General Coronavirus chit chat thread - non-travel specific

[Pushka]

An ABC article, today, about how Oz has fared in relation to some other countries on COVID management, although there were some fairly specific reporting parameters:

Australia ranks 8th in its coronavirus response — what can the top 7 teach us?

Australia is managing the coronavirus crisis well, but seven countries are considered to have done a better job. These are the lessons each can teach us about how they got on top of COVID-19.

www.abc.net.au

I think they may need to have waited a couple of months before posting that article. The devil is in the date cut off which is of course now.

 

[drron]

The UK seems to be over the worst.

UK has recorded a total of 22,232,377 infections and 177,890 deaths.

Comprehensive UK COVID-19 Statistics Dashboard

coronavstats.co.uk

 

[drron]

So when it comes to Genomics the UK is the world leader with over half of genomic sequences to the WHO global database coming from the UK.
The UK is now making that expertise available to countries that dont have the resources to do such testing.Will enable quicker ID of mutations.

Welcome to Precision Vaccinations News

Precision Vaccinations News publishes vaccine news patients can trust to make informed immunization decisions in partnership with doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.

www.coronavirustoday.com

 

[blackcat20]

A good article about Vic's Deputy CHO: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/new...-response?mc_cid=e9e2fd0377&mc_eid=68cebad489

 

[pagingjoan]

A good article about Vic's Deputy CHO: Allen Cheng: The professor who put himself in the public firing line of Victoria’s COVID-19 health response

It is!
Thanks for posting the link.

 

[Major]

RIP Sir Tom Moore who has passed away after contacting CV-19

Captain Sir Tom Moore: Queen leads tributes for Captain Sir Tom Moore

Buckingham Palace said the Queen recognised "the inspiration he provided for the whole nation".

www.bbc.com

 

[Flying mermaid]

RIP Sir Tom Moore who has passed away after contacting CV-19

Captain Sir Tom Moore: Queen leads tributes for Captain Sir Tom Moore

Buckingham Palace said the Queen recognised "the inspiration he provided for the whole nation".

www.bbc.com

How sad - such a character.

 

[Pushka]

How sad - such a character.

And I imagine a rather difficult loss for the Queen.

 

[drron]

And sad as he couldn't get the vaccine as already ill with pneumonia.

Why Captain Sir Tom Moore did not take the vaccine: Family forced to speak out to clarify

 

[Flashback]

And sad as he couldn't get the vaccine as already ill with pneumonia.

Why Captain Sir Tom Moore did not take the vaccine: Family forced to speak out to clarify

Yes, his bed was already made unfortunately!

 

[VPS]

They are still coming out - excellent parody of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart

and here is their youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmgu60G09zrL9JsrFZYgqA

 

[drron]

The UK strain is spreading fast in the USA.

UK strain doubling every 10 days in US: study

The COVID-19 strain first discovered in the U.K. is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days, presenting a potential risk of increased cases and deaths in the country, according to a study released …

thehill.com

 

[blackcat20]

Spent sunday night in hospital and due to symptoms was treated as a Covid patient. Isolated room, staff members only treating me, PPE etc. once I got a negative test result it all went back to normal.

 

[Pushka]

Spent sunday night in hospital and due to symptoms was treated as a Covid patient. Isolated room, staff members only treating me, PPE etc. once I got a negative test result it all went back to normal.

Hope you are better now. Big things planned.

 

[drron]

A 116 year old French nun survives Covid.And her birthday is today.

Europe's oldest person - a 116-year-old French nun - survives COVID-19

“I didn’t even realise I had it,” she told French newspaper Var-Matin.

www.euronews.com

 

[drron]

The UK stats are very impressive.Yesterday -8/3 -4712 new cases reported.but that is just 6.9% of the peak just 2 months ago of 68053.

Deaths were 65 just 3.6% of the peak on 20/1 of 1823.

UKHSA data dashboard

Showing public health data across England

coronavirus.data.gov.uk

 

[dajop]

The UK stats are very impressive.Yesterday -8/3 -4712 new cases reported.but that is just 6.9% of the peak just 2 months ago of 68053.

Deaths were 65 just 3.6% of the peak on 20/1 of 1823.

UKHSA data dashboard

Showing public health data across England

coronavirus.data.gov.uk

It is impressive.

But It also puts Victoria second wave into context (with 1/10th population of UK - hence the math is easy!), the figures in UK are now about where Victoria was for about 2 weeks at the peak of the second wave.

 

[tgh]

..and yet the 7day moving average is firmly back in an uptrend...

 

[Pushka]

..and yet the 7day moving average is firmly back in an uptrend...

Lets just monitor hospital admissions in the future.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

..and yet the 7day moving average is firmly back in an uptrend...

Are we still talking about the UK?