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15.06.2020, 23:31
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | This is the argument being put out there by the media as they double down to try and justify their fear mongering. Early studies suggest that the UK didn't lockdown too late and that the rate of infection was already on the decline before lockdown (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.02090.pdf).
Same goes for lifting it too early. There are very few new cases in the UK now other than in care homes and hospitals. The argument for continuing the lockdown is flimsy at best. If there is no spike following the last two weekends of protests then I think we can finally put the lockdown argument to bed.
I believe all your questions have already been answered in what I wrote originally  | | | | | The UK daily new cases trend is rising, so not as rosy as you claim. | This user would like to thank marton for this useful post: | | 
16.06.2020, 03:13
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: |  | | | Complaints are (but not limited to) exhaustion/exhaustion attacks/fatigue/muscle ache/Burning or painful chest/problems with swallowing/headaches/muscle ache/couching/High heart rate. And almost always it is a combination of several of these things. And a lot of stories of doctors not having a clue yet where to look and no cure, more and more go into therapies for breathing, walking and such.
This is a real problem which up to now has little attention, and no research as to how and why has finished yet.
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We both were healthy people in the beginning of the year who could walk 25KM without a problem, now we have pre-fixed meals in the cooler for if we are to tired to cook. | | | | | Reports along those lines abound around here as well.
And while I'm at it .... | Quote: | |  | | | Of course they have, quite apt for this to have come out of Germany. Chancellor Merkel referred to the Coronavirus as "the greatest threat Germany faced since World War 2". To date Germany has had about 9000 Covid related deaths. An average flu season in Germany will see 20-25,000 deaths. | | | | | Yet another blatant lie.
With 25.1k deaths, 2017/18 was the deadliest flu season in Germany of the last 30 years. According to the RKI the number of flu deaths can be as low as a few hundred.
gaburko, what TC posts isn't an opinion, it's a stream of lies.
It is simply beyond comprehension why TC's permanent stream of disinformation and lies hasn't been stopped ages ago.
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16.06.2020, 03:23
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | I've been surprised by the extreme views of the reaction to the virus. Sorry if I misrepresent you, but a team that claims there was NO reason to justify the lockdown (economic harm!!!) and the other team that claims lives are more important that money at the first mention of money. | | | | | I don't think the last part is a fair representation. The majority seems to be in this group, but I guess it's clear that zero deaths is neither an option for now nor a possibility without a vaccine. And whether we get one is yet to be seen, let alone when, and even more so what that may mean in terms of what's feasable.
It's impossible to have a fair discussion without an agreed upon factual basis. A continuous stream of lies and selective picking of data points will never do.
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16.06.2020, 07:18
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Vaud is anticipating a probable surge in cases according to Emergency staff - last few days have experienced increase in COVID profile patients & reinstatement of previous internal protocols for protection
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16.06.2020, 08:35
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | I always play devil’s advocate | | | | | Or so you say. But if you don't really believe in what you write here, what's the point? | 
16.06.2020, 08:44
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Relax. | The following 3 users would like to thank omtatsat for this useful post: | | 
16.06.2020, 10:50
| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | Or so you say. But if you don't really believe in what you write here, what's the point?  | | | | | I suspect this user always writes what he believes until proven wrong, then he was just playing Devil's Advocate.
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16.06.2020, 11:04
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | Reports along those lines abound around here as well.
And while I'm at it ....
Yet another blatant lie.
With 25.1k deaths, 2017/18 was the deadliest flu season in Germany of the last 30 years. According to the RKI the number of flu deaths can be as low as a few hundred.
gaburko, what TC posts isn't an opinion, it's a stream of lies.
It is simply beyond comprehension why TC's permanent stream of disinformation and lies hasn't been stopped ages ago. | | | | | Is it not embarrassing for you when you post links to articles that don't back up what you're saying?
From page 48 of the paper (Chapter 5.3, Table 3), Excess deaths in Germany due to flu by year:
2008-2009 - 18,800
2012-2013 - 20,700
2014-2015 - 21,300
2016-2017 - 22,900
2017-2018 - 25,100
Admittedly my wording was incorrect, average number of deaths is not per year, rather during a bad flu season. Nevertheless, the point I was making DOESN'T CHANGE, it's absurd now that Mrs Merkel said that [sic] "Coronavirus is the greatest threat facing Germany since World War 2", when regularly there are many more flu deaths than the circa 9000 Coronavirus deaths to date.
See, I'm able to admit when I make an error, you (and a few others on here) should try it sometime  or do I need to put your name together with baboon and marton who are seemingly desperate for a second wave of coronavirus to emerge just so they can be proven right? https://edoc.rki.de/bitstream/handle...=1&isAllowed=y | The following 2 users would like to thank TonyClifton for this useful post: | | 
16.06.2020, 11:08
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | It's impossible to have a fair discussion without an agreed upon factual basis. A continuous stream of lies and selective picking of data points will never do. | | | | | The facts that each camp picks are selected by the subjective perception of the magnitude of the problem and hence, they merely re-enforce already embedded perceptions. For every Italy, there's a Switzerland so it's simply a matter of picking the one example that supports ones views  Just like your behavior: you groan whenever you disagree, without trying to understand others views | 
16.06.2020, 11:12
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A very strong case has been made in the Guardian against the lockdown. Differs from my view slightly, but correct nonetheless, it takes the line that even if the lockdown is an effective tool, it's not worth the cost. | Quote: |  | | | Evidence of the harmful side-effects of the lockdown have also emerged. The number of suicides is up. Domestic violence has increased. Mental health is suffering. Unemployment figures out this week will illustrate the human cost of a 20.4% drop in national output in just one month. The jobless total is heading for 3 million this summer despite the fact that the government is currently paying a third of the workforce.
As the Institute for Fiscal Studies pointed out last week, the crisis has deepened Britain’s class, ethnic, gender and generational divides. Young people are the least likely demographic group to be infected with Covid-19 but they are being particularly hard hit by the lockdown. The cost of school closures for all children, but especially those from poorer households, will be high. The 18-24 age group are most likely to end up unemployed because many of them work in hospitality, retailing and leisure. | | | | | https://www.theguardian.com/business...n-are-too-high | This user would like to thank TonyClifton for this useful post: | | 
16.06.2020, 11:27
| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | My verdict after seeing years of his posts is that fatmanfilms opinion can almost invariably be discounted on anything except practical topics about making money or doing DIY etc. Otherwise, in other topics he seemingly has negligible levels of human compassion, empathy or ethics and little desire to engage intellectually. | | | | | He sounds like Donald Trump, but with decent financial sense and DIY skills.
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16.06.2020, 11:33
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | A very strong case has been made in the Guardian against the lockdown. Differs from my view slightly, but correct nonetheless, it takes the line that even if the lockdown is an effective tool, it's not worth the cost. https://www.theguardian.com/business...n-are-too-high | | | | |
As self-appointed editor I'll put the comment above as "A very strong case has been made in the Guardian against the lockdown in the UK". Once you pin the opinion piece to an specific geographical and political entity, it's reasonable even if I don't agree.
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16.06.2020, 11:38
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| | Re: Coronavirus
Passengers arriving by plane from Sweden to CH subject to temperature checks since yesterday https://www.thelocal.ch/20200615/swi...rs-from-sweden
If temperature checks make sense, would it be optimal to do them before boarding the plane? What is precisely achieved if someone is detected after traveling 2 hours along the other passengers?
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16.06.2020, 11:42
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | What is precisely achieved if someone is detected after traveling 2 hours along the other passengers? | | | | | What is achieved is in case of infection there's a track and trace so people could be isolated.
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16.06.2020, 11:56
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | What is achieved is in case of infection there's a track and trace so people could be isolated. | | | | | In this case, all the other people on the plane would have to be isolated. And it doesn't take rocket science to track and trace the carrier of the disease and all the people s/he came into contact with in the last two hours when they've just stepped off a flight from Stockholm.
As Axa pointed out, surely it would be far more practical to detect the infection before the carrier steps on board and potentially infects others on the aeroplane.
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16.06.2020, 11:57
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | A very strong case has been made in the Guardian against the lockdown. Differs from my view slightly, but correct nonetheless, it takes the line that even if the lockdown is an effective tool, it's not worth the cost. https://www.theguardian.com/business...n-are-too-high | | | | | The lockdown is going to get blamed for an awful lot of things in order to distract from the disastrous policies that have been pursued over recent years; financial deregulation, Austerity, Brexit to name but a few.
"Not worth the cost": speak for yourself, I doubt the "silent majority" is with you.
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16.06.2020, 12:00
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | As Axa pointed out, surely it would be far more practical to detect the infection before the carrier steps on board and potentially infects others on the aeroplane. | | | | | Surely it's much better to not have COVID at all and surely it's much better for all of us to be millionaires. But given the fact that we don't live in a perfect world, and Switzerland can't impose rules on other countries and airport authorities, this is the best they can do. Again, not bad, Swiss authorities responses so far are proving to be spot on despite the hysterical screaming by some here
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16.06.2020, 12:08
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | In this case, all the other people on the plane would have to be isolated. And it doesn't take rocket science to track and trace the carrier of the disease and all the people s/he came into contact with in the last two hours when they've just stepped off a flight from Stockholm.
As Axa pointed out, surely it would be far more practical to detect the infection before the carrier steps on board and potentially infects others on the aeroplane. | | | | | I know a temperature check before boarding is not politically feasible because it would make the policies applied in Sweden look very bad. If temperature is checked before boarding, Swedish citizens would immediately ask why to local authorities. Much easier to blame it on the quirkiness of the destination country.
Since CH cannot control what happens in Sweden, all left to do is to check temperatures at arrival. My only point is that medical concerns are secondary to political concerns. Maybe Tony Cliffton is right, those politicians in Sweden cannot admit a mistake | This user would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | | 
16.06.2020, 12:14
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | Surely it's much better to not have COVID at all and surely it's much better for all of us to be millionaires. But given the fact that we don't live in a perfect world, and Switzerland can't impose rules on other countries and airport authorities, this is the best they can do. Again, not bad, Swiss authorities responses so far are proving to be spot on despite the hysterical screaming by some here | | | | | | Quote: | |  | | | I know a temperature check before boarding is not politically feasible because it would make the policies applied in Sweden look very bad. If temperature is checked before boarding, Swedish citizens would immediately ask why to local authorities. Much easier to blame it on the quirkiness of the destination country.
Since CH cannot control what happens in Sweden, all left to do is to check temperatures at arrival. My only point is that medical concerns are secondary to political concerns. Maybe Tony Cliffton is right, those politicians in Sweden cannot admit a mistake  | | | | | As far as I know, there is no barrier whatsoever to temperature checks being taken in the country of embarkation. Border guards from Australia check the passports of passengers embarking for Sydney in Singapore; why not have somebody -- a Swiss government employee, an airline representative, an airport employee -- check temperatures in Stockholm?
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16.06.2020, 12:16
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| | Re: Coronavirus | Quote: | |  | | | Surely it's much better to not have COVID at all and surely it's much better for all of us to be millionaires. But given the fact that we don't live in a perfect world, and Switzerland can't impose rules on other countries and airport authorities, this is the best they can do. Again, not bad, Swiss authorities responses so far are proving to be spot on despite the hysterical screaming by some here | | | | | On a second thought, high body temperature is a poor proxy of covid19. Denying boarding to someone for high body temp probably conflicts with some freedom protection law. Maybe, the temp check at arrival is all that can be done under the current legal framework.
PS. such a low bar for hysterical screaming, WE'RE NOT EVEN WRITING IN LARGE CAPS AROUND HERE | The following 4 users would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | |
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