The Coronavirus Thread

[pErvinalia]

You can't trust them. They are part of the conspiracy.

[Scot Dutchy]

I suppose you swallow anything your government tells you?

[NineBerry]

French Corona cases flown to hospitals in Southwest Germany to be treated

[Hermit]

French Corona cases flown to hospitals in Southwest Germany to be treated

Won't mind if they fly a few dozen cases my way. If none arrive by tomorrow evening I'll just have to buy a case of Coopers at my local bottle'o. It won't be shut. In my town grog shops are classed as essential businesses.

[Svartalf]

Your lucky, here the booze specialty shope are mostly closed, including all near my home... I only have access to the reduced choice available in my local market.

[Tero]

Beer! Qualifies as drink plenty of liquids!

[laklak]

It's 95% water.

[laklak]

Lol.

[NineBerry]

Well, the "Spanish Flu" came from rural America

[Brian Peacock]

Not much isolation/social-distancing going on here in Kingscliff. The place is packed! I socially isolated on my favourite beach, however. There were about 8 of us there for hundreds of metres of sand.

You've been practising social isolation and distancing for years now, so it shouldn't be much of burden, eh?

[Brian Peacock]

Read more at DutchNews.nl: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/d ... ap-by-637/

Of course quoting the "right" paper.

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And what the b'jaysus is that supposed to mean? I guess you think the Dutch government are just making the numbers whatever they want to be (for some unknown reason) and only bringing in social, financial, and military measures to humour their EU partners eh?

[Scot Dutchy]

Look at Germany:

Germany's low coronavirus mortality rate intrigues experts

Some query data methodology while others say high testing rates are giving more accurate picture

Germany’s relatively low mortality rate continues to intrigue experts as Covid-19 spreads across Europe, with some questioning the methodology behind its data gathering while others argue the country’s high testing rates allow a more accurate approximation of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus.

While the pandemic has hit Germany with full force, with Johns Hopkins University noting 22,364 confirmed infections by Sunday morning, only 84 people are so far reported to have died.

This means Germany currently has the lowest mortality rate of the 10 countries most severely hit by the pandemic: 0.3% compared with 9% in Italy and 4.6% in the UK.

The contrast with Italy is especially surprising because the two countries have the highest percentage of citizens aged 65 or over in Europe. If anything, the Bloomberg Global Health Index would suggest Italians have a healthier lifestyle than Germans.

Data? What you will.

[Joe]

Well, the "Spanish Flu" came from rural America

Yeahbut, the Kansas Flu just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[NineBerry]

Merkel under quarantine

[Tero]

I blame Trump.