Germany, Indonesia and the Philippines have all now recorded 350,000+ cases.
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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostThe fucking schools man, same in Ireland. The country will be burning but teachers are the new Frontline Heroes, falling without complaint so folk have free childcare and a break from the wee rats.
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I know Hobbes, and I'm oversimplifying wildly after 3 beers, but I'm sick of this Govt and most of the media in Ireland carrying on like kids can't get it/have serious symptoms/spread it. The main exemption here to the ban on household visits is to allow you to dump the kids with the grandparents. It's fucking madness.Last edited by Lang Spoon; 16-10-2020, 22:52.
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So the world breaches the 400,000 cases in a day mark for the first time, with the USA contributing over 70,000 of them for the first time in a couple of months.
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I'll say a prayer to Eric for you, EIM.
Originally posted by steviecowden View Post
dunno about it being fuzzy-it was a fully garrisoned stone wall running the breadth of the country and along the coastline on the southern side with a purely military zone just to the south of the wall,doesnt really get much more regulated and controlled than that
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Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View PostSo the world breaches the 400,000 cases in a day mark for the first time, with the USA contributing over 70,000 of them for the first time in a couple of months.
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Belgium is the 27th country to reach 200,000+ cases and has recorded 10,359 deaths. It still has one of the highest death rates (893 deaths per million population) which is believed to be due to counting suspected deaths as well as confirmed Covid-19 deaths, but it has been overtaken by Peru in this arena, and several other South American countries are not that far behind (in the 700-800 deaths per million range).
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There are 45 countries that have between 1,000 and 10,000 cases so far. 28 of those countries are African. It's possible that these countries have been slow burning, maybe due to lower population density, and still have the potential to have bigger outbreaks in future.
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Been doing some back of the fag packet calculations. Current estimate is that Covid-19 is killing about 0.5% of people who are infected. In the last week, 113,579 people have been confirmed to be infected with Covid-19 in the UK. It's usually about two to three weeks after onset of infection to death. So, we would be expecting to see about 568 deaths per week in 2-3 weeks time. But, we're already seeing 750 deaths per week. That suggests a few possibilities.
1) Occam's razor, the UK's test and trace system is only picking up about half of new cases. That would mean we're currently seeing more like 230,000 new cases a week and will be expecting about 1,150 deaths per week in 2-3 weeks time.
2) The virus could be more deadly than expected. If the UK's numbers are accurate, then the virus would currently be killing about 1% of those who are infected.
I think option 1 is the most likely. Brace for about 200 deaths per weekday in the near future.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostIs there a breakdown of who is dying this time? It was disproportionately the elderly during the first wave but I haven't seen stories of care home outbreaks this time.Last edited by Lang Spoon; 17-10-2020, 13:16.
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Globally in the last week, we've seen 2,439,262 new cases. If the 0.5% death rate is accurate, that should lead to 12,196 deaths per week in 2-3 weeks time. But in the last week, we've seen 36,338 deaths worldwide. So it's a similar picture to the UK. Either lots of asymptomatic or mild cases are not being recorded (most likely) or the virus is more deadly than thought (less likely).
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Some epidemiologist from Trinity college Dublin thinks that the Pfizer vaccine will be ready before Christmas. I'll believe it when I see it, considering everyone in Ireland who owns a stethoscope has given us their opinion at this stage.
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