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Figures leaked to the BBC indicate that the Iranian govt has deliberately under-reported the number of deaths from Covid-19. The govt's own internal records show about 42,000 deaths instead of the 14,400 in their official reports.
Iran has a huge number of Afgan refugees and they have been particularly affected. The report doesn't mention why that is but I imagine overcrowded and squalid living conditions may play a part. Although they share a language Afgans are not welcome in Iran. The Iranians are not the only govt lying about the death rate, they're just the latest one caught doing it. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53598965 |
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We will be OK if everyone just gets what they need instead of what they want.
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Lets eat each other instead. High time for a cull of the herd. Best and brightest first. Start with the Lawyers and the mumble rappers. We still haven't gotten into the production of synthetic food yet so keep your chin up, I'm sure there is a soylent something around somewhere. Veggie Burgers for example are getting quite popular. This is also a good time to express my dissatisfaction of the disappearance of the backyard garden. If it comes to that I'm sure the government will release seed packets and clear well thought out plans for everyone to pitch in for veggies in their local communities. if not them then a local University honcho will pipe in. Those veggies can then be taken away on mass and processed into packaged food that lasts for longer. Think about it even The Simpsons needs an ending. Last edited by gooseneck; 04-08-2020 at 12:08 AM. |
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You can have those women who caused all the trouble with their lies about their visit to Melbourne as a first course. Parents from the local school here unhappy their kids were put at risk and would be happy to barbeque them for you, medium rare be ok?
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Further to the comment above, we knew that China was being less than truthful about either case or mortality numbers and it doesn't surprise me that there are others being (let's be generous) a bit inaccurate for a variety of reasons not all of them deliberate.
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Preferably, I'd turn them into glue; gotta keep those plastic parts on our cars stuck well. ![]() |
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Sweden - Only locked down the susceptible, seems to be past the grief. Daily cases down for the last month (excluding this weekend), Daily deaths decreasing since April to almost zero.
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Right at first when it kicked off we had signs up, marks on the ground, all my customers had bollards and barriers and observing distance. Now no one cares within reason there's no bollards, no signs (except mask ones), people are still out and about collecting or dropping off stuff in person, rep visits except for the corporates except now you've got masks and you don't shake hands. |
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I dont mind it other than not knowing the real impact or last effects of infection?
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I'm not sure where you got your numbers for Sweden but the 7 day rolling average is still over 300 cases per day. Let's put that in perspective. It's a country with about 40% the population of Australia but with a rolling average that is 60% of even this terrible week we've been having. They have also had 5x as many cases as Australia and 27x as many deaths.
To make the comparison easier let's look at the numbers per 100k of population where Sweden has 802 cases / 100k and we have 70 / 100k so that more than 10x as many in Sweden. Likewise, Sweden has 57 deaths per 100k of population and we have 0.8 / 100k for an even starker 71x more. You want to call that a success?
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Not chicken little sky is falling stuff, and I've got a good stockpile of bacon - just saying it is correct that the Vic lockdown will have flow on effect to other states for some goods and industries. Definitely am not sitting in SA being all "Woe is me" because we might have Dons shortages while Vic is in absolute ****-fight for their state's health and financial future. |
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Flights were due to stop over in VIC, hence no flights, dont see why ACT/NSW cant be used instead and they abid by the 14 day guarantee on arrival and return. I need my baby sitters by September school holidays damn it! ![]()
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60% of meat grown in Australia goes to export; there will be no local supply problems. There will be panic buying and the demand will mean the hoarders will clear the supermarket shelves again. Re stocking should happen within a few days if people just buy what they need.
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395 new cases for Australia and 13 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.206% and active cases rise to 7,475. NSW recorded 13; SA recorded 2 with the balance in Victoria.
2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.404% and active cases rise to 27. The UK recorded 928 new cases and 9 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops to 15.120%. Just under 49k new cases in the USA yesterday and 467 deaths sees CMR down to 3.290% and active cases at 47.3% with the raw numbers still rising. That's the lowest case numbers in almost a month which is some positive news. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences. Other notable points: The USA completes 60M, Russia 29M, India 20M and Mexico 1M tests; Oceania passes 20k cases; Africa passes 20k deaths; Asia passes 100k deaths; No countries recorded new daily highs although there are a lot of figures missing from African countries today, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.
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Not a bad time to ease up on exports and supply domestic while giving a small one finger salute to China? Petty but legit!
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Personally I think we should aim to make australia as much of a closed system as we can. we should be bringing back our manufacturing industries, our farmers and anything else that can be produced, grown or serviced by australians. Of course that means the price of housing will have to come down as labor costs are currently high on account of housing costs are high, everyone just wants to buy a house to start a family. To date, if people can't buy a house on a wage then the job finds itself going offshore to countries with cheaper labour costs because they either have cheaper housing costs or because other countries are prepared to exploit their citizens. So the "haves" are not likely to let any of that happen because it'll affect their personal profit or their retirement plan of exploiting the average aussie for inflated rents. Sad but true. So I foresee the meat exporters doing everything they can to fire up exports with China/etc again as they don't care about your lobbying or what you believe in. The almighty dollar is worth more than the integrity and self-sufficiency of our country. edit: reminds me of that article I saw a few months back from a seafood export who was practically begging australians to buy up their stock for "a chance" to try premium-grade seafood while they can, because the export problems aren't going to last forever. Yeah okay, we're not good enough to sell to on a general basis but they want us to help bail them out when the overseas buyer has closed their doors. ![]() |
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If you want success have a look at Taiwan. Have been doing a bit of reading / watching on how they have tackled CV19. It is fascinating to say the least. If you have a bit of time, look up at Audrey Tang, she has done numerous interviews to explain how they have been successful in tackling it so far.
A few interesting points, mostly centres around use of technology, but also how they function as a society: 1) "Government has to trust their people with open data, and not ask people to blindly trust the government." Example used was that they have an app that shows mask stock levels at pharmacies to prevent panic buying. It is updated every 30 seconds. 2) Each ministry has a comedian working for them. Within an hour, they can generate humourous videos to counter any disinformation, and when its released it goes viral and floods their social media. Humour over rumour. 3) They have a 24/7 live stream where important messages can be communicated to the public at any given time. 4) 12 ministries that have influence over social economic policies have "reverse mentorship". Each of these ministries has 2 mentors, who are members of the public and are under 35 years of age. All of these help to maintain social cohesion to tackle a pandemic. Also facinating to learn they have a national referendum day. Citizens can propose laws via referendums at the national and local levels. ![]() ![]() |
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But we need to get through it first. Dont worry I am the first to roll my eyes when I hear older generations complain about crayfish prices and that all the good stuff goes OS.
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There was a time when locally made and imported things (cars,tv's) were on the showroom floor side by side. We all made our choices back then. |
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We are terrible at looking after the needy in good times, CV has exposed the western systems for the capitalist greed machine it is. Australia needed a good shake up and the pollies wont do it themselves.
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Timely discussion - currently fighting tooth and nail to bring a product we can manufacture here back in house from overseas.
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People can harp on all they like what the older gen go on about but what makes you think the younger gen are willing to pay more in the future once the world gets back to normal per say infections contained let alone a vaccine. The re think will be re sourcing, less staff improve online but why would you decrease your RRP ![]() Trust me it won't change what you and leesa post but that the graph line in all commodities etc will just rise and rise to recover loss's. Thats life ![]()
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We've gone well beyond the advantages of capitalism and now we're just parasites really. |
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Decision and resolve to make it here is the requirement. If you look at the history of BMW, they were in financial dire straits by the late 1950s; a conglomeration of other industrial interests decided they were not going to fail, and they were supplied with the funds to make excellent new product which began to be delivered to market in the early 1970s... The rest is history.
Eg VW were rescued by a British Army officer, Japanese Zaibatsu
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