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Yep. I have done, reading that.
The added worry is, in times of national crisis, you desperately need strong leaders. Leaders with wisdom, clarity of thought, with exceptional communication skills.I don't see any.
Sounds like Rimmer.?
In fairness Dixons Carphone have said the CW closures are nothing to do with the virus and they were shutting them anyway.
A study in Italy based on a town of 3000 people is showing between 50% and 75% of infected people are asymptomatic https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/16/news/coronavirus_studio_il_50-75_dei_casi_a_vo_sono_asintomatici_e_molto_contagiosi-251474302/?ref=RHPPTP-BH-I251454518-C120-P3-S2.4-T1(its in italian but you can translate it via google)What it means for me and you is that we might already have it now without even knowing it. What it means for how we cope with the pandemic, I don't really know. The only common demoinator for how S.Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore slowed the spread was that they implemented measures such as school closures as early as January and it is common there to wear masks (its frustrating to me we put so much focus on surface transmition in the West, hand-washing was an ideology before the evidence). Hong Kong has a week long lockdown, its second, (apparently slowly ending now) and we know S.Korea has tested the most (and some are suggesting the openess of the gov with the people had an impact also - contrast USA).It seems there was nothing instrinsically magical in those country's responses, they just acted much quicker, and had much better, direct advice to the population (based on their previous experiences with sars). Western governments have seemingly resigned themselves to letting this run through the population at a (un)manageble rate. I repeat, I think if govenments aren't preparing temporary ICU facilities now, its a gross travesty.
Money.. simple as that, I reckon..