COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (4 Viewers)

[James Spader]

I've been living in and running around Los Angeles since 1996. I spent most of 2017 driving for Uber which had me picking up and dropping off people in every "dangerous" part of the city.

Not once have I encountered a situation in which I needed a gun to defend myself from any criminal element. Everyone in Los Angeles is much more at risk of getting seriously ill from COVID 19 than being in a situation in which they need a gun.

Thank you for that sample of one.

 

[Crzycjunx76]

Well, I suppose it's good to know we're not the only ones.

Brazil has the second most bat species of any nation of the world, and 35% of them call urban areas home.

Brazil could very well be priming themselves to be an incubator of future Covid outbreaks.

Speaking of bats, has anyone been checking the urban colony in Austin?

 

[Dago]

This has probably been posted before, but oh well.

The 2021 Global Health Security Index

The 2021 GHS Index measures the capacities of 195 countries to prepare for epidemics and pandemics.

www.ghsindex.org

So apparently the United States was rated as the most prepared to deal with a global pandemic. If you read further, basically all countries failed we just failed the least

 

[DaveXA]

Gun debate was 6 pages ago. Let's move on.

I've been living in and running around Los Angeles since 1996. I spent most of 2017 driving for Uber which had me picking up and dropping off people in every "dangerous" part of the city.

Not once have I encountered a situation in which I needed a gun to defend myself from any criminal element. Everyone in Los Angeles is much more at risk of getting seriously ill from COVID 19 than being in a situation in which they need a gun.

Thank you for that sample of one.

 

[nolaspe]

Nice to see countries helping each other out...

Cuban doctors and nurses arrive Italy to help fight coronavirus - Businessday NG

Cuba said it dispatched thirty seven doctors and fifteen nurses to Italy to help in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) that has killed thousands of Italians in Lombardy.

businessday.ng

 

[0rion]

This has probably been posted before, but oh well.

The 2021 Global Health Security Index

The 2021 GHS Index measures the capacities of 195 countries to prepare for epidemics and pandemics.

www.ghsindex.org

So apparently the United States was rated as the most prepared to deal with a global pandemic. If you read further, basically all countries failed we just failed the least

I read that just a bit ago and keep wondering what unprepared would look like. At face value it looks to me like South Korea was easily the most prepared all the way around.

 

[Dago]

I read that just a bit ago and keep wondering what unprepared would look like. At face value it looks to me like South Korea was easily the most prepared all the way around.

Obviously not by their criteria. South Korea had an easy time due to geography and I am sure that didnt factor into this report

Edit: easy also being a relative term here. Plus the people in South Korea seem to have more common sense as a whole, a more sensible government, and they listen to their leaders

 

[DaveXA]

I read that just a bit ago and keep wondering what unprepared would look like. At face value it looks to me like South Korea was easily the most prepared all the way around.

Pretty much, and they didn't really have the level of hindsight we do. That said, even with that hindsight, if we insist on getting back to normal by Easter, then we've pissed away everything we've learned so far.

 

[Dago]

Obviously not by their criteria. South Korea had an easy time due to geography and I am sure that didnt factor into this report

Edit: easy also being a relative term here. Plus the people in South Korea seem to have more common sense as a whole, a more sensible government, and they listen to their leaders

Sorry to quote myself, but does having a more homogeneous population help in a crisis like this?

 

[Dago]

Pretty much, and they didn't really have the level of hindsight we do. That said, even with that hindsight, if we insist on getting back to normal by Easter, then we've pissed away everything we've learned so far.

The sad part isnt that Trump is really wrong...its just idealistic crap. What is getting in the way of this being over this quickly is "us".

As bad as our leaders have been, "we" are what is making this worse by not doing what this thread has been saying to do from the beginning

 

[DaveXA]

Sorry to quote myself, but does having a more homogeneous population help in a crisis like this?

That's an interesting question. Isn't Italy fairly homogeneous though? Their cultures are night and day different, and Italy has few cultural boundaries.

 

[DaveXA]

The sad part isnt that Trump is really wrong...its just idealistic crap. What is getting in the way of this being over this quickly is "us".

As bad as our leaders have been, "we" are what is making this worse by not doing what this thread has been saying to do from the beginning

I think plenty here are trying to be good citizens, but the rest of the general public is woefully misinformed.

 

[Dago]

That's an interesting question. Isn't Italy fairly homogeneous though? Their cultures are night and day different, and Italy has few cultural boundaries.

Good point.

Sicily is telling Italy "Where are those gene pool jokes now? Screw you and screw Dennis Hopper."

 

[Dago]

I think plenty here are trying to be good citizens, but the rest of the general public is woefully misinformed.

The information is there...people are just ignoring it or they dont give a damn about anybody but themselves

 

[DaveXA]

Good point.

Sicily is telling Italy "Where are those gene pool jokes now? Screw you and screw Dennis Hopper."

On second thought, maybe not so homogeneous. Lol.