Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid despite strict measures

Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by midasuni on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:40PM (#29753707)

New Zealand has done a pretty good job over the last two years. Whether the costs outweigh the benefits is a separate question

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by lostlogin on Friday December 31, 2021 @10:07PM (#29755099)

Economically or in terms of mortality/morbidity, it’s not obvious that there was a better strategy for New Zealand.

The article claims that covid is in all Antarctic bases, but I wasn’t aware that Scott base had any. I can’t find any reports of it either.

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by midasuni on Saturday January 01, 2022 @07:52AM (#29757902)

That’s beside the point. It is possible to keep covid out. There are costs and benefits to that.

The ISS has remained covid free. Kiribati has too. Tonga had one person arrive with covid but it didn’t progress.

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by TeeMassive on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:55PM (#29753831)

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by throwaway788 on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:01PM (#29753878)

Thats over the last 21 days. There was 47 community cases yesterday.

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by midasuni on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:31PM (#29754091)

Since vaccinating they’ve relaxed restrictions

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by lostlogin on Friday December 31, 2021 @09:56PM (#29755028)

And poorly behaved DJs aside, it’s going ok.

Time will tell if the policies in place will deal with Omicron, though.

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