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I thought lockdowns were only meant to give governments time to assess, plan and make some preparations. Now it looks like they think its a cure.... Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Avg life expectancy in the UK is 81yrs and Niger 62yrs. Looks like better health outcomes to me, if we can stop fixating on C-19 for a moment.  This year, more than 4 200 000 people have already died of hunger in the world. That takes long and is extremely horrible.  It should put C-19 and...

Again, happy to be convinced by examples to the contrary. Anything else is unfortunately wishful thinking. I would even be highly surprised about an economy with high avg personal income that has poor health outcomes. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Agreed, its unrealistic to think anything this widespread and contiguous is going away. From what I've read, the prospect of a vaccine is also pretty dim due to C-19 being an upper respiratory infection. The area that gets infected is deemed external skin because air and germs hits it from...

I cannot agree with you here. A well managed economy can and will deliver good health care. A poor country invariably does not. I stand to be corrected based on an example or 2, but a quick survey of avg life expectancies will suffice. Your views on ScoMo is clearly quite biased and lacks...

Hehe no need to feel sorry. We're doing pretty good. [emoji106] ScoMo isn't bad either, but then he is operating under the competent supervision of his voters, unlike Cyril and his gang. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Its really not the govt but the voters who give them the latitude. In SA, that is firmly in the 'too hard' basket for me. Like I said though, I know you guys (kinda) so I just wanted to test my thinking. Looks like I may have been slightly too sceptical  on how dangerous C-19 is. I think the...

Thats the rub for me. We are only in a position to stay healthy if we are not stressed to death about work, money, FOOD, bloody nasty virusses that will penetrate armoured glass. Seeing as the virus will not penetrate glass and will be here forever, we may as well get busy setting ourselves up...

Mike, I'm trying to be realistic and not run around with my hair on fire. Not that I have enough hair to catch fire, but you get the picture. The maths are simple though: You test 1% of the population and find 1% has COVID-19. Clearly, if you tested 100% you will find more cases, but the vast...

But it looks cool, right? [emoji1] Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

I would probably have liked neater wiring. Not sure what else? Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Thanks for that. Here's a link that I quickly scanned with some better news, hopefully. https://theconversation.com/can-you-get-the-covid-19-coronavirus-twice-137309 Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Sounds like you have been trawling for unbelievers and are now tired of trying to convert them. I was sort of there and now I'm starting to think we are grossly over-cooking the response. When I say we, I mean the world. Its quite clear that SA has. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Are people getting this more than once? I haven't heard of that. That would be quite unusual for a disease. Again with the Spanish flu, which is still around, there was this massive initial impact and I can only think that at least some herd immunity must have built up, which eventually...

Scotty has been pretty good through all this. Violence was limited to mild fear mongering. By what people are saying here, looks like we dodged a bullet Down Under. We've eased restrictions significantly and are moving back to a quite normal setup. Its always a weird to talk about death in...

I would argue that staying indoors is a bad idea. Staying away from crowds is probably what you mean? Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

I can't fault your ability to punch a calculator, but its based on confirmed cases, which is of course a lot less than the actual. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Surely not half. Something like 90% of people who get corona has mild to no symptoms. 5% would be catastrophic and horrible, but that is assuming everyone who gets exposed actually gets sick. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

What is a bad flu season's figures like? Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

When we lived in South Africa... Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk