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Friday, 13 March 2020
quote [ With an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 coronavirus cases now present in the UK, the government has eschewed social distancing measures such as closing schools and banning large sporting events. Instead, it has opted for behavioural “nudges”: wash your hands, don’t touch your face, don’t shake hands with others, stay at home if you feel ill, and self-isolate if you have a continuous cough. ]
"Nudge nudge"
This is a tragedy. I suppose that at this point everyone's clear about the likely consequences of such a strategy.
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NuncEstBibendum said @ 10:14pm GMT on 17th March
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one: the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers doesn't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge (about 7.400.000 inhabitants). The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
NuncEstBibendum said @ 10:14pm GMT on 17th March
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one: the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers doesn't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge (about 7.400.000 inhabitants). The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
NuncEstBibendum said @ 10:18pm GMT on 17th March
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one: the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers doesn't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge, for Italian standards (about 7.400.000 inhabitants).
The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
NuncEstBibendum said @ 11:24pm GMT on 17th March
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one; the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers doesn't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge, for Italian standards (about 7.400.000 inhabitants).
The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
NuncEstBibendum said @ 10:35am GMT on 18th March
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one; the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers don't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge, for Italian standards (about 7.400.000 inhabitants).
The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
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NuncEstBibendum said @ 10:14pm GMT on 17th March [Score:1 Insightful]
I'm doing well, thanks.
Nowadays in northern Italy COVID-19 tests are gold.
If you have symptoms, you simply stay home, self-confined, for fourteen days: in the best scenario, you'll never know if you were positive or just a fucking hypochondriac.
The big problem is in my own city: every physician here will tell you that the real number of cases in Milan is a "grey" one; the official positives are the tip of the iceberg.
Given the incubation period, it's likely that in the next five/ten days we'll find ourselves in a critical situation. Here hospital workers don't test, in order to avoid the forced quarantine and keep on working. But masks and protections are in short supply, and it means more infections inside medical facilities.
Milan is a mid-sized city (1.400.000 citizens), but its metropolitan area is huge, for Italian standards (about 7.400.000 inhabitants).
The vibes these last days are gloomy. Silence, ambulances.
