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No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by dpc_pw »

Fezzik wrote: post #2

This is fantastic news. I do worry about the US though. As far as I can tell huge numbers of people are still treating this like it is nothing. I base this, very expertly, on the sheer number of large Halloween parties I was invited to tonight... and how people (aged 28-40) are still mocking those who won’t congregate with 50 randos in a house. It’s very perplexing. And on the ever-increasing infections and deaths. A…

Are you worried about Sweden too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MljLpcD0VWM

Deaths flat in case you were wondering: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sweden%20deaths%20coro...

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by m0zg »

Svip wrote: post #20
m0zg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's only if you fail at basic arithmetics. All of them are worse than the US. Scaled up to US population, France would have 190K new cases per day. Italy - 168K. Poland - 185K. And so on and so forth down the list.

That wasn't particularly clear from your 'worst non-tiny countries' (which out of context just sounds mean-spirited). So you meant in terms of new cases, not total cases?

Yes, since the original article is about new cases, not totals per se. Normalized totals will be the same everywhere - everyone will get it eventually.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by peteretep »

Good luck y’all! Life in Thailand has been pretty awesome (if you don’t rely on tourist dollars) since we hit this point some months back. At this point when the occasional bizarre local case does show up (and one or two have here) the government can go nuts on contact tracing and make sure it stays under control.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by Fomite »

boxed wrote: post #3

I went to the linked page. It doesn't have zero cases. Maybe it's just the classic case of reading the data before the data is in?

Locally acquired cases - indicates successful cessation of community transmission, which means you're back to the easier task of trying to detect and contain importation.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by dehrmann »

dpc_pw wrote: post #21
Fezzik wrote: post #2

This is fantastic news. I do worry about the US though. As far as I can tell huge numbers of people are still treating this like it is nothing. I base this, very expertly, on the sheer number of large Halloween parties I was invited to tonight... and how people (aged 28-40) are still mocking those who won’t congregate with 50 randos in a house. It’s very perplexing. And on the ever-increasing infections and deaths. A…

Are you worried about Sweden too? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MljLpcD0VWM Deaths flat in case you were wondering: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sweden%20deaths%20coro...

Deaths do lag new cases, but something big Sweden has going for it is that a lot of Swedes live alone.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by dehrmann »

bmitc wrote: post #14
dehrmann wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do worry about the US though Europe isn't looking much different right now.

Why is Europe's status something to care about in the U.S.? China is basically operating on all cylinders right now. It's insane how people in the U.S. don't get the damage that's being done on literally all fronts right now. The past year has had irreparable damage to the U.S. It's hard to know where to even start, from slow production due to job loss and just everything going slower, poor health due to active cases…

Not long ago, it was popular to criticize the US's handling of the pandemic as a failure. Seeing the surge of cases in Europe makes what the US is going through look less exceptional and more expected. There's also no reason to think the level of containment China achieved is politically attainable in the west.

Realizing it's "only" 180 cases, yes, China is firing on all cylinders:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/29/large-covid-ou...

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by dustinmoris »

It is important to point out that Coronavirus emerged when the Northern hemisphere was still in Winter and early spring, a time where viruses can extremely thrive and now the Northern hemisphere is seeing a second wave because we still don’t have a vaccine and are entering a full new winter with COVID.

The southern hemisphere had only to battle COVID for a single Winter, and that delayed too, having had already the advantage of all the lessons learned in Europe. It’s very likely that their second Winter will already see a vaccine so by pure chance when the virus emerged countries in the Southern hemisphere have had a much better situation and therefore should expect better outcomes.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by m_mueller »

dustinmoris wrote: post #27

It is important to point out that Coronavirus emerged when the Northern hemisphere was still in Winter and early spring, a time where viruses can extremely thrive and now the Northern hemisphere is seeing a second wave because we still don’t have a vaccine and are entering a full new winter with COVID. The southern hemisphere had only to battle COVID for a single Winter, and that delayed too, having had already the a…

We Europeans sure learned our lesson in spring...ohwait

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by Izkata »

fxtentacle wrote: post #19
bmitc wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The U.S. is filled with blind exceptionalism and narcissism compounded with social media and propaganda running rampant along with oligarchs who care about little else than money. This election hopefully provides a temporary relief, but there are seriously deep problems at hand.

My impression is that both in the US and in most European countries, there is a dire need for new political parties to enter the mainstream. I mean this election is basically a forced choice between two grandpas and both are representing values from before I was born. Where's the political party that I would trust to do what will secure a good future for my kids, because they, too, have young kids? Where's the politi…

IMO this was the primary thing that got Trump elected in 2016: He was the outsider, a big "fuck you" to both major parties.

Re: No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

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Post by bobnamob »

To those citing weather as a likely influence, I'm not sure I agree.

Given the graph provided by the linked site, it looks like cases started really dipping in late August. August and September are still bloody cold in Melbourne, where most of the cases have been recorded. Additionally, Australia is heading into a La Nina summer, generally characterised by a slower onset of warmer weather and greater average rainfall.

Edit: Anecdotally, Adelaide weather for the last few months has barely registered as spring. Melbourne is typically a few °C cooler than Adelaide.

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