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BBC News - Coronavirus: UK in lockdown as strict curbs on life brought in
Boris Johnson has outlined strict new measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus, including a ban on public gatherings of more than two people.
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Coronavirus: Wuhan to ease lockdown as world battles pandemic
The lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began, will be partially lifted on 8 April, officials say.
Travel restrictions in the rest of Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, will be lifted from midnight on Tuesday - for residents who are healthy. A single new case of the virus was reported in Wuhan on Tuesday following almost a week of no reported new cases. Countries around the world have gone into lockdown or imposed severe curbs. The UK is getting to grips with sweeping new measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus, including a ban on public gatherings of more than two people and the immediate closure of shops selling non-essential goods. -
Sweden's CORVID-19 Policies among the most measured, clearly-communicated, transparent and innovative
Take their approach to shutting schools down for example. Based on what the public health authority knew of the virus so far, and mindful of how society functions, they only shut down upper secondary and university studies. The rationale for this was that children ages 16 and older are better able to manage remote learning, care for themselves without a parent, and have longer distances to travel to and from school. Keeping these students off of public transportation and in their homes, while still learning remotely would help stop the spread of the virus.
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Meanwhile in the U.S.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Meanwhile in the U.S.
My wife responded with WTF! When we got ours today.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
My wife responded with WTF! When we got ours today.
I did in telegram chat..
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US Stimulus package has passed!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/stimulus-senate-action-coronavirus/index.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US Stimulus package has passed!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/stimulus-senate-action-coronavirus/index.html
Wait - did it pass? or is it now up for a vote?
From the article
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wait - did it pass? or is it now up for a vote?
Correct. The agreement was reached. Nothing has been voted on yet.
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Coronavirus delays Russian vote on Putin staying in power
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed a vote on constitutional change that would allow him to stay in power, because of coronavirus concerns.
He said the public vote - previously due to be held on 22 April - would be delayed until a "later date". The proposed changes include scrapping a ban on allowing Mr Putin to run for office again. The changes have already been approved by parliament and Russia's constitutional court. They would give Mr Putin - who is serving his fourth presidential term and has dominated Russian politics for two decades - the right to serve two more consecutive terms. -
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If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509
We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509
We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.
I think it's like that everywhere in every country now. If you think about it, nobody is equipped to test millions of people in a short period of time. And there's really no reason to unless you are in the risk group and/or showing symptoms.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509
We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.
I think it's like that everywhere in every country now. If you think about it, nobody is equipped to test millions of people in a short period of time. And there's really no reason to unless you are in the risk group and/or showing symptoms.
Correct. The article example is a failure, yes. She should have been able to get tested once symptomatic.
But Scott's tin foil hat rant is just that. A rant.
No country states more infected than tested positive. Most news quotes the medical professionals as assuming there are more, but they have no way to test, in almost all countries.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509
We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.
I think it's like that everywhere in every country now. If you think about it, nobody is equipped to test millions of people in a short period of time. And there's really no reason to unless you are in the risk group and/or showing symptoms.
Correct. The article example is a failure, yes. She should have been able to get tested once symptomatic.
But Scott's tin foil hat rant is just that. A rant.
No country states more infected than tested positive. Most news quotes the medical professionals as assuming there are more, but they have no way to test, in almost all countries.
It's also counterproductive to test.
In the beginning when you have few cases it could be beneficial to test to be able to trace people who have been in contact with the patient. But that becomes a waste of resources once you already have lots of people that are infected and the virus is spreading. Then it's a matter of taking care of those in need. So you test those that have serious symptoms and need to go to the ER.
There is simply no need to test those that have mild symptoms. And it's illogical. It's the really sick that needs health care. If you don't need health care, stay at home until you are feeling well again.
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@Pete-S said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509
We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.
I think it's like that everywhere in every country now. If you think about it, nobody is equipped to test millions of people in a short period of time. And there's really no reason to unless you are in the risk group and/or showing symptoms.
Correct. The article example is a failure, yes. She should have been able to get tested once symptomatic.
But Scott's tin foil hat rant is just that. A rant.
No country states more infected than tested positive. Most news quotes the medical professionals as assuming there are more, but they have no way to test, in almost all countries.
It's also counterproductive to test.
In the beginning when you have few cases it could be beneficial to test to be able to trace people who have been in contact with the patient. But that becomes a waste of resources once you already have lots of people that are infected and the virus is spreading. Then it's a matter of taking care of those in need. So you test those that have serious symptoms and need to go to the ER.
There is simply no need to test those that have mild symptoms. And it's illogical. It's the really sick that needs health care. If you don't need health care, stay at home until you are feeling well again.
I suppose I understand testing those with severe symptoms, but anything else, I agree why bother? It's like the normal flu - almost no one gets tested for that.
