Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[haxxiy]

SvennoJ said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

It must be moving around the country I guess, worldometer pretty much shows the same reported deaths for the past 2 months
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/brazil/

It seems every state is responding too late and next the challenge will be not to let it keep going around in circles, your state going into a second wave while other states are still trying to get the first wave under control.

This is correct. The same states that were spared early on are reaching their peak this month, some have hit it during June or July, while others are over three months past it now. The timing of the lockdown measures and social distancing has been just about the same everywhere, on the other hand, so the states peaking now are just as open as the ones that peaked in May or so.

Also of note is that there are certain places in Brazil and elsewhere, poorer communities, as simulations and now research has shown, where the virus can't be stopped. It literally can't, even with a lockdown. The outbreak only dies out when it has run out of fuel. See what is happening in India for instance.

https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/coronavirus-mumbai-sero-survey-finds-57-have-had-covid-19-in-slums-16-in-other-areas-2270412

That's why there are places, specially in larger cities, where further outbreaks aren't going to be a concern anymore, and numbers have remained very low even as opening proceeds and people continue to irregularly fill up beaches and night bars.

Last edited by haxxiy - on 11 August 2020