Coronavirus/Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[DRW50]

 

[I Am A Swede]

It's been a warm and sunny day here and if you didn't know it you'd never have guessed that something like Coronavirus/Covid-19 exists. With the possible exception that it's not as crowded as usual everything looks perfectly normal. The cafés have reduced the number of tables and chairs, but they're open for business, just like hair-dressers, bookstores, shops and restaurants. 

And despite this we're not seeing any major increase in deaths or infected.

At 11:30 a.m today (Swedish time) we had 7206 confirmed infected and 477 deaths, and 418 of them were 70 years or older. Only 5 deaths were people under 50 years of age.

[victoria foxton]

 

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2020 by victoria foxton

[DRW50]

How shocking. Absolutely shocking.

 

 

[victoria foxton]

 

 

[marceline]

 

This is probably why the Queen made a public address. Johnson is dying and she wanted to get in front of it.

 

Which makes me wonder: has there been any update on Rand Paul? I figure if he were healthy he'd be blowing his own horn about his excellent medical care. 

Edited April 6, 2020 by marceline

[DRW50]

 

Someone is tweeting from his account but I haven't heard about him.

 

Speaking of the Queen's speech, I have sort of become put off by the family after the way Meghan Markle was treated, but I thought the speech itself was beautifully, concisely written and very much suited to what we're going through. I didn't realize just why until I read this article that talked about the unspoken message telling everyone to leave the past behind. 

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/queen-elizabeth-coronavirus-address-168096

[dragonflies]

OMG hilarious 

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[victoria foxton]

 

 

[DRW50]

Oh please.

[DramatistDreamer]

The people who now surmise that Johnson must've deteriorated fast could not have seen what he looked like the last time he was on camera. He'd still had a fever after 10 days, which is not, under any circumstances a good sign.  Also, with his build, he was likely to have underlying health issues.

 

 

[victoria foxton]

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2020 by victoria foxton

[AlexElizabeth]

 

The Trump one made me laugh

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[JaneAusten]

Sweden no doubt is healthier than the rest of the world. Mentally and physically.

[amybrickwallace]

As a healthcare worker, I would like to get a few things off my chest. I work for a caregiving company here in Ohio, and the lion's share of our work is in the homes of elderly and/or infirm (though we also help some clients in assisted living facilities). We have to ration and reuse masks and vinyl gloves, because like everywhere else there are shortages. What a fine thing outsourcing turned out to be, right?

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I have no earthly idea why store clerks and food workers at the restaurants (both carry-out and drive-thrus) are not wearing masks and gloves. You're definitely not six feet away from the clerk once you reach the head of the line/window. At least the clerks at the post office are wearing PPE (probably because they learned extensive safety protocol following the anthrax attacks of 2001). 

 

Still, I'm the angriest about the mixed messages the President is sending by his "do as I say, not as I do" attitude. At least the governor, lieutenant governor and director of health here in Ohio are all positioned six or more feet away from each other in their daily press briefings. The governor has held up the cloth masks made by his wife that he wears out in public, save for the daily conferences to the press. Meanwhile, Trump and company are all squished together in his press conferences to the nation, no masks in sight. I had to stop watching them because I didn't want to throw a shoe through the TV!!!