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Russian army to send coronavirus help to Italy after Putin phone call

The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it to battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.

www.reuters.com

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[oldgroaner]

#BREAKING Germany has boosted its #coronavirus test rate to 500,000 a week, with the early detection helping to keep the country's death toll relatively low, a virologist says
To put this in perspective, the UK has conducted 105k tests in total.

 

[oldgroaner]

Russian army to send coronavirus help to Italy after Putin phone call

The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it to battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.

www.reuters.com

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Amazing the medical equipment in modern main battle tanks
Just kidding, we are all in this together, lets hope they can help

 

[oyster]

Amazing the medical equipment in modern main battle tanks
Just kidding, we are all in this together, lets hope they can help

And by gosh, the number of tanks the Russians can build! (As so often, referencing back to WW2.)

 

[oldgroaner]

That’s true. It was some idiot missing the email invitation to participate. I would say unbelievable, but.......

Remember they actually claimed they had refused for political reasons

 

[oyster]

Remember they actually claimed they had refused for political reasons

Classic schoolboy error. Can't even get their dog ate homework excuse coherent.

 

[Danidl]

I confidently expect both Italian and USA certified Covid Cases to topple the Chinese figures overnight. With the USA becoming the largest cluster.

..However I did not think it would at 9:00 pm our time

 

[oyster]

Some very encouraging news on tests - my fingers are well and truly crossed. (But even if it plays out as well as hoped, I certainly won't be letting the government off the hook.)

Covid-19 self-test could allow return to work, say health officials

NHS England medical director tells MPs tests may be available within a couple of weeks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/covid-19-self-test-could-allow-return-to-work-says-public-health-england

 

[Craiggor 2]

Amazing the medical equipment in modern main battle tanks
Just kidding, we are all in this together, lets hope they can help

Looks like water tanks.Don't know what we will use to disenfect the streets.Didn't Boris scrap his water cannons.

 

[oyster]

Has the chlorination of our water supply changed? Obviously, I'm not expecting you to know anything about what comes out of the taps in our house. But two things make me wonder. First, my hands are suffering like they used to when I lived in England - and the water supply there was definitely more highly chlorinated. Second, since moving I have never until now noticed any smell of chlorine when running a tap. I do now.

It appears that adequate chlorination does prevent water supply being a vector of CV transmission - in mains water or swimming pools. But I'd not be surprised if someone thought that an increase in the levels used might be sensible. Possibly only areas which were at the lower end of the scale would need any change.

 

[mike killay]

Has the chlorination of our water supply changed? Obviously, I'm not expecting you to know anything about what comes out of the taps in our house. But two things make me wonder. First, my hands are suffering like they used to when I lived in England - and the water supply there was definitely more highly chlorinated. Second, since moving I have never until now noticed any smell of chlorine when running a tap. I do now.

It appears that adequate chlorination does prevent water supply being a vector of CV transmission - in mains water or swimming pools. But I'd not be surprised if someone thought that an increase in the levels used might be sensible. Possibly only areas which were at the lower end of the scale would need any change.

Where are you?

 

[oyster]

Where are you?

As in my profile. - West West Wales - just before you fall into the Irish Sea.

 

[soundwave]

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, the Department of Health and Social Care confirms.

www.bbc.co.uk

on average 1400 ppl die per day in the uk anyway fact.

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, health officials have confirmed, with 11,658 confirmed cases.

so 39200 ppl die in the uk in 1 month, +578 are dead from cv with other health related problems bar 1.

now if you dont care that how many ppl die what is this going to cost? becose some one is going to have pay for it and it will be all of us with higher taxes for the next 20 years.

it is cheaper to just let them die but every country wants to use this as a excuse to destroy the economy because it was going to crash anyway.




resistance is futile.gov.org

 

[Danidl]

As in my profile. - West West Wales - just before you fall into the Irish Sea.

..ah what a way to go.. Paradise just 60 miles further West.

 

[Wicky]

Taste of what's to come in a lot of areas - its like hard brexit bonus has unfortunately come ealier than expected - tricky now the pensioners they were looking to recruit are in lock down or on ventilators...

Who will dig for victory today?

GUY ADAMS: The strawberry blossom has just started to appear on Christine Snell's farm, turning her corner of Herefordshire into a riot of colour and heralding the arrival of spring.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"...find Britons to fill some of the 90,000 seasonal agricultural jobs traditionally taken by overseas workers.

'On a nice day, when the sun is on your back, it's a lovely job, but when the rain's coming down and there's mud up to your knees, well. . .'

...workers must be able to cope with early starts (around 5am is typical in the summer) and occasionally long hours.

Will today's young Britons, increasingly dismissed as snowflakes or couch potatoes, respond to this call?"

Maybe just the job for SW ;-)

 

[Wicky]

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, the Department of Health and Social Care confirms.

www.bbc.co.uk

on average 1400 ppl die per day in the uk anyway fact.

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, health officials have confirmed, with 11,658 confirmed cases.

so 39200 ppl die in the uk in 1 month, +578 are dead from cv with other health related problems bar 1.

now if you dont care that how many ppl die what is this going to cost? becose some one is going to have pay for it and it will be all of us with higher taxes for the next 20 years.

it is cheaper to just let them die but every country wants to use this as a excuse to destroy the economy because it was going to crash anyway.

resistance is futile.gov.org

Funnily enough the Brazilian President Bolsonaro shares your sentiment SW

In a televised address on Tuesday, he called on mayors and governors to roll back restrictions they have introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Bolsonaro added that people aged over 60 were at risk, but that most people - including himself - had nothing to fear.
"With my history as an athlete, if I were infected with the virus I would have no reason to worry. I would feel nothing, or it would be at most just a little flu."

Very Trumpian - With POTUS wanting to cram his believers into church at Easter and back to work .

“Our lives have to go on. Jobs must be kept... We must, yes, get back to normal,” Mr Bolsonaro said, in a speech that sparked protests across the country.

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro downplays threat of pandemic to Brazil

The president describes restrictions to fight the virus in the country as a "scorched-earth" policy.

www.bbc.co.uk

Meanwhile

Drug traffickers in one of Rio de Janeiro’s best-known favelas have imposed a coronavirus curfew, amid growing fears over the impact the virus could have on some of Brazil’s poorest citizens.

“The traffickers are doing this because the government is absent. The authorities are blind to us,” one resident told the Guardian.

A report in the Rio newspaper Extra said gang members with loudhailers were moving around City of God telling its 40,000 residents: “We are imposing a curfew because nobody is taking [coronavirus] seriously. It’s best to stay at home and chill. The message has been given.”

Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread

Drug traffickers in Cidade de Deus and other Rio favelas order residents to stay home as fears grow over impact of virus on poorest Brazilians

www.theguardian.com

 

[Danidl]

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

Coronavirus: UK deaths rise by more than 100 in a day

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, the Department of Health and Social Care confirms.

www.bbc.co.uk

on average 1400 ppl die per day in the uk anyway fact.

The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, health officials have confirmed, with 11,658 confirmed cases.

so 39200 ppl die in the uk in 1 month, +578 are dead from cv with other health related problems bar 1.

now if you dont care that how many ppl die what is this going to cost? becose some one is going to have pay for it and it will be all of us with higher taxes for the next 20 years.

it is cheaper to just let them die but every country wants to use this as a excuse to destroy the economy because it was going to crash anyway.


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resistance is futile.gov.org

Look at the numbers a little more closely. 60 million have the potential to be infected in the UK. 20% of them will need hospital care. ..so 80% don't ... Sounds good?. ..
But that's 12 million people in need of hospital beds for this complaint alone. ..Let alone all the other conditions which needs beds, hearts, anurysims , child birth, . Those conditions don't just go away...
With good care, adaquete ventilators , oxygen , maybe 10% of the 20% ,will die. With less good care it might be 20% of the 20% ...Somewhere north of 1.2 million ,maybe 3 million.
Since the normal death rate is about 0.75 million per year, ,that trebling it or even Six fold increases.. Do you think that is sustainable?.

 

[Woosh]

so 39200 ppl die in the uk in 1 month, +578 are dead from cv with other health related problems bar 1.

we follow the same path as Italy and Spain.
Do you want to see the NHS on its knees in just 10 days time? 15% of their staff may contract the disease while caring for others plus 10% in self isolation, 4% may die of it.
Life will slowly get back to normal in a few months when people can be tested for antibodies.
I know somebody who works as an ICU nurse in Southend General. They are ready but she is very scared for herself and her family.

 

[oldgroaner]

As in my profile. - West West Wales - just before you fall into the Irish Sea.

Its just the dry weather you've been having....

 

[oyster]

Its just the dry weather you've been having....

Adds to the abnormality of the times.