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    New York looks to be taking quite a hit with 4,796 new cases yesterday bringing the total to 15,168. I have been looking at Europe rather than USA so not sure when that number started to rocket. Just 10 days or longer? This could hit the US in an even bigger fashion than Europe...

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    Why masks are ineffective in general. I have been watching people wearing masks and they routinely pull them down to talk then wipe their face then put the mask up. I witness people who take the mask off but never washed their hands after then touch their face. This is quite common. As my daughter has said to me over and over, Masks should really only be worn if you have signs of being ill or you are caring for an ill family member or work in the medical community.

    I see people panicking and spending copious amounts of money to get them and most use them improperly making them ineffective.

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    ^ I saw a woman at the market yesterday with latex glove on and kept touching her face .

    As you say most are using these incorrectly. Best to stay away as you can't rely on your fellow citizens to not be stupid.

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    I'm locked in NZ for the foreseeable future, family in their own lock down in Chanthaburi, online learning for two, but Ms still working fulltime.
    Am watching NZ Prime Minister Ardern right now, move from Level 2 to Level 3 now, Level 4 in 48 hours.
    Essential services only are permitted to function. All non essential must close.

    What you need to know:

    - New Zealand has been lifted to alert level three and alert level four in 48 hours.
    - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said community transmission is a possibility in New Zealand now. She said, "staying at home is essential".
    - All non-essential businesses must close in 48 hours. This includes bars, restaurants, cinemas, playgrounds.
    - Essential services will remain open.
    - All indoor and outdoor events are banned.
    - Schools will close from tomorrow.
    - All of these measures will remain in place for four weeks.
    - There are 36 new coronavirus cases in New Zealand, bringing the total confirmed count to 102.
    - Most cases are linked to recent overseas travel, however, there are two that aren't linked to travel.

    Expect to be in lockdown for four weeks
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the full lockdown will last for about four weeks before being reassessed. Some regions could be pulled out of level four earlier than others.
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    The Prime Minister is essentially placing the country into a full lockdown. People should stay home unless they are working at an essential service such as a supermarket or hospital. Everyone else should work at home and only go out for essentials, or completely alone for something like a walk.
    This is probably the most significant government intervention into private life ever made in New Zealand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    New York looks to be taking quite a hit with 4,796 new cases yesterday bringing the total to 15,168. I have been looking at Europe rather than USA so not sure when that number started to rocket. Just 10 days or longer? This could hit the US in an even bigger fashion than Europe...
    Because most people don't give a fuck. One of the major problems with this virus is its death rate and who it mostly affects. Be careful what you wish for and all that, but if it had the mortality rate of other viruses you wouldn't see young dickheads licking toilet seats etc.

    It's a sneaky fucker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by naptownmike View Post
    ^ I saw a woman at the market yesterday with latex glove on and kept touching her face .

    As you say most are using these incorrectly. Best to stay away as you can't rely on your fellow citizens to not be stupid.
    Exactly right. The best way to battle this is stay home. If you need to go out be cognizant of your surroundings and how others behave.

    Gloves in my opinion are another waste of time and money and moreover taking needed medical community resources.

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    I just read ( unsubstantiated but not unbelievable) in N Korea if you are diagnosed with the virus the people are being executed instantly.

    Heck of a good deterrent to keep people at home...

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    Newspaper headlines: 24 hours to avoid complete lockdown, PM warns

    Newspaper headlines: 24 hours to avoid complete lockdown, PM warns - BBC News

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    I really shouldn't laugh...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    Newspaper headlines: 24 hours to avoid complete lockdown, PM warns

    Newspaper headlines: 24 hours to avoid complete lockdown, PM warns - BBC News
    Be it due to selfishness or stupidity (I suspect the former rather more than the latter), it's probably the best way for Europe and the US.

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    Damm it ... they (the government) just closed sporting venues.

    There goes our Squash Competition!

    ... which is a good thing as we finely tunes athletes do perspire a bit

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    I have been watching people wearing masks and they routinely pull them down to talk then wipe their face then put the mask up
    it is all for naught except as theatre to make themselves feel ok

    unless strict protocols are followed with every movement they make , they only have to fcuk up once

    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    Damm it ... they (the government) just closed sporting venues.
    every thing should be closed except chemists , doctors , supermarkets - the masses need to learn to stay home for at least a month

    the lines of people outside centrelink ...... because the my.gov website crashed

    the facade will collapse to expose how incompetence rules and none of these people are leaders - this is the curse of the MBa's upon us - they are convinced they are leaders which is not the case

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    I truly wish folk would avoid that crass and indiscriminate use of the Americanism to describe a shutting down of American prison life or sealing off a school to prevent a massacre when they mean quarantine. I can well understand the stupid and ignorant employing the term because they cannot spell or pronounce 'quarantine' but that is no excuse for everyone to use it. It's just so pretentiously melodramatic and achingly contrived, a bit like your grandmother asking you " what went down " when she is merely asking what has happened.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Be it due to selfishness or stupidity (I suspect the former rather more than the latter), it's probably the best way for Europe and the US.
    In the case of the British, and Americans of course, it is stupidity. No other European country is mobbing supermarkets like scavenging locusts driven by an atavistic desire to hoard for Armageddon but in Britain the untermensch - we have seen them all in the press photos; lumpen, knuckle-dragging, fat sacks with slack jaws, dressed in tracksuit bottoms and hoodies gawping inanely at their phones - are the majority as so vividly illustrated by the Brexit vote.

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    ...interesting graphics that track covid-19 movement:

    How the Virus Got Out - The New York Times

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    In the case of the British, and Americans of course, it is stupidity. No other European country is mobbing supermarkets like scavenging locusts driven by an atavistic desire to hoard for Armageddon
    Germany


    Do you want to see a load more? Have you not heard of the Aussies and bogroll, you buffoon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    the untermensch - we have seen them all in the press photos; lumpen, knuckle-dragging, fat sacks with slack jaws, dressed in tracksuit bottoms and hoodies gawping inanely at their phones - are the majority as so vividly illustrated by the Brexit vote.
    I was just gonna say that you were describing the average Brexit retard and then I saw your last line. How very true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Brexit has totally fried your pathetic excuse for an intellect, at least what was left of it after the Leo you old sot.


    EU/EEA and the UK Sum of Cases Sum of Deaths
    Italy 47021 4032
    Spain 19980 1002
    Germany 18323 45
    France 12612 450
    United_Kingdom 3983 177
    Netherlands 2994 106
    Austria 2649 6
    Belgium 2257 37
    Situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 21 March 2020


    Of, but of course the UK is far worse off, because.... Brexit. Dribble
    Ever noticed, we are an Island nation? Have another bottle.
    I was referring to the economic meltdown of Britain and Sterling, the worst affected currency in the developed world except NOR K and AUD, in the context that the Brexit fiasco had weakened it and made it more vulnerable to eternal shocks such as COVID and you post a schedule of infections with a current death rate.

    You really are quite, quite stupid.

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    Tbf to the retards who have stripped the shelves of hand sanitizer etc..

    They were probably sat on a toilet last month eating a Big Mac

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    the retards who have stripped the shelves of hand sanitizer etc..
    Umm...Chitty...what about all the products that you helped to 'strip the shelves' of?

    How did that not make you a 'retard' by your reasoning?

    You really are such a massive hypocrite it's unreal.

    And you can delete this or make a new thread of it with a title that makes no sense or whatever...it won't change that truth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Germany


    Do you want to see a load more? Have you not heard of the Aussies and bogroll, you buffoon.

    She was a volunteer community shopper contributing to the greater good in a sound business-like fashion so typical of their Teutonic ilk.

    My dear chap, who on earth gives a flying toss about what happens in the Antipodes, but as we all know they are genetically programmed from the English gene pool to act in a lumpen manner so really no surprise to learn of poor behaviour there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    Most informative description I have read so far! Shared by an NHS colleague to a Coronavirus Group, set up to share advice and support for NHS staff 👍🏻
    Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand...
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    Just seen this on a colleagues facebook page:

    This was Passed on from a friend:


    “From an immunologist at Johns Hopkins University”


    Not really feeling sick and do not want to be..but if you are feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand.

    Problem is, it is largely junk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    Why masks are ineffective in general. I have been watching people wearing masks and they routinely pull them down to talk then wipe their face then put the mask up. I witness people who take the mask off but never washed their hands after then touch their face. This is quite common. As my daughter has said to me over and over, Masks should really only be worn if you have signs of being ill or you are caring for an ill family member or work in the medical community.

    I see people panicking and spending copious amounts of money to get them and most use them improperly making them ineffective.
    But for those of us who do know how to use them efficaciously they are an arrow in the quiver of defence against this plague.

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    Marouane Fellaini tests positive for COVID-19


    Paolo Maldini and son Daniel test positive


    Coronavirus: Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein tests positive in prison
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