Wednesday 15 April 2020

Covid-19 virus update, 15 April

My spreadsheet from figures at Worldometer 
Plateau, maybe. HK Total = 1013. New = 3.  But don’t let your guard down, government warns.

And listening to the Ron Burgundy podcast. He’s a hoot. It’s Will Ferrell’s alter ego.

Now that Boris is out of hospital, we know that it really was touch and go. If you go into a British ICU with Covid-19, have a 50-50 chance of coming out alive.

Trump has halted payments to the WHO.
Chinese students in the US are facing viral backlash. But we knew that didn’t we?
Germany: swift action saved lives as Britain dithered”.  That’s the headline, but I remember. It was early expert advice to “dither” as they thought it should be ‘herd immunity’ strategy.
Singapore: masks are now mandatory. Earliest “expert” advice was “not necessary if you’re not sick”.
New York governor says ‘worst is over’.
New studies on the rate of increase of the coronavirus. Much higher than we thought. [And that’s probably a good thing: because it means the death rate is lower]

OT: Pan-Dems keep filibustering. What nonsenseagain
And… on a lighter note, French man accidentally ejects himself from fighter