MntnMan62
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You've hit the proverbial nail on the head...
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You've hit the proverbial nail on the head...
What I was going to say way that German holiday makers who have gone to the Med resorts are bahaving as though they have gone to get away from the virus and are ditching the distancing and hygiene measures. This is raising real fears that it will be re-imported into the country with the potential to start a second wave of infections. Health minister at present reckons this is 50/50 whereas others are more hopeful.
It's very far from true it's just the Brits who are in danger of easing up too quickly.
It's very far from true it's just the Brits who are in danger of easing up too quickly.
MntnMan62
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It's most definitely not just Brits. Americans are the worst offenders. And then they insist on traveling to all kinds of places and bring their stupidity with them. I know I've said this before but I'm constantly amazed at the level of moronic behavior we are seeing when a virus with no vaccine or treatment is freely flying around the globe and has killed about 575,000 people in about 7 months (I'm starting in December). That works out to an annualized number of deaths at just under 1 million. And I would say that the surge in cases that we are seeing now will translate into an uptick in the number of deaths. Which means we will see far more than 1 million people dead from this thing. But hey, we should still go out and party like it's 1999. To heck with it. Let's have Covid-19 parties and see how can get the virus first. Yes, this is a real thing among the most stupid of stupid in the US.
Andy in Germany
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It worries me that my clients (many of whom are not brilliant at the best of times about hygiene) are getting relaxed and assuming the danger is past.
MntnMan62
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Oh, it's happening. I've called it stupid. God calls it his Law of Natural Selection. I stay home and wear a mask whenever I do have to go out. I just stay away from people. For me that's easy since I hate people.
Andy in Germany
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To be fair many have learning difficulties and at least a couple didn't understand why they had to wear a mask in the first place.
Milzy
Guru
Most people are asymptomatic, aren't you over reacting slightly?
MntnMan62
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I know lots of people with learning difficulties who have this thing pretty well figured out by now. They can't escape the stupid moniker that easily...
MntnMan62
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It's proven that people without symptoms can still transmit the virus to others. That was established early in the outbreak. So, no, I don't think I'm over reacting slightly.
Your first statement appears to be at odds with the question that follows it.
Andy in Germany
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Many of my clients with learning difficulties do understand, many don't. It depends on the individual, which is why we have protected workshops in Germany; the clue is in the name.
MntnMan62
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I'd say that 99% of the people we see in video on the news, facebook, anywhere really, where throngs of people are congregating with no social distancing at all and no one wearing masks are NOT people with learning difficulties.
Yes, and increasingly so. The WHO was forced to backtrack a couple of months ago on claims that asymptomatic transmission was rare and most recently we have this:
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/02/2008373117
One quote from that: "Our results indicate that silent disease transmission during the presymptomatic and asymptomatic stages are responsible for more than 50% of the overall attack rate in COVID-19 outbreaks. Furthermore, such silent transmission alone can sustain outbreaks even if all symptomatic cases are immediately isolated".
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Pleased to see that a busy Lidl this afternoon had everybody wearing masks, 100%
Rusty Nails
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That's OK then because all people with learning difficulties are the same.
