Coronavirus (COVID-19 Outbreak) (75 Viewers)

Cerval

Senior Member
Feb 20, 2016
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Well, here in a tiny Caribbean island we've been waiting for it to hit for weeks. Just over two weeks ago was the end of our Carnival festivities where 30,000+ tourists came and we've had two months of large parties all over the island, ending with a two day parade with a hundred thousand in the streets.

We've had no known cases yet, but we've had a few cases of people passing through and returning to their countries to discover that they've got it. Whether it was contracted here or elsewhere isn't known. We probably have had cases of our own here but clearly it hasn't spread far.

There have been cases in other Caribbean countries but they seem to be isolated cases from people returning from abroad. Obviously these countries don't have the most developed public health systems and won't be the best prepared to deal with a pandemic, but the situation seems calm. People are basically still waiting for it to arrive.

When you look at the rest of the world, it seems to be the temperate countries that are worst hit, with a few exceptions like Singapore and Qatar, but even then they don't seem to be getting a lot of new cases, so I guess they are mostly contracting from people entering from other countries ( https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ )
Does your country screen a lot of people?
 

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Tickle Me
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Oct 11, 2005
75,665
Did you go to get tested? I don't even know where to look here in the armpit of New England known as the State of Rhode Island. Seriously, why couldn't my ancestors just travel 50 miles north to Boston instead.
no I have a torn tendon in my hand and have the residency group as my gp. So I was there to get some strength tests done and get a new splint. I would call the health department to get that info.
 

Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
10,893
What bothers me the most about this entire situation is that the authorities completely dropped the ball. If I look at statements from my own local authorities & specialists no more than 10 days ago, then there was no problem at all: no need to exaggerate, it's not that serious, we are prepared & can handle it, no reason to do anything special, ...

That narrative sure has changed over the past few days.
Right, with all that's coming out right now, I'm going to have to change my view.

They didn't drop the ball, they pretended the ball wasn't even there to begin with :wallbang:
 

Siamak

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Aug 13, 2013
18,521
very concerning. I am one of those people who had onset of symptoms Feb 17 and am outside of the 14 day self quarantine and still have symptoms and have had flu/Cough ruled out.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,540
Well, here in a tiny Caribbean island we've been waiting for it to hit for weeks. Just over two weeks ago was the end of our Carnival festivities where 30,000+ tourists came and we've had two months of large parties all over the island, ending with a two day parade with a hundred thousand in the streets.

We've had no known cases yet, but we've had a few cases of people passing through and returning to their countries to discover that they've got it. Whether it was contracted here or elsewhere isn't known. We probably have had cases of our own here but clearly it hasn't spread far.

There have been cases in other Caribbean countries but they seem to be isolated cases from people returning from abroad. Obviously these countries don't have the most developed public health systems and won't be the best prepared to deal with a pandemic, but the situation seems calm. People are basically still waiting for it to arrive.

When you look at the rest of the world, it seems to be the temperate countries that are worst hit, with a few exceptions like Singapore and Qatar, but even then they don't seem to be getting a lot of new cases, so I guess they are mostly contracting from people entering from other countries ( https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ )
yeah, you guys look good, especially if it’s warm there :tup:
 

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