The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
indeed. Also ,be aware that different countries have vastly different access to test kits. here in the UK, our frontline NHS staff are
still waiting to be tested; they've hardly tested anyone but Boris", cos they've hardly got any freaking test kits; so infection rates here will be way, way higher than "çonfirmed case figures suggest
Obviously, the States are much better equipped for testing people. saw a vid from the States of ordinary citizens standing in line at a station to be tested...errr, whaaa? yeah these are people who suspect they have co-vid 19 are NOT staying in isolation but rather getting all scrunched together in a long l;ne with others who think they have co-vid -19, and nobody's telling them: "FFS, Go home. guys. If you're not positive yet, then you surely will be, by the time you get tested"
Here in the UK (where Boris was rightly criticised fpr being a bit cavalier about this) we were told, three weeks or so back. that if we had any suspect symptoms then we
must self-isolate.
...which I, myself duly did, having had the bad luck to pick up some virus or other at just the wrong moment. And i was just ready to come out of self-isolation when we were told that EVERYBODY (key workers excepted) has to stay at home from now on . huh. well truth to tell, it makes very little difference to my lifestyle, cos i can;t really go anywhere exept by taxi, and the fares here are such that i can rarely stretch to more transport than needed for medical appointments... which is
exactly how i caught this damned thing, i do believe.
But my point is that untold thousands like myself would probably show up as statistics, if only tests were available. so i still don't know if had THE viris, or just some normal virus, do I? and it's likely to be weeks , if ever, before they can tell me the answer to that that.
Meantime , everybody's signed up for online supermarket services at once, ofc, and those servces are getting overwhelmed ofc.
Me, I've been very lucky thus far, actually had most of thse few things that i can actually eat delivered in sufficient quantities, almost per usual. But then, I got special privileges as pre-exising customer, ni telling how far that helped. i
did experiece some blips due to panic-buying, previously . but hey! here i am, fat as ever, nothing drastic.
have been sick as dog these past few weeks mind, cos soon as i felt well enough to do so. i started following NHS advice to wash hands like a bad case of OCD , wipe down surfaces with disinfectant every time you touch something etc. but i;ve been plagued ever-more-severely with asthma, hayfever, weeping eyes, grogginess, sleepiness and other symptoms that i choose not to mention . Yesterday, i suddenly twigged that ALL those cleaning agents are full of corn derivatives (even my fucking soap, cos they changed the ingredients while i wasn't looking) so the more I clean, the more i'm breathing in molecules of corn . I've now I've stopped the damned cleaning and I'm feeling somewhat better already.
Feel free to laugh. I am!
Hope they don't send the cops round to check if I'm obeying the cleaning directive.
Heck, this covid-19 thing nigh-on killed me, aleady, in an indirect fashion.
Good luck, everybody!
