SvennoJ said:
JRPGfan said:
I actually googled it.
Apparently around 650k in the USA die due to heart related issues (heart diseases).
Thats like 1 outta 4 deaths in the USA, are due to it.
Corona is giveing heart diseases a run for its money, in terms of deaths pr year. |
We all eventually die of something and old age isn't used as a cause of death. But even with that, Corona is still given the chance to compete :/
As for Vietnam, I don't know how it's going there now. However one of my best friends growing up came from Vietnam. Political asylum, his parents weren't safe there anymore. So all I know of Vietnam is through them, very hard working people, very friendly and welcoming, house always full. I spend many evenings there playing Risk and 1830 through the night with all the uncles and aunts. They made the most amazing Vietnamese lumpias and opened a Vietnamese take out food store. They also gave me work, preparing the spring rolls, which paid for my tv and vcr.
Of course there were some cultural clashes as well, it seems Vietnam relies much more on the community to teach kids values while parents are much more hands off. No clue if that is true but that's how it was in that family. And eventually my friend ended up in an arranged marriage with house paid for by the parents and all.
So, naturally they painted Vietnam in a bit of a negative light, having to flee from there fearing for their lives and all. The rest I know of Vietnam is from the Amazing race lol. I'll be flying over Vietnam in FS2020 in a while and check out more of the country, I'm currently over India. Still a ways to go.
Back on topic. Plans are to ramp up distribution of vaccine doses to 1 million per week, it’s anticipated that 20 million doses will be delivered to Canada between April and June. As much as I'm excited by the positive news, it's also clearly another free for all situation. There is no global plan for distribution, wealthy countries scrambling to secure as many doses possible first. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth I guess, be glad to live in a wealthy country that has the luxury to eff up. If they can reach 1 million per week, that's still 76 weeks to get everyone 2 doses. 53 weeks to reach herd immunity (maybe). |
We are still very cautious about the virus but at least everything (bars, sports, stadiums, restaurants, stores, clubs,...) in Vietnam is working normal now.
The key difference between us and other countries is the others see Covid as a small nuisance virus, while we see Covid as a lethal enemy who is trying to invade us.
About the vaccine, it will be a while to settle down for everyone in the world.
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