thatdberight wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:25 pm
Sorry. You're genuinely too stupid to talk to. So, don't take unnecessary offence when I don't respond in future.
Where you post erroneous and dangerous information, I'll still point it out. But it's not a debate.
It is supposed to be a debate and sharing of info that many of us find or have access to, why call people stupid when they have different opinions, it's simply that they don't agree with you, is that how you rationalize this?
China:
Rapid lockdowns employed to manage the outbreak before ramping up testing and response capabilities.
ITALY:
Despite enforcement of national lockdown, cases are continuing to rise. Low testing rates among non-critical cases in select regions maybe allowing the virus to spread in undiagnosed clusters. Imposed strict regional and national lockdown early; testing per capita is `4x most peer EU countries with some regional testing nearly full population.
South Korea:
Aggressive testing, contact tracing and surveillance plus mandatory quarantine are helping isolate virus clusters and dramatically slow the spread of outbreak in Daegu.
Singapore:
Basically same but more of what S Korea does; NOTE Singapore is unique in its approach as they worked hard to be ready for this after SARS outbreak and due to size and location other countries will not be able to manage as successfully.
Western Countries are largely instituting the "Early China" model focused on immediate containment while ramping up testing
USA:
Accelerating transmission and recent scale up in testing have seen dramatic rise in cases at a rate higher than Italy. Social distancing measures are being rolled out primarily at the state and local level.
In terms of recovery and economical forecasts in terms of return to Pre-Crisis Quarter:
China - 2021 Q2
USA - 2023 Q1
Eurozone - 2023 Q3
World - 2022 Q3
Those forecasts are really thought provoking and should be weighed against those talking about holidays in Spain this summer and being back to "normal".
For the UK and EU add the trade deals and outcomes in to this sorry mix.
We have a long way to go, the extended lockdowns in various places should give some real indication to what 2020 is going to be all about in terms with the virus, beyond will be about recovery and stimulus.
Surely we should all be in this together, differing thoughts are a good thing, no one has got this right or wrong because no one knows what's going to happen, will it be seasonal or not will also be a factor, does warmer weather really kill it or not? Lot more questions than answers yet.
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