Coronavirus COVID-19 News specific to South Africa

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Sports mask
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Sports Masks

These masks are designed for physical activity such as cycling or running. They allow for better airflow and prevent fogging of sunglasses.

ciovita.co.za

I hope those never become fashionable. Last thing I want is for this mask craziness to hang around.

 

[satanboy]

The DA wants alcohol, tobacco ban lifted with immediate effect

The DA said the ban has devastated businesses and workers in the alcohol and cigarette sectors and now needs to be discarded to prioritise livelihoods.

ewn.co.za

 

[satanboy]

Lifting South Africa’s alcohol ban: 6 changes government should introduce, according to medical experts

Medical experts have called on the government to review the country’s ban on the sale of alcohol due to the potential economic impact of the prohibition.

businesstech.co.za

 

[satanboy]

Consol Glass halts R2.3 billion investment in South Africa due to alcohol ban

Consol Glass says it has suspended construction of a new R1.5 billion glass manufacturing plant in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng indefinitely, due to the reduction of the demand for glass products driven by the Covid-19 pandemic and government’s actions to slow its spread.

businesstech.co.za

 

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Leftist politics are working overtime destroying the economy, jobs and investment.
There never was a rational basis for this; as no shebeen ever stopped selling booze or cigarettes -- this will go down as being as stupid as prohibition was in the America.

 

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[Dave]

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Still doesn't make sense, active cases fall while new confirmed cases (and deaths) are still steeply climbing.

 

[bigAl-sa]

Still doesn't make sense, active cases fall while new confirmed cases (and deaths) are still steeply climbing.

One would expect the recoveries to be getting closer to new cases but they seem to be staying the same distance apart.

BTW, deaths are pretty constant at the mo, wobbling around 4 per million per day

 

[Tribs]

I suppose people can die relatively quickly but it may take months for people to feel well again. So they may not consider themselves recovered.

 

[bigAl-sa]

I suppose people can die relatively quickly but it may take months for people to feel well again. So they may not consider themselves recovered.

I'm sure the statistical measure is tickling your brain lobe, through your nose, with an earbud, then testing it for the lurgy. They don't really care how you feel

 

[Tribs]

I'm sure the statistical measure is tickling your brain lobe, through your nose, with an earbud, then testing it for the lurgy. They don't really care how you feel

luckily never had that done to me.

But I suppose they are less in a hurry to recheck people who were positive - they just tell them to wait the 14 days out. And then either forget about them or assume they are fine

 

[satanboy]

I suppose people can die relatively quickly but it may take months for people to feel well again. So they may not consider themselves recovered.

People don't go back once they are better (and why should one?). So I can't see how they can keep that stat up to date and correct.

 

[satanboy]

Dexamethasone use sees 25% drop in death rate of critical COVID patients - study

A clinical trial led by researchers at Oxford University found that when administrated intravenously, in small doses, dexamethasone reduced death rates by around a third among severely ill coronavirus patients.

ewn.co.za

Local doctors have been using dexamethasone to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients for almost two months now.

 

[bigAl-sa]

Dexamethasone use sees 25% drop in death rate of critical COVID patients - study

A clinical trial led by researchers at Oxford University found that when administrated intravenously, in small doses, dexamethasone reduced death rates by around a third among severely ill coronavirus patients.

ewn.co.za

Local doctors have been using dexamethasone to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients for almost two months now.

It doesn't seem to be having too much effect on their overall daily death rates.

 

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It doesn't seem to be having too much effect on their overall daily death rates.

Yet they say this:

ICU mortality reduced by at least 25% since the introduction of dexamethasone - Mkhize | News24

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said South Africa has benefitted from treatment developments that have led to a reduction in the mortality rate.

www.news24.com

 

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[Dave]

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One for @emam there, free cigarettes with a manicure

 

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A modern equivalent of prohibition.

 

[bigAl-sa]

Yet they say this:

ICU mortality reduced by at least 25% since the introduction of dexamethasone - Mkhize | News24

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said South Africa has benefitted from treatment developments that have led to a reduction in the mortality rate.

www.news24.com

The whole world's mortality rate is down since April - got nothing to do with a drug.

 

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