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The French president's comments come as daily cases in several European countries reach new highs.www.bbc.co.uk
This is a good riposte to the oft-heard suggestion that most people who fail to follow the rules are degenerate “Covidiots”, and further proof that in a society as insecure as ours, trying to stringently control anything – let alone a highly infectious disease – will tend to be very difficult indeed. According to research done at King’s College London, only 18% of people self-isolate after developing symptoms, and only 11% quarantine after being told by the government’s test and trace system that they have been in contact with a confirmed case. Among the factors the study associates with non-compliance are “lower socio-economic grade”, and “greater hardship during the pandemic”. A lot of people, it seems, would like to do what they are told, but simply can’t.How do you self-isolate if you live in a cramped multi-generational house with one kitchen and one bathroom/toilet, possibly even sharing a bedroom? How do you self-isolate if you live in shared accommodation, again with a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom, while struggling to hold down a job to pay the extortionate rent?
This is the basic point the government does not seem to have grasped – painfully highlighted by Johnson’s claim that infections increased because the public became “complacent”. Threatening people with fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate – and, we now learn, passing their details to the police – is an example of the same cast of mind, less likely to persuade people in precarious circumstances to follow the rules than to keep their distance from the authorities. The fact that some people on very low incomes are finally eligible for a lump sum of £500 to cover a fortnight’s quarantine will not solve what is obviously a massive problem; in terms of basic practicalities, it is of a piece with Rishi Sunak’s plan to pay only two-thirds of lost wages to people affected by local restrictions.
I haven't fact checked this, but it sounds very plausible. I suspect a large chunk of the 82% who don't self-isolate simply can't afford to. They don't have the money and job security to self isolate, so they go to work anyway. And another good chunk just follow what plenty of people in power have done (Cummings anyone?) and think if the people in power can get away with it, so can I. Until these two things are addressed/fixed I don't really see this improving. And lockdowns won't have much of an impact on this, quite possibly the contrary. #Covid19 #Coronavirus #UK #politics #health #BorisJohnson #DominicCummings https://twitter.com/ProfKarolSikora/status/1316280231142060034pluspora.com
Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove are among the cabinet ministers increasingly terrified by the consequences of failing to reach a deal with the EUwww.theguardian.com
Couples living apart in areas with Tier 2 restrictions are not allowed to have sleepovers unless they are in a “support bubble”, Downing Street confirmed today. Boyfriends and girlfriends will be able to meet outdoors in Tier 2 but are expected to adhere to social distancing rules such as hands, face and space. They must also adhere to the rule of six.www.standard.co.uk
Am Montag wurde Thomas Haldenweg, Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz, positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet. Nun wurde bekannt, dass die gesamte Führungsriege infiziert ist. Das bestätigte ein Sprecher der Behörde am Freitag auf Anfrage.www.rnd.de
Seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic, we still don’t know how effective contact tracing apps are. What we do know is Bluetooth can be wildly inaccuratewww.wired.co.uk
08.10.2020 - Die Zahl der Neuinfektionen mit dem Coronavirus in Deutschland ist sprunghaft auf mehr als 4000 binnen eines Tages angestiegen. Die Gesundheitsämter meldeten 4058 neue Corona-Infektionen innerhalb der vorangegangenen 24 Stunden, wie das Robert ...www.wallstreet-online.de
An interview that's both brilliant and a car crash. One side perfectly prepared, eloquent, to the point. The other side woefully unprepared, waffling and evasive I think you can guess which side Johnson is on?
Getting 'R' number below one key to lifting North West restrictions Prime Minister tells ITV News
#Covid19 #Coronavirus #health #UK #politics #BorisJohnson #Johnson #interview #ITVGetting 'R' below one key to lifting North West restrictions, says Johnson | ITV News
The Prime Minister has told ITV News that getting the R number below one is the measure that will be used when deciding whether to lift local restrictions.www.itv.com
The Prime Minister has told ITV News that getting the R number below one is the measure that will be used when deciding whether to lift local restrictions.www.itv.com
A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19, suggests that the virus' continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected.medicalxpress.com
With greetings to all those ********** protesting against the Covid-19 measures in London (and possibly elsewhere). But then again they will probably claim he's a paid actor and it's all a plot by the evil deep state or something.
Chris thought coronavirus was 'bullsh*t'... this is his powerful message from his intensive care bed
#UK #England #Covid19 #Coronavirus #health #NHSChris thought Covid was 'bullsh-t' - this is his message from intensive care
'I’m 29 with no underlying health conditions. This is serious s**t. Please please wake up guys'www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'I’m 29 with no underlying health conditions. This is serious s**t. Please please wake up guys'www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One of the claims made by the #governments of the world to justify imposing the regulations and programmes of a #biosecurity state on their populations is that they are ‘following the science’. By the same token, those who uncritically support these measures — in both #mainstream and social media — claim that anyone who criticises or opposes them are ‘anti-science’.
As #Professor #Levitt states: it is not governments that are following the science; rather, it is #politics that has ‘infected’ the scientists. By making the statements of eminent scientists with the courage to speak out against Government and #media lies more widely known, it is our hope that the debate the people of #Britain should be having will be opened to the knowledge we should be applying to this crisis, which goes far beyond a virus with the fatality rate of a severe #flu, and which threatens the existence of our human rights, civil liberties and democratic politics.
People are insisting on refereed reports. No-one wants to share anything. The #scientists are more panicked and scared of reality than anybody else.
This has got nothing to do with the politics. As a group, scientists have failed the younger generation.
‘Deciding what to do in this situation is really, really difficult. We cannot rely on one or two voices. There should have been a committee formed, either by the Nobel Foundation, by Lindau, by The Royal Society, The National Academy, in the middle of February when this was coming down the road, and we should have discussed this.
‘Instead, we let #economics and #politics dedicate the science.
There was total #panic. And the fact is that almost all the science we were hearing — for example, from organisations like the World Health Organisation — was wrong.
We had Facebook censoring [views contrary to] the World Health Organisation.
Nobody said to me: “Let me check your numbers”. They all just said: “Stop talking like that”.
.. but the fact is that viral cases and deaths follow a time trajectory, and I think that physicist and theoretical chemists who understand trajectories are way better qualified.
‘I am not against #lockdown. I’m against stupid lockdown without considering the full picture. That is, not just combating a
virus that is exactly as dangerous as flu, but also avoiding the economic damage that every country has caused itself, except #Sweden
In other words, everything is data-driven, but people have chosen not to look at the data. In many places, the politics has infected the scientists. Certainly in the USA the politics has infected the scientists.’
‘I think the problem is not just science and public. It’s science to other scientists. Nobody ever said: “You’re saying this: can I check your numbers” This is something which any intelligent person could do themselves in a few days. Every science needs problems to be worked over.
The one place that did have some intelligent #conversation — but I only got involved in it very late — was the European Molecular Biology Lab.
The #criticism is wonderful, because [with]good science, you have to be able to stand up to criticism. Scientists expect to be torn apart. We circled the wagons against this, and it really, really hurt us.’
‘I’m not saying that corona is like flu. But It has exactly the same excess death and age-ranges as flu, and flu is a very serious disease, so I’m not undermining [the existence of] #COVID.
Scientists are arrogant, and refuse to listen to people not in their fields. Scientists are getting away Scott-free for causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage, and this is something which cannot be allowed to happen.
‘It’s not just the World Health Organisation. #Ferguson wanted Sweden to lock down, and got Britain to lock down. And when the numbers become normal, exactly what you would expect without lockdown, he then says: “Ah, it’s because of lockdown”. This is terrible science. This is science which should go on trial. Scientists cannot cause damage like this and refuse to listen.
‘The fact is that #epidemiology and modelling has been a disgrace. They have not looked at the #data. They have been wrong at every turn. We’re going to see that, although coronavirus is a different disease, the net #impact of death is going to be very similar to severe flu. And it’s going to be that way without lockdown.
The warning comes as people in England who refuse an order to self-isolate could be fined up to £10,000.www.bbc.co.uk
Der Corona-Lockdown im März traf alle unvorbereitet. Da viele Hilfsangebote und die Tafeln ihre Arbeit einstellen... auf report-d.de - Düsseldorfs Internetzeitungwww.report-d.de
'AtfirstI thought he had a really funky mask on, then he let it crawl around the hand rails'www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Keine Leistungskürzungen bei Hartz IV in der Corona-Krise? Von wegen! Trotz der weltweiten Pandemie und ihren wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen wurden tausendewww.hartziv.org
Researchers at the University of Alberta are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment for humans against COVID-19.medicalxpress.com
Düsseldorf (WB/dpa). In NRW gilt ab September keine Maskenpflicht im Schulunterricht mehr. Großveranstaltungen mit mehr als 1000 Gästen müssen künftig von den Kommunen mit dem Land abgestimmt werden. Beides kündigte Ministerpräsident Armin Laschet (CDU) am Donnerstag an.www.westfalen-blatt.de
Parkplätze und Stege sind voll: Wegen der Corona-Krise kommen noch mehr Ausflügler als sonst ins Fünfseenland. Der Pandemiearzt appelliert, auch im Freien Abstand zu halten.www.sueddeutsche.de
It's not that hard a concept! Even Max (here) finally got it...
#masks #coronavirus #COVID19 #StaySafe Protect yourself from #trumpvirus #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
Meanwhile... a nurse friend passed this along. FYI, COVID-partygoers, reality-deniers / low info/high-riskers
#masks #trumpthink Stop the #trumpvirus ! #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #tinfoilhatware #Coronavirus #COVID19
If it's cats, I'm doomed.
#masks #riskcalculation #COVID19 #coronavirus #funny #humour #thechildfreechoice
Meanwhile... a nurse friend passed this along. FYI, COVID-partygoers, reality-deniers / low info/high-riskers
#masks #trumpthink Stop the #trumpvirus ! #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #tinfoilhatware #Coronavirus #COVID19
Are you wearing your mask?
I used myself as a model for this animation and I make sure that I wear a face mask when I go shopping. I'm very pleased to say that people in the Sevenoaks (UK) area where I live are being extremely considerate and are all wearing masks when in close contact with each other. Must admit that I still avoid restaurants and pubs
#covid19 #coronavirus #facemask #mywork #gplussrefugee #3d #gif #animation
Demonstrators march though Berlin, saying face masks and other measures violate their rights.www.bbc.co.uk
Eine Studie zu einem Coronavirus-Ausbruch in einem Sommercamp untermauert der US-Gesundheitsbehörde CDC zufolge die Erkenntnis, dass sich Kinder jeden Alters mit dem Erreger infizieren können.
Eine Studie zu einem Coronavirus-Ausbruch in einem Sommercamp untermauert der US-Gesundheitsbehörde CDC zufolge die Erkenntnis, dass sich Kinder jeden Alters mit dem Erreger infizieren können. Entgegen ursprünglicher Annahmen könnten Kinder und Jugendliche auch eine "wichtige Rolle" bei der Übertragung von Sars-CoV-2 spielen. Die Studie dürfte in den USA auch die Debatte zur Wiedereröffnung von Schulen nach den Sommerferien erneut anheizen. Sie befasst sich mit einem Coronavirus-Ausbruch, der sich Ende Juni innerhalb von etwa zehn Tagen in einem Feriencamp für Kinder und Jugendliche im südlichen Bundesstaat Georgia zugetragen hatte. Von den dort anwesenden Personen wurden 344 getestet. Von ihnen hatten sich 260 mit dem Coronavirus infiziert. Darunter waren 51 Kinder im Alter bis zehn Jahren, 180 Jugendliche und 29 volljährige Personen. Die rund 250 Angestellten und Freiwilligen in dem Camp mussten Masken tragen, die etwa 350 Gäste im Alter von 6 bis 18 Jahren mussten keinen Mund-Nasen-Schutz tragen. Während ihres mehrtägigen Aufenthalts gab es zahlreiche Aktivitäten im Freien und in geschlossenen Räumen, darunter "kräftiges Singen und Jubeln", so die CDC-Studie. Zwei Tage nach der Ankunft der Gäste sei ein Teenager am 23. Juni mit Erkältungserscheinungen nach Hause geschickt worden. Nachdem die Person positiv getestet worden war, schlossen die Verantwortlichen das Camp am 27. Juni. Von den 136 Personen, für die es Informationen zu Symptomen gab, gaben 36 an, keine Beschwerden gehabt zu haben. Die übrigen berichteten von Fieber, Kopfschmerzen und Halsweh.www.deutschlandfunk.de
It’s as if an oceanside town stalked by a frenzy of ravenous sharks urged people to return to the beach by saying, We care about your health and safety, so we’ve reinforced the boardwalk with concrete. Lovely. Now people can sturdily walk into the ocean and be separated from their limbsThat's what I have been saying all the time. In end with all those crazy désinfection you just increase the chance of super germs or other resistance against antibiotics. The virus is airborne and so masks and distance are important
People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.www.theatlantic.com
Great job at demonstrating how masks protect us from droplets.
#COVID19 #coronavirus #facemasks #masks
