Coronavirus COVID-19 News specific to South Africa

[Nicholas]

Any bets on what our government is going to do?

I honestly expect Cyril to pop in again on Sunday night and move us up a level or 2,especially in Gauteng. Think the booze ban is still a bit away but it's coming. Shocker will be if inter-provincial travel is stopped again, I kinda feel the realize they'll kill off the country by doing that after the international cancelations.

Further afield I find it very disheartening that international travel is fekked. Resigning myself to the idea that it's going to take a month or 2 before things open again and then most likely with stupid restrictions. Was looking at going skiing in March but I guess that gets kicked out to December 2022 again at the earliest

I know its not ideal, but have you been to Tiffindell?

 

[Arzy]

I know its not ideal, but have you been to Tiffindell?

Yes, but that really work as a December holiday and I like going to the bush in the SA winter.

I've also been skiing in Europe with family every other year since I was about 10ish so there is an emotional connection with the trip as well.

 

[biometrics]

My sister and one of her sons now have covid. They are luckily vaccinated. Says it's like a bad flu. Holding thumbs that my 85 year old mother that lives with them don't get it even though she is vaccinated.

Mmm not sure xmas is still on this year...

Son went to student party on last week Wednesday and symptoms started Friday. Now most of those students have it incl a bunch of foreign students (it was a going away party).

Hitting close to home...

 

[Sinbad]

My sister and one of her sons now have covid. They are luckily vaccinated. Says it's like a bad flu. Holding thumbs that my 85 year old mother that lives with them don't get it even though she is vaccinated.

Mmm not sure xmas is still on this year...

Son went to student party on last week Wednesday and symptoms started Friday. Now most of those students have it incl a bunch of foreign students (it was a going away party).

Hitting close to home...

Wishing your family well...

 

[biometrics]

Wishing your family well...

Damn now my mom says she's feeling sick. Going to organise an oximeter for her.

 

[biometrics]

Plett Rage cancelled

The Plett Rage festival has been cancelled.

Organisers said on Thursday that the alarming number of positive cases were being reported to them by customers from their hometown, due to them being required to take the mandatory PCR beforehand.

"Almost all schools set to attend Plett Rage have positive cases. Based on the trajectory of this virus, this is only a tiny percentage of what we are now certain will show up. The numbers are only going to increase rapidly," they said.

"Although we, as organisers, have implemented the most stringent Covid-19 preventive measures, there was no way to preempt the devastation that the current surge of Covid-19 cases nationally would cause."

On Tuesday, it was announced that the Ballito Rage festival had been cancelled after 36 people tested positive for Covid-19.

 

[satanboy]

 

[Nicholas]

My sister and one of her sons now have covid. They are luckily vaccinated. Says it's like a bad flu. Holding thumbs that my 85 year old mother that lives with them don't get it even though she is vaccinated.

Mmm not sure xmas is still on this year...

Son went to student party on last week Wednesday and symptoms started Friday. Now most of those students have it incl a bunch of foreign students (it was a going away party).

Hitting close to home...

I hope they recover soon, and that it isn't transmitted to your mother.

I credited students with more brains than that.

 

[satanboy]

I credited students with more brains than that.

 

[Nicholas]

Students: Capable of mastering what they need to know to earn their degrees, lack the sense to avoid infection by harmful micro-organisms.

 

[satanboy]

Students: Capable of mastering what they need to know to earn their degrees, lack the sense to avoid infection by harmful micro-organisms.

Common sense and intelligence don't always go together.

 

[biometrics]

I hope they recover soon, and that it isn't transmitted to your mother.

I credited students with more brains than that.

She got it too. But they are all fully vaccinated.

 

[Nicholas]

She got it too. But they are all fully vaccinated.

I hope that is sufficient.

 

[RedViking]

My sister and one of her sons now have covid. They are luckily vaccinated. Says it's like a bad flu. Holding thumbs that my 85 year old mother that lives with them don't get it even though she is vaccinated.

Mmm not sure xmas is still on this year...

Son went to student party on last week Wednesday and symptoms started Friday. Now most of those students have it incl a bunch of foreign students (it was a going away party).

Hitting close to home...

Couple of friends had Covid, they were perfectly fine except for the typical symptoms, and had no tags.

 

[Nicholas]

Couple of friends had Covid, they were perfectly fine except for the typical symptoms, and had no tags.

By perfectly fine, I take it you mean that it didn't kill them or make them so ill as to require hospitalisation?

 

[biometrics]

Couple of friends had Covid, they were perfectly fine except for the typical symptoms, and had no tags.

Mine are very sick and vaccinated. Not hospital level yet thankfully.

 

[biometrics]

Overstrand active cases (Kleinmond, Hermanus, Stanford and Gansbaai)

27 Nov 41
<-- 2nd wave start
29 Nov 64
7 Dec 98
9 Dec 122
11 Dec 138
14 Dec 207
17 Dec 287
18 Dec 314
21 Dec 376
23 Dec 481
24 Dec 559
28 Dec 661
30 Dec 623
31 Dec 748
4 Jan 733
6 Jan 678
8 Jan 734
11 Jan 507
14 Jan 656
18 Jan 759
20 Jan 511
22 Jan 482
25 Jan 478
27 Jan 418
29 Jan 422
1 Feb 160
3 Feb 161
8 Feb 123
10 Feb 114
12 Feb 105
15 Feb 82
19 Feb 68
24 Feb 67
26 Feb 65
5 Mar 49
<-- 2nd wave end
8 Mar 40
12 Mar 40
15 Mar 35
19 Mar 24
26 Mar 14
29 Mar 17
6 Apr 20
12 Apr 14
19 Apr 11
26 Apr 6
3 May 21
6 May 35
14 May 28
21 May 37
28 May 42
<-- 3rd wave start
4 Jun 82
18 Jun 199
21 Jun 250
23 Jun 273
28 Jun 438
2 Jul 515
5 Jul 505
7 Jul 599
9 Jul 600
14 Jul 551
19 Jul 630
21 Jul 414
23 Jul 475
26 Jul 453
28 Jul 452
30 Jul 519
4 Aug 481
10 Aug 356
13 Aug 335
16 Aug 321
18 Aug 322
23 Aug 290
27 Aug 362
30 Aug 380
1 Sep 411
6 Sep 489
8 Sep 523
13 Sep 311
15 Sep 323
20 Sep 328
22 Sep 122
29 Sep 74
7 Oct 47
<-- 3rd wave end
20 Oct 34
3 Nov 8
24 Nov 4
3 Dec 28

 

[Düber]

That number of tests figure though, nearly 20 million.
Got me thinking, 20 million tests @ R500 for an average (the ones I had to pay for cost about R800, I think) is R10 billion...

 

[biometrics]

That number of tests figure though, nearly 20 million.
Got me thinking, 20 million tests @ R500 for an average (the ones I had to pay for cost about R800, I think) is R10 billion...

Health department 'has no idea why the test for Covid-19 still costs R850'

The cost of Covid-19 testing – set at R850 per test by some private laboratories – is being investigated by the Competition Commission after the Council for Medical Schemes raised the issue.

www.timeslive.co.za

 

[Düber]

Health department 'has no idea why the test for Covid-19 still costs R850'

The cost of Covid-19 testing – set at R850 per test by some private laboratories – is being investigated by the Competition Commission after the Council for Medical Schemes raised the issue.

www.timeslive.co.za

I can perhaps try and answer that for them, my guess would be for profit?

They sneakily don't give us a clue as to what the base cost of running a test is, so it's difficult to gauge if they are profiteering, but I would hazard that they have very big smiles going to work each morning.