Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Pyro as Bill]

SvennoJ said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Not to tempt fate but it looks like the theory in Downing Street might be the right approach.

S. Korea and the UK have done the most testing relative to the outbreak size. The UK is currently increasing from 1000/day to 10000/day. Theory goes that if you plough money into testing instead of pointlessly testing temperature at airports then you'll have the most accurate numbers whereas without accurate test numbers, you'll be further along the curve than you realise.

We haven't done anything major yet except close the odd school. We kept flights going until the airlines stopped them. If you look at the S Korea curve and take into account that some woman from a crazy sect infected over 1000 people alone then their curve would be similar to the UK's and would also be getting quickly overtaken by countries with possibly underreported cases like they are doing now by Iran, Italy and the US.

Looks like all the schools could close soon

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-set-to-move-to-delay-phase-schools-could-close-and-major-events-cancelled-11955695

Coronavirus: PM set to escalate UK's response in a matter of hours

Boris Johnson is set to escalate the UK's coronavirus response to the next phase - meaning schools could be forced to close, major sporting events cancelled and people made to work from home.

Their plan doesn't mean everything stays open, it was just considered to be a better approach. I wasn't a fan and wanted full on authoritarian policies instead but I have to admit that we appear to have fared better than I thought given that we were tracking alongside France and Germany as expected in the early stages

Bandorr said:
So trump is banning all travel FROM Europe for 30 days. UK excluded.
So you can go to Europe, and you can come from UK.

Kinda like someone telling you to not use the front door - but the side door is ok.

This a deal worked out with Boris? Or done to punish him?

Does Trump know the UK still hasn't banned flights from Wuhan, Iran, Italy or anywhere else?