Quote (zarkadon @ 13 Mar 2020 10:57)
If the US and UK continue to adopt soft measures, it will be interesting to see how that works out, and see which approach was better or worse for the economy in the long run.
On a side note, TIL you can mention people here with a "^". Thanks.
Our government's image has been severely damaged by how they've handled the crisis. They went from literally saying "if our children ask us if it's safe to go to the Women's March, we will tell them that it is and that they should go if they want to", to closing schools on the following day and then banning all mass events on the day after that. Their reaction has been very incompetent and comes out as saying "we needed to take strict measures against the virus, but we couldn't let them be an obstacle for a feminist rally, which is our priority over public health". Two members of the government that attended have tested positive, and the whole government is now under a self-imposed soft quarantine.
And things aren't much better on the hard-right conservative camp, as the party VOX decided to make a convention of their own to counteract the attention given to the feminist rally, and a few days later several of the party members that attended have tested positive too.
Yes, everything must be closed right now, next step is prayers to Vírgenes negras that it will not be like Italy.
Maybe some of them getting tested positives was motivating
Quote (trader @ 13 Mar 2020 10:44)
thats not good at all
if corona is gonna spread through africa we can say that:
its likely gonna spread like crazy with many deaths since i doubt 3rd world african countries are able to take serious actions against it. oh and tons of ppl
and the "virus will disappear when the weather gets warmer" is clearly not correct either
Im curious on the %ratio of > 70 years old ones in comparison with Italy.