Coronavirus Thread V: A Shot in the Arm (READ OP)

[The Hindustani State]

Opposition politicians are now saying coronavirus was invented by Modi to stop the CAA protests, and masks are an authoritarian measure implemented by Modi to quell vocal protesting

The same people tested positive

What a surprise

[San Lumen]

Opposition politicians are now saying coronavirus was invented by Modi to stop the CAA protests, and masks are an authoritarian measure implemented by Modi to quell vocal protesting

The same people tested positive

What a surprise

What is this world coming to when Modi is considered the sane one?

[Post War America]

Opposition politicians are now saying coronavirus was invented by Modi to stop the CAA protests, and masks are an authoritarian measure implemented by Modi to quell vocal protesting

The same people tested positive

What a surprise

What is this world coming to when Modi is considered the sane one?

He's still batshit insane. What this is, is an example of a political party in a huge country will literacy problems appealing to the masses through theatrics.

[Glorious Hong Kong]

Vietnam, long considered a global success story, is now experiencing a mysterious new outbreak

[Picairn]

Vietnam, long considered a global success story, is now experiencing a mysterious new outbreak

Thank you. A longer version, from a thread I created (Thermodolia recommended me to move it to here):

This is it. The most formidable fortress against Covid-19 in the world has begun to crack under pressure.

Source: Reuters.

Vietnam reports first virus death after months of successful countermeasures

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam recorded its first death from COVID-19 on Friday after winning plaudits worldwide for one of the most successful pandemic responses to containing the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The country of 96 million had gone 100 days without infection before an unexpected cluster of new cases surfaced in the central and popular resort city of Danang a week ago.

Vietnam’s health ministry on Friday reported 45 new infections in the city, marking the Southeast Asian country’s biggest single-day jump in cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

The capital, Hanoi, has started mass coronavirus testing, shut bars and nightclubs, banned large gatherings, and urged tens of thousands of domestic travellers to report to authorities as the country scrambled to contain the fresh spread of the virus.

Patient 428, a 70-year-old man who appears to have contracted the disease in Danang, died on Friday, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said.

The 45 latest patients, aged between 27 and 87, are linked to three hospitals and two clinics in Danang, according to the health ministry, which overnight sent a special task force of health experts, along with more than 1,000 health workers, to the city to help handle the deteriorating situation there.

The task force includes 65 health experts who had previously helped fight coronavirus at other epicentres in Vietnam, the ministry said.

Authorities in Danang are building a 1,000-bed field hospital to ease the burden on the city’s hospitals, four of which are under lockdown following a series of cases there.

The newly confirmed infections in Danang have lifted the total number of cases in Vietnam to 509.

Some experts say Vietnam could be paying for complacency after its initial success stopping the virus, with normal service quickly resuming, facemasks used less and domestic travel activity surging.

Danang had been inundated with visitors taking advantage of promotions to revitalise a tourism sector hurt by border closures and international flight bans designed to stamp out the virus.

The current wave is traced to Danang, but the source is unclear.

As a Vietnamese citizen, I'm obviously concerned about the current state of affairs. While the government has done an incredible job containing the virus, no countermeasure is completely unbeatable. As of now, it has also been reported that the country experienced 45(!) new cases in a day, marking it the biggest single-day jump of infections in the nation since the beginning of the pandemic.

The citizens' reactions were what you'd expect: More than 22,000 people, who have travelled to Danang in July, have stormed hospitals and quarantine camps for testing, according to state media (only in Vietnamese, sorry). Facebook is wild right now, even universities have taken up the job of helping our Health Ministry urge people who have come into contact with the 45 cases to seek testing immediately.

The government has reintroduced the aggressive tracing system to contain this new wave of coronavirus cases.

Americans may view it as normal since their cases have been piling up by the hundreds every day, but we are in full panic mode right now, since we have been used to the post-pandemic new normal a few months before, thanks to the government's exemplary handling of containment and control. Many people have let their guard down and stopped wearing masks.

Blames for this new surge are concentrated towards illegal Chinese immgrants who have illegally entered Danang with help from native traffickers. This is because it has been confirmed that this new wave is caused by a new strain of coronavirus, heavily suggesting that it is from outside the country. They are smuggled in to escape the country's rule of compulsory 14-day quarantine and testing. And our Prime Minister has instantly called for prosecution of those immigrants.

NSG, your thoughts?

[The Huskar Social Union]

Vietnam is our Cadia, an adamantium bastion against the dark. If it falls the world will be torn asunder by corona

[Nobel Hobos 2]

45 sounds bad. How many of those are traced to another?

[The Alma Mater]

Vietnam, long considered a global success story, is now experiencing a mysterious new outbreak

Thank you. A longer version, from a thread I created (Thermodolia recommended me to move it to here):

This is it. The most formidable fortress against Covid-19 in the world has begun to crack under pressure.

Source: Reuters.

Vietnam reports first virus death after months of successful countermeasures

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam recorded its first death from COVID-19 on Friday after winning plaudits worldwide for one of the most successful pandemic responses to containing the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The country of 96 million had gone 100 days without infection before an unexpected cluster of new cases surfaced in the central and popular resort city of Danang a week ago.

Vietnam’s health ministry on Friday reported 45 new infections in the city, marking the Southeast Asian country’s biggest single-day jump in cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

The capital, Hanoi, has started mass coronavirus testing, shut bars and nightclubs, banned large gatherings, and urged tens of thousands of domestic travellers to report to authorities as the country scrambled to contain the fresh spread of the virus.

Patient 428, a 70-year-old man who appears to have contracted the disease in Danang, died on Friday, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said.

The 45 latest patients, aged between 27 and 87, are linked to three hospitals and two clinics in Danang, according to the health ministry, which overnight sent a special task force of health experts, along with more than 1,000 health workers, to the city to help handle the deteriorating situation there.

The task force includes 65 health experts who had previously helped fight coronavirus at other epicentres in Vietnam, the ministry said.

Authorities in Danang are building a 1,000-bed field hospital to ease the burden on the city’s hospitals, four of which are under lockdown following a series of cases there.

The newly confirmed infections in Danang have lifted the total number of cases in Vietnam to 509.

Some experts say Vietnam could be paying for complacency after its initial success stopping the virus, with normal service quickly resuming, facemasks used less and domestic travel activity surging.

Danang had been inundated with visitors taking advantage of promotions to revitalise a tourism sector hurt by border closures and international flight bans designed to stamp out the virus.

The current wave is traced to Danang, but the source is unclear.

As a Vietnamese citizen, I'm obviously concerned about the current state of affairs. While the government has done an incredible job containing the virus, no countermeasure is completely unbeatable. As of now, it has also been reported that the country experienced 45(!) new cases in a day, marking it the biggest single-day jump of infections in the nation since the beginning of the pandemic.

The citizens' reactions were what you'd expect: More than 22,000 people, who have travelled to Danang in July, have stormed hospitals and quarantine camps for testing, according to state media (only in Vietnamese, sorry). Facebook is wild right now, even universities have taken up the job of helping our Health Ministry urge people who have come into contact with the 45 cases to seek testing immediately.

The government has reintroduced the aggressive tracing system to contain this new wave of coronavirus cases.

Americans may view it as normal since their cases have been piling up by the hundreds every day, but we are in full panic mode right now, since we have been used to the post-pandemic new normal a few months before, thanks to the government's exemplary handling of containment and control. Many people have let their guard down and stopped wearing masks.

Blames for this new surge are concentrated towards illegal Chinese immgrants who have illegally entered Danang with help from native traffickers. This is because it has been confirmed that this new wave is caused by a new strain of coronavirus, heavily suggesting that it is from outside the country. They are smuggled in to escape the country's rule of compulsory 14-day quarantine and testing. And our Prime Minister has instantly called for prosecution of those immigrants.

NSG, your thoughts?

Drat. The protection of the amazing song wore off ?

But IF those immigrants are responsible, execution seems quite reasonable.

[San Lumen]

https://apnews.com/9439258ed4ba433ec9266d3fc9a7d2fe

Many areas whose economy is heavily depended on tourism are facing economic ruin due to shutdowns and travel bans. Portugal's Algarve coast for example whose economy is largely based on tourism saw its unemployment rate rise 230 percent and now faces economic collapse.

Wineries in the town of Stellenbosch in South Africa the lifeblood of its economy face closure because they simply arent making enough money to remain afloat.

[The Hindustani State]

What is this world coming to when Modi is considered the sane one?

He's still batshit insane. What this is, is an example of a political party in a huge country will literacy problems appealing to the masses through theatrics.

By saying the coronavirus was invented by Modi? How can anyone be dumb enough to believe that?

[Picairn]

45 sounds bad. How many of those are traced to another?

More than 22,000 of people have travelled to Danang in July, so I guess that many of them have been in close contact with infected cases.

[Picairn]

Drat. The protection of the amazing song wore off ?

But IF those immigrants are responsible, execution seems quite reasonable.

Many Vietnamese people share your sentiments. My Facebook is littered with posts about illegal Chinese immigrants and comments from angry netizens calling for the death penalty on the traffickers.

[Greed and Death]

Vietnam, long considered a global success story, is now experiencing a mysterious new outbreak

The seasonal affects appear to have a bigger influence on rate of spread than the actions of government.

[New Visayan Islands]

Vietnam is our Cadia, an adamantium bastion against the dark. If it falls the world will be torn asunder by corona

Cadia will break before the Guard ever does!

(Which is more or less what happened, but I digress.)

Fresh new layout for the PH Coof Website; shame the data is outdated there; why didn't they just update the data? (93354 total cases with 2023 dead and 65178 recovered as of 1600 PHT/0400 EDT? WOW.)

[Ifreann]

I'd be more than willing to take my chances getting SARS-CoV-2 to help vaccine research...it's not exactly Ebola, after all.

Like Sal said almost all vaccines that reach phase 3 get approved.

I know some people who are still treating it like its airborne Ebola and it needs to stop. The two are completely different from each other.

I've told you before, several times, that if we were dealing with an Ebola pandemic then it would be over by now, because Ebola kills people before they can spread the virus very far.

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...the WotW Martians weren't necessarily defeated by human or animal diseases. It could have been bacteria and viruses that are not pathogenic to us but were to them. Just saying.

Its never really specified what. Wells's point was that everything has a purpose and to try and eliminate all disease or bacteria would meant the alien's victory.

That might be something you read from War of the Worlds, but that wasn't the author's point. According to Wells himself, the plot came about when he was discussing what the British Empire did to the indigenous Tasmanians, and wondering what might happen if Britain were subject to the same kind of invasion by more powerful and advanced outsiders. Invasion literature was popular at the time, and Wells appropriately put a science fiction spin on it.

[New Visayan Islands]

Like Sal said almost all vaccines that reach phase 3 get approved.

I know some people who are still treating it like its airborne Ebola and it needs to stop. The two are completely different from each other.

I've told you before, several times, that if we were dealing with an Ebola pandemic then it would be over by now, because Ebola kills people before they can spread the virus very far.

What, like SARS-1 did back in the day?

[Glorious Hong Kong]

Drat. The protection of the amazing song wore off ?

But IF those immigrants are responsible, execution seems quite reasonable.

Many Vietnamese people share your sentiments. My Facebook is littered with posts about illegal Chinese immigrants and comments from angry netizens calling for the death penalty on the traffickers.

Death for human traffickers is a bit much IMHO. Otherwise, I agree that the government should definitely crack down on illegal Chinese immigration and human trafficking rather than permit the gradual annexation of Vietnam to the PRC by stealth.

[Ifreann]

I've told you before, several times, that if we were dealing with an Ebola pandemic then it would be over by now, because Ebola kills people before they can spread the virus very far.

What, like SARS-1 did back in the day?

I don't happen to know if that's what happened with SARS-CoV-The-First, but if it is then sure, like that.

[The New California Republic]

Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".

He had made similar remarks last week [...], on Friday the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".

Referring to his earlier comments, Mr Duterte said: "They [critics] said, 'Duterte's insane.' Stupid! If I'm insane, you should be the president, not me.

"What I've said was true. If alcohol isn't available, especially for the poor, just go to a gasoline station, and use [gas] to disinfect.

"I am not joking. I am not joking. You… you try to get inside my brain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53605108

...well, he certainly is an odd one, isn't he?

[Andsed]

Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".

He had made similar remarks last week [...], on Friday the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".

Referring to his earlier comments, Mr Duterte said: "They [critics] said, 'Duterte's insane.' Stupid! If I'm insane, you should be the president, not me.

"What I've said was true. If alcohol isn't available, especially for the poor, just go to a gasoline station, and use [gas] to disinfect.

"I am not joking. I am not joking. You… you try to get inside my brain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53605108

...well, he certainly is an odd one, isn't he?

I think odd is putting it mildly.

[Ifreann]

Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".

He had made similar remarks last week [...], on Friday the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".

Referring to his earlier comments, Mr Duterte said: "They [critics] said, 'Duterte's insane.' Stupid! If I'm insane, you should be the president, not me.

"What I've said was true. If alcohol isn't available, especially for the poor, just go to a gasoline station, and use [gas] to disinfect.

"I am not joking. I am not joking. You… you try to get inside my brain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53605108

...well, he certainly is an odd one, isn't he?

It'll be the petrol fumes form his mask getting to him.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".

He had made similar remarks last week [...], on Friday the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".

Referring to his earlier comments, Mr Duterte said: "They [critics] said, 'Duterte's insane.' Stupid! If I'm insane, you should be the president, not me.

"What I've said was true. If alcohol isn't available, especially for the poor, just go to a gasoline station, and use [gas] to disinfect.

"I am not joking. I am not joking. You… you try to get inside my brain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53605108

...well, he certainly is an odd one, isn't he?

He is just like all the other ring wing populist leaders around the world, i.e an utter fucking crackpot

[Shanghai industrial complex]

Vietnam is our Cadia, an adamantium bastion against the dark. If it falls the world will be torn asunder by corona

Who is Abaddon ?

[Greed and Death]

Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".

He had made similar remarks last week [...], on Friday the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".

Referring to his earlier comments, Mr Duterte said: "They [critics] said, 'Duterte's insane.' Stupid! If I'm insane, you should be the president, not me.

"What I've said was true. If alcohol isn't available, especially for the poor, just go to a gasoline station, and use [gas] to disinfect.

"I am not joking. I am not joking. You… you try to get inside my brain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53605108

...well, he certainly is an odd one, isn't he?

It will disinfect their mask, but it will dissolve their mask.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Vietnam is our Cadia, an adamantium bastion against the dark. If it falls the world will be torn asunder by corona

Who is Abaddon ?

I would go with Trump but thats insulting to Abaddon. And doesnt tie into Vietnam either.