I would think South Korea is the other extreme. Where they use your phone data (and they know it's yours, with name and everything) to warn everybody with a cellphone in your vicinity that you have or are suspected to have Coronavirus. — Benkei
We had too our first death after implementing the lockdown. Yet I'm not sure if Sweden is totally opposite to New Zealand. I think there's a lot more variables than the policy measures taken especially if you haven't chosen the South Korea / Singapore option right from the start. — ssu
Baden wins!Baden: Your prediction of 150,000 is pretty much on the money. — Andrew M
I don't think we will be over the peak anytime soon, in the UK the experts announced yesterday that the lockdown is expected to last for at least 6 months, with only tentative attempts at relaxation of measures towards the end of this period. Personally, I expect it to be for a few more months than that before significant restrictions can be lifted. — Punshhh
The possible benefit of this whole situation is that less developed countries can now clearly see what happens if you don’t stop the spread early doors. Hopefully Europe and North America’s mistakes can help those much more vulnerable countries act quickly - I really hope so because they just don’t have anything like the kind of healthcare in place that they do. — I like sushi
The story continues....Speaking of Darwin, the award goes to...
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What was that about Jesus, again? — unenlightened
See articleEleven students who attend Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, have come down with coronavirus symptoms after returning to campus. - Nonetheless, 1,900 students returned to campus last week, but 800 have since left
Well, they got their version of South Korea's Patient 31, the "Super-spreader".They've had the 'advantage' - if you can call it that - of knowing full well that their health institutions will not be able to handle the pandemic if it grows out of control there, so have been crazy pro-active in trying to prevent it's intrusion into the community. Seems to be holding fast so far, one only hopes it keeps up. — StreetlightX
At least 15,000 people who may have caught the new coronavirus from a Sikh religious leader are under strict quarantine in northern India after the man died of COVID-19.
The 70-year-old preacher, Baldev Singh, had returned from a trip to Europe's virus epicentre Italy and Germany before he went preaching in more than a dozen villages in Punjab state.
At least 15,000 people who may have caught the new coronavirus from a Sikh religious leader are under strict quarantine in northern India after the man died of COVID-19.
The 70-year-old preacher, Baldev Singh, had returned from a trip to Europe's virus epicentre Italy and Germany before he went preaching in more than a dozen villages in Punjab state.
Bad luck if true, I guess. But politically correct for the current administration, as the case is about a sikh, not a hindu. — ssu
The hope you have lived by for the last four years.We'll see if he's right. It'll be sumpin if he is. — Hanover
See Coronavirus: Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the borderMexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus.
Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for hours on Wednesday.
They wore face masks and held signs telling Americans to "stay at home".
Fine, but let's use Boris Johnson as the guinea pig then rather than people who are worth caring about. — Baden
It'll be pure luck with about 27% chance of him being right. — Benkei
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