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No, they said to do nothing different from normal at all, unless you are over 70 or you have cough. Guess who jumped from 10 deaths per day from yesterday to 14 per day today almost doubling the deads for two days in a row?


> No, they said to do nothing different from normal at al

What? That sounds insane

(Today's deathcount is of course dependent on policy from weeks ago tough)


It’s totally insane if you ask me.


I think the advisors rational is that we're mostly going to get it anyway so let the young get it and keep the old folk at home.

I think it's unwise for a few reasons, not least that if we delay we may have better treatments. Stuff like chloroquine and keltra seems to work but there haven't really been the proper studies - that sort of stuff shouldn't take that long. And there may be a vaccine. (China rushing vaccine stuff https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/china-coronavirus-va...)




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