Corona virus

It's very telling that Dr John hasn't mentioned Australia once in days. Very.

So sobering thought:

China: ~3200 deaths reported over 2 months before it tapered off (result of hard lockdown)
Italy: ~3400 deaths over 3 weeks, still rising (hard lockdown in place)

I'm going to assume reporting methods for both are somewhat flawed but in the spirit of analysis, largely equally so. That is some scary acceleration.

^How is the age distribution in china relative to italy?

The EU has a large aging population, which makes us relatively susceptible to the virus in general.

Not gonna harp on the same point, but china being the first chain in a lot of medical supply chains and having a "trained" population probably helps in a situation like this.

Liberal society's will pay a price in human life for that liberty which to my sense is justifiable by the freedom and joy gained over the amounts of years outside of crisis events.

Peace,

-Boem-

Hopefully. Best case scenario, they figure out an easy testing method so that I don't have to treat every single person like a potential threat. That's where I am now, and believe it or not, paranoia does not come easily to me. I'm a big hugger once I've decided someone doesn't hate me (I once hugged Chris without thinking, and had a cold at the time -- I've beat myself up for that for years over that incident!). I generally trust others not to bear me ill-will unless I bring it down on myself.

So this whole 'fuck, stay the fuck away from everyone' thing is new and offputting for me. That isn't to say I'm not an introvert; I obviously am, as I suspect most Exiles are. But I like having the freedom to NOT be an introvert when it's on my terms. Take that away from me and I will very quickly be out of my comfort zone.

Anyway. That's best case scenario. More likely, there is some testing available if people think they need it, but no real recourse for what to do with them even if they do test positive other than decide: ventilator or home isolation. That sort of testing does not make 'out there' any safer for me. :)

we can all thx this guy right?

But you know what? Maybe we fuckin' deserve this, we Australians.

This weekend, at our biggest beach:



i...i can't even.

It is. I won't even link my source because it's full of deniers being interviewed, which is...even harder to take.

But I think this is on our government for not locking us down. If your leadership doesn't seem serious, why should you be? Man. You are looking at a lot of sick people waiting to happen in that picture.

Have there been any projections yet of how many lives the economic shrink will cost?

It would be interesting to view those projections and see them in line with the current methods being applied to tackle the virus.

There is some sort of sinister element in the future economics being disgarded in the face of the current crisis while the whole crisis event can be brought back to not being prudent enough about future developments.
Wondering if any economist actually had the balls to make a public model yet that notes death tolls of the current global economic shrink.

Peace,

-Boem-

Not sure if your pretending lives wont be lost by the economical actions or not.

Probably a lack of empathy between social classes.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

But you know what? Maybe we fuckin' deserve this, we Australians.

This weekend, at our biggest beach:



i...i can't even.

Oh come on mate.. That's Bondi, you know there are no Australians there. It's all full of British backpackers!!

:P


Stay safe,
Matt.

Ps. Forgot to mention. The local Vincentia supermarket has "pensioner" opening hours so all the old farts can "shop safely". There was an all in brawl between 4 or 5 of them, and 300 people waiting to get in earlier. Needless to say the shop was emptied of pretty much all stock before the normal opening hours. I'm seriously thing of going down early tomorrow and start coughing as I wait in line with the multitudes of the old. It is however nice to hear my high school student complaining about the behaviour of these oldies. Normally it's the other way around.