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And once again, to lighten the mood, I post below Covid-19 related posts from facebook:
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And for some, perhaps a word of explanation is required for the next photo of the British Royal Family. The gentleman on the left of the photo is the Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne. He tested positive for Covid-19 on March 25, 2020.
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the Bangkok Post print edition had a good graphic today along with their usual world infections table that provides a more interesting perspective on where Thailand stands in the world league table (sorry about the image quality - it was before my first g&t)
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it may be on their web site as well, I didn't notice it, but I hope they keep updating this
in the print edition classifieds section they are also publishing lots of useful links (almost ads) for food delivery, where to get tested etc (for Bangkok), but their level of serious reporting is still fairly disappointing compared to for example the Sydney Morning Herald, the Guardian or closer to home the Straits Times - though there are obvious reasons for that!
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And perhaps a word of explanation is required for the next photo. During my recent visit to Pattaya I took it for granted that when I said “chips” that my fellow diners understood what I meant. To clarify then, chips = French fries. How ya doin’ françois? ;)
Thank you Mr.Chips or is it Monsieur Pommes Frites? :heart:
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Surely it's Goodbye Mr Chips........
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And perhaps a word of explanation is required for the next photo. During my recent visit to Pattaya I took it for granted that when I said “chips” that my fellow diners understood what I meant. To clarify then, chips = French fries. How ya doin’ françois? ;)
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Thank you Mr.Chips or is it Monsieur Pommes Frites? :heart:
Monsieur Haricot, surely? Now, will the real one please step forward ... :))
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The most depressing news I’ve heard recently was when on Sunday, 29 March 2020 Dr Jenny Harries, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, said at the UK Government's daily Coronavirus briefing that the lockdown in the UK could go on for six months.
But without a vaccine how will they be able to quash the virus or even 'squash' it? And is it likely that the same 6 months restrictions could apply in Thailand?
See the following article published in The Guardian:
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Coronavirus outbreak
UK coronavirus restrictions could last six months – deputy chief medical officer
Dr Jenny Harries says lifting lockdown too soon could risk second wave of infection
Kate Proctor
Sun 29 Mar 2020 18.11 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 18.33 BST
The lockdown in the UK to try to slow the spread of coronavirus could go on for six months and the country may not return to its normal way of life until the autumn, a key government doctor has said . . .
For the full report see: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...edical-officer
And I really liked the following slide, which was posted on facebook. I thought it was worth re-posting here:
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And once again, to lighten the mood, I found the following video, posted on facebook, showing the daughter of a self isolating Welsh pensioner bringing her mother items from the supermarket rather amusing:
https://youtu.be/lGAtG8fKv4I
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Originally Posted by
bkkguy
the Bangkok Post print edition had a good graphic today along with their usual world infections table that provides a more interesting perspective on where Thailand stands in the world league table (sorry about the image quality - it was before my first g&t)
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it may be on their web site as well, I didn't notice it, but I hope they keep updating this
in the print edition classifieds section they are also publishing lots of useful links (almost ads) for food delivery, where to get tested etc (for Bangkok), but their level of serious reporting is still fairly disappointing compared to for example the
Sydney Morning Herald, the
Guardian or closer to home the
Straits Times - though there are obvious reasons for that!
Seeing the charts using a per capita basis would be helpful.
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Up2U
Seeing the charts using a per capita basis would be helpful.
"per capita" isn't important: graphs show speed of distribution, in each country graphs start from moment of 100 cases, so they show how fast is spreading of virus, how fast 100 turns to 500 and so on... so graphs show how effective are acts of govts
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Moses
"per capita" isn't important: graphs show speed of distribution, in each country graphs start from moment of 100 cases, so they show how fast is spreading of virus, how fast 100 turns to 500 and so on... so graphs show how effective are acts of govts
Agreed.
There is also a lag of up to 2 weeks between government action and the daily percentage increase in the number of cases changing. And a much longer lag to the death rate. Unless some miracle cure is invented, it's too late to modify the death rate in ~3 weeks by much.
The population is approximately constant, so it's sufficient to see the number of cases per capita and deaths per capita as a figure, which is on the world meters site.
Click on the header to sort by column.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/