Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
by jasonlingx on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:04PM
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> Singapore already has, right?
Nope. Singapore “locked down” 10 days ago shutting down all schools and non-essential services in what the government has been calling a “circuit breaker”, and the locals have been playfully shortening to “CB”, the short-form of the local Hokkien colloquialism referring to a woman’s genitals. Despite this the number of daily new cases keeps rising and today’s numbers are a new high (again).
Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
by jeremyjh on Thursday April 16, 2020 @07:56PM
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Singapore had to tighten up again already. I think perhaps the only country with credible control and an open economy is South Korea.
Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
by rwultsch on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:37PM
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Taiwan.
Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
by tinus_hn on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:14PM
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Singapore got a 20% increase in cases today, they have not controlled it and they have not reopened.
Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
by sebastianconcpt on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:29PM
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The only thing that stops this biological contamination is developing community immunity. Treatments help a bit. Almost all else makes it worst.
Earlier in the year it was this was a bad flu, no cause for alarm, no lockdown necessary.
This has switched to the virus being too contagious to contain so you might as well do nothing major to address it and let it run its course.
Truth is countries that took this seriously and acted swiftly controlled it. They’ll be reopening soon (Singapore already has, right?). I’m guessing the US will probably start lifting in May. Trump can huff and puff all he wants but so much of the US economy is tied up in about 10 states so they ultimately call the shots... and they’re keeping the quarantine through the month.