely relegated to the sunbelt stats, where it was so hot that people had to gather indoors. Perhaps seasonal isn't the right word but rather the conditions that force people to gather in enclosed settings.

 

And holiday travel.  On the other hand, restaurants and bars were able to seat people outdoors.

 

But how does this differ from Australia's state of Victoria?

[Castanza]

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victoria-australia-no-new-coronavirus-cases_n_5fc2734ac5b61d04bfaa183a

 

Australia’s second-largest state, Victoria, once the country’s COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community.

 

The state also has zero active cases after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital this week, a far cry from August when Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in one day and active infections totalled nearly 8,000.

 

The spread of the virus was only contained after a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, leaving some 5 million people in Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, largely confined to their homes.

 

I'm not so sure that their lockdown is entirely responsible for their low case count. Australia is in summer right now and it's becoming increasingly clear that this virus is highly seasonal.

 

We didn't hit zero in the US during summer.  The numbers actually went UP as we entered summer coincident with lifting restrictions.

 

The summer increase in the US was almost entirely relegated to the sunbelt stats, where it was so hot that people had to gather indoors. Perhaps seasonal isn't the right word but rather the conditions that force people to gather in enclosed settings.

 

And holiday travel.  On the other hand, restaurants and bars were able to seat people outdoors.

 

But how does this differ from Australia's state of Victoria?

 

So you're advocating for extreme lockdowns like Australia? Didn't they only allow people 1 hour of "outside time"?

[Gregmal]

https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/la-politician-dines-outdoors-hours-after-vote-to-ban-the-practice/

 

Another hypocrite. And a real beauty too!

 

[ERICOPOLY]

So you're advocating for extreme lockdowns like Australia? Didn't they only allow people 1 hour of "outside time"?

 

I presented a fact without an advocacy position.

[Castanza]

These stories are/will become the norm.

 

 

 

[LC]

As have these:

 

https://i.redd.it/mlwvk5015l261.jpg

 

Both are sad. There must be a compromise solution.

[Castanza]

As have these:

 

https://i.redd.it/mlwvk5015l261.jpg

 

Both are sad. There must be a compromise solution.

 

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing.

 

Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out.

 

Allow others to go on with life.

 

To me that's reasonable

[ERICOPOLY]

As have these:

 

https://i.redd.it/mlwvk5015l261.jpg

 

Both are sad. There must be a compromise solution.

 

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing.

 

Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out.

 

Allow others to go on with life.

 

To me that's reasonable

 

It remains to be seen if there will be enough hospital beds.

[Castanza]

As have these:

 

https://i.redd.it/mlwvk5015l261.jpg

 

Both are sad. There must be a compromise solution.

 

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing.

 

Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out.

 

Allow others to go on with life.

 

To me that's reasonable

 

It remains to be seen if there will be enough hospital beds.

 

What’s your point?

[ERICOPOLY]

This debate reminds me of the free and unrestricted trade debate.  There will be a great sucking sound (quite literally, with a hospital full of people gasping for breath).  In this case, there may be a great sucking sound.

[ERICOPOLY]

As have these:

 

https://i.redd.it/mlwvk5015l261.jpg

 

Both are sad. There must be a compromise solution.

 

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing.

 

Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out.

 

Allow others to go on with life.

 

To me that's reasonable

 

It remains to be seen if there will be enough hospital beds.

 

What’s your point?

 

That it remains to be seen if there will be enough hospital beds.

[Gregmal]

And that should fall on the establishments who had months to plan. For a private institution, same as a hotel, sorry we're full. For public resources, well, perhaps the geniuses in government should have planned or made incentives better rather than going out to eat and party and get their hair done...China did it in 8 days....This isn't my problem or the average citizens problem. At least it shouldn't be.

[ERICOPOLY]

Coronavirus Live Updates: California Gov. Warns Of New Stay-At-Home Orders

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-19-updates-vaccine-arrival-holidays_n_5fbbb56ec5b68ca87f7d481f

 

But, in practice, his covid-19 rules typically don't really apply where I live (and I do live in California).

[ERICOPOLY]

And that should fall on the establishments who had months to plan. For a private institution, same as a hotel, sorry we're full. For public resources, well, perhaps the geniuses in government should have planned or made incentives better rather than going out to eat and party and get their hair done...China did it in 8 days....This isn't my problem or the average citizens problem. At least it shouldn't be.

 

So many of the hospitals are private.  We can have the socialized medicine debate so the government can tell them what to do.

 

[Cigarbutt]

Yesterday, one of my daughters (the one who tends to ask questions i have no reasonable answer to) sat down for a chat.

Summary of the conversation:

-Why will we have to curtail activities with family and friends for the upcoming holiday season?

-Because of those who don't know and those who don't want to know.

Don't let it control your life, they say.

[Investor20]

https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/30/fauci-flip-flops-on-in-person-learning-after-ignoring-data-on-low-covid-spread-in-schools/

Fauci Flip Flops On In-Person Learning After Ignoring Data On Low COVID Spread In Schools

"If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not really very big at all, not like one would have suspected,” he added (Dr. Fauci).

 

But others have noted this long time back.  This is Dr. Bhattacharya regarding re-opening schools

https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2020-08-20/state-calls-parents-doctors-as-witnesses-in-school-reopen-challenges-second-day-of-hearings    August 20, 2020

 

“The main finding from that literature is that kids do not pass the disease on to adults at any appreciable rate,” Bhattacharya “The risk that kids pose to adults is very very small, even if they’re positive.”

 

"There, Dr. Bhattacharya cited a study done in Iceland, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "

 

This Iceland study is from May.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/icelandic-study-we-have-not-found-a-single-instance-of-a-child-infecting-parents/

Icelandic Study: ‘We Have Not Found a Single Instance of a Child Infecting Parents.’

May 11, 2020

[Gregmal]

https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/la-politician-dines-outdoors-hours-after-vote-to-ban-the-practice/

 

Another hypocrite. And a real beauty too!

 

Kuppy said it better than I! LMFAO

 

[cubsfan]

https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/la-politician-dines-outdoors-hours-after-vote-to-ban-the-practice/

 

Another hypocrite. And a real beauty too!

 

Kuppy said it better than I! LMFAO

 

 

The hits keep on coming - now the Mayor of San Francisco:

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-attended-ritzy-dinner-three-days-before-banning-indoor-dining

 

At the time of the dinner, such an outing would have been illegal in Breed’s city of San Francisco, which had banned dining indoors or outdoors in a group larger than six people and with more than one household present. Three days after the her French Laundry dinner, Breed banned indoor dining across her city.

 

 

[ukvalueinvestment]

But they were following the rules at the time weren't they?

[Gregmal]

It doesnt matter if they were "following the rules" at the time. Personally, I think this is unconstitutional to make these sorts of "rules". But regardless, its the entire premise. In the instance of Ms. Piggy... If its unsafe, why are you dining? And if it isn't, why are you banning folks from doing it and shutting down businesses?

[clutch]

Guys, it's not surprising at all these people are breaking their own rules. Remember that Neil Ferguson, the UK epidemiologist who arguably brought the lockdown approach to this world, broke the lockdown rules to be together with his non-marital lover.

 

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

[ukvalueinvestment]

It doesnt matter if they were "following the rules" at the time. Personally, I think this is unconstitutional to make these sorts of "rules". But regardless, its the entire premise. In the instance of Ms. Piggy... If its unsafe, why are you dining? And if it isn't, why are you banning folks from doing it and shutting down businesses?

 

I see what you mean but you also have to treat politicians in the same way as the rest of the population.  If it was "allowed", and they acted in a responsible way (masks etc), there are better targets for criticism in my view.

[Gregmal]

I think its different when you are one of the people making the rules. I had a similar experience on a volunteer HOA board once. There was, like with many HOAs, stupid procedural rules required if one wanted to have satellite tv. The install needed to be approved by the board, through the management company. On a regular basis certain trustees, all of whom had satellites, would vote against others having it because "it was dangerous if it fell", "it doesnt look good", etc. I get to have what I want, but I get to tell you what you can have, is absolutely despicable behavior.

[ERICOPOLY]

I think its different when you are one of the people making the rules. I had a similar experience on a volunteer HOA board once. There was, like with many HOAs, stupid procedural rules required if one wanted to have satellite tv. The install needed to be approved by the board, through the management company. On a regular basis certain trustees, all of whom had satellites, would vote against others having it because "it was dangerous if it fell", "it doesnt look good", etc. I get to have what I want, but I get to tell you what you can have, is absolutely despicable behavior.

 

From the very beginning , government officials haven't led by example and this has undermined their own efforts.  The CDC makes recommendations, people don't see the government leaders following them.  Monkey see, monkey do.