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Mnementh on 13 April 2020
Pemalite said:
Well. As a nation the discussion seems to have moved to Australia having "defeated" the virus and life potentially returning to normal, minus the open borders of course, until a vaccine is found.

Should be interesting to see how things go.

But our Universal Healthcare System (Which includes advertising and dissemination of information and working with all rescue agencies...) has proven to be extremely effective... Something that New Zealand has mimicked successfully also.

Definitely haven't dropped the ball like the USA has done.

I agree. Australia is a country that definitely early was able to to take a better strategy:

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https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/?scale=linear&data=deaths&location=Australia&location=Denmark&location=France&location=US



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Immersiveunreality on 13 April 2020
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:
Do foreign game companies continue to work?
Square Enix employees are currently working from home .

Yes some like square enix have a good amount of people working from home like CD projekt Red from Poland.



LurkerJ on 13 April 2020

He argues that while Sweden might have more infections in the short term, it will not face the risk of a huge infection spike that Denmark might face once its lockdown is lifted.

Lars Ostergaard, chief consultant and professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, agrees it is too soon to know which approach is best.

“Every day a person is not being infected because of the strict lockdown, we are a day closer to a cure,” Ostergaard said, underlining the advantage of the Danish approach. But he acknowledges that the long-term consequences of a locked-down community could also be “substantial.”

“There is no right or wrong way,” Ostergaard said. ”No one has walked this path before, and only the aftermath will show who made the best decision.”

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-13/as-virus-deaths-rise-sweden-sticks-to-low-scale-lockdown

I am not sure if Sweden can continue with its approach though, too much of a political risk, even if the after math proved that they took the best approach. I like the humble closing line from the Danish professor, we need to give everyone the benefit of the doubt these days and be as non-judgmental as possible so that everyone can think with an open mind. 



drkohler on 13 April 2020
NightlyPoe said:

If by "dropped the ball" you mean handled it better than most countries, then yes.

And Denial is just a river in Africa....



Pemalite on 13 April 2020
NightlyPoe said:
Pemalite said:
Well. As a nation the discussion seems to have moved to Australia having "defeated" the virus and life potentially returning to normal, minus the open borders of course, until a vaccine is found.

Should be interesting to see how things go.

But our Universal Healthcare System (Which includes advertising and dissemination of information and working with all rescue agencies...) has proven to be extremely effective... Something that New Zealand has mimicked successfully also.

Definitely haven't dropped the ball like the USA has done.

If by "dropped the ball" you mean handled it better than most countries, then yes.

Handled it better than most countries? Having the largest number of deaths isn't something to be proud of.
"handle it better" common... I'm not an idiot.

Maybe that special Zinc that Trump was talking about might be enough to protect the American people... Whilst the rest of the world looks to Science and stricter  control measures.



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Lafiel on 13 April 2020
NightlyPoe said:
Pemalite said:
Well. As a nation the discussion seems to have moved to Australia having "defeated" the virus and life potentially returning to normal, minus the open borders of course, until a vaccine is found.

Should be interesting to see how things go.

But our Universal Healthcare System (Which includes advertising and dissemination of information and working with all rescue agencies...) has proven to be extremely effective... Something that New Zealand has mimicked successfully also.

Definitely haven't dropped the ball like the USA has done.

If by "dropped the ball" you mean handled it better than most countries, then yes.

better than most countries huh? I see the US in the bottom 10% for cases per million and deaths per million (obviously ordered by the less the better) over at worldometers

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Libara on 13 April 2020
NightlyPoe said:
Pemalite said:
Well. As a nation the discussion seems to have moved to Australia having "defeated" the virus and life potentially returning to normal, minus the open borders of course, until a vaccine is found.

Should be interesting to see how things go.

But our Universal Healthcare System (Which includes advertising and dissemination of information and working with all rescue agencies...) has proven to be extremely effective... Something that New Zealand has mimicked successfully also.

Definitely haven't dropped the ball like the USA has done.

If by "dropped the ball" you mean handled it better than most countries, then yes.

Please do elaborate on how the US has handled it better than most countries?



SvennoJ on 13 April 2020

So far only Greenland has handled it best, 11 out of 11 recoveries, all clear.

Anyway I wouldn't make any plans based on the numbers coming out right now. Most Christan countries are reporting much lower reported cases and/or much lower reported deaths since Friday. So much it has already significantly dropped the 3 day world average down.



Mnementh on 13 April 2020
NightlyPoe said:
Pemalite said:
Well. As a nation the discussion seems to have moved to Australia having "defeated" the virus and life potentially returning to normal, minus the open borders of course, until a vaccine is found.

Should be interesting to see how things go.

But our Universal Healthcare System (Which includes advertising and dissemination of information and working with all rescue agencies...) has proven to be extremely effective... Something that New Zealand has mimicked successfully also.

Definitely haven't dropped the ball like the USA has done.

If by "dropped the ball" you mean handled it better than most countries, then yes.

https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/?scale=linear&data=deaths&location=Australia&location=Denmark&location=France&location=US

Handled better than most countries? Sure…



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Lafiel on 13 April 2020
SvennoJ said:
So far only Greenland has handled it best, 11 out of 11 recoveries, all clear.

Anyway I wouldn't make any plans based on the numbers coming out right now. Most Christan countries are reporting much lower reported cases and/or much lower reported deaths since Friday. So much it has already significantly dropped the 3 day world average down.

yea, weekend reporting already was wonky and Easter certainly means even more reports are delayed - we will see how/if that results in new spikes in the comming days

weekly averages might be a better indicator than daily results