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So, a quick look at the news this morning (Bali time) - France health minister says he expect the spread of the virus to become uncontrollable after N.Y. because people will socialize during that period - France's health minister says they will maybe need to call for a stricter curfew in some areas. Curfew to start at 6.00 pm. He beats what the German did during WW2.. - From The Guardian (but same in other media) : Bloody French ...😁😁😁😂😂😂😂. Anyway so much for the miracle solution by "mass vacinatio.". "Only four in 10 people in France plan to get Covid vaccine Just four in 10 people in France want to have a vaccination against Covid-19, a poll showed Tuesday, as concern also grows over the slow start to the country’s immunisation campaign. According to the poll by Ipsos Global Advisor in partnership with the World Economic Forum, just 40% of French people want to have the vaccine. This puts it behind even other laggards like Russia on 43% and South Africa on 53%, let alone those countries where eagerness to have the vaccine is high such as China on 80% and Britain on 77%. Fear of side-effects is the reason most often given for not wanting the vaccine, according to the poll. In the United States, where a mass vaccination campaign has now begun in earnest, 69% of people now want the vaccine, a rise on October." - WHO officially warns us "You haven't seen anything yet, the next one will be worse". Good to see the experts being optimistic ! https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/dec/29/who-warns-covid-19-pandemic-is-not-necessarily-the-big-one-video But I dont give a hoot about all that...Worst is my.portfolio is down 3,8 % last night 😥😥😥😥 and I have a dentist appointment this afternoon... Anyway, breakfast and morning swim ! No need to panic !

Well, globally them "advisers" and "scientist" haven't impressed me yet. Maybe somebody should send all of them a few books concerning : - The art of management - basic 101 about communication

More panic and fear mongering.... Exacrly how government officials should handle a crisis ... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-55475240 Covid: UK faces 'catastrophe' without tougher action, warns scientist "Decisive" national action is needed to tackle the spread of Covid and prevent a "catastrophe" in the new year, a scientist advising the government says.

Now wait till some smartass scientific "discovers" that the virus can be spread by food packaging, or by the parcels you have received through Amazon, DHL or from AliBaba through Chinapost... and that has gone throough many, many hands... Read my lips, it's just a matter of time ! There was already questions about it concerning frozen food...

That's indeed another way to look at it ! Some already suggested to wear masks at home, as it the place where the virus spreads the easiest way.... Just what I said before. Since March..... 9 months. But no, let's try another 6 months ?

1st class developed countries are showing in their media that they can't control the virus, media is completely out of control and how more scary the headlines the better, governments only answer is lockdown, open, lockdown more, instore a curfew and that kind of shit. And throw billions of $ at it. We have great banners on our media's or government websites proudly announcing the numbers of deaths etc... Now put yourself in the position of somebody who rules a "developing" country.... When he sees this stuff what impression gives that to him ? Hell those smart Westerners who since years have been telling us they know everything better, they have the best doctors, the best technology, etc..... Look where there are, with all their science, experts, and money they can't control this thing and obviously have gone in panic mode. NHS staff posting Twitters that they are outgunned ... So give me now ONE good reason why they would let even ONE citizen of those "developed" countries enter THEIR country ? And mediatiatizing heavily stories like the Brits doing a runner in Switzerland (even I do agree with them when you know the full story) is not going to help ! The whole thing is completely out of control, and the "leaders" we have are just pouring more oil on the fire every week.

Just done that mate.... And on her Linkedin as well.... A bit young IMO

"Hello, I run a network for over 46K doctors." WTH does that mean ? Had a look on the Twitters, a bit of dramatization that sure will not help or improve the situation.... And she has been at it since February. A quick Google search is enough NHS England » Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden

Was just going to post that. All foreign flights banned, not that there were many.... As I said, not much hope before several months, minimum 6. Now sorry, but the UK Minister of Health declaring "the virus is out of control" sure didn't help.... If everybody continues to add his little touch of panic and paranoia, this "new world" is gonna take deeper and deeper roots and will become the default rule. Same as the anti terrorist measure after 9/11 Same as condom has become default after the HIV paranoia Good I am old .... This evening Macron and his health Minister will appear on TV with "plans for the future". Both already speaking about 3rd wave, so I can see where this is going....🙄🙄🙄🙄

Correct.

Oops, 10 year ago...

HKG did that around 10% ago. Result : Besides the local consumption of wine having gone up, HKG has become a major distribution hub for wine to Asia, has several famous wine cellars, and regularly host international wine tasting event. French wine in HK is around 15 to 20% more expensive then in France. Very reasonable.

Reading the nearly daily alarming news bulletin about the NHS being overstretched, at the limit etc, I tried to compare the number of hospitalizations / situation between UK and France, as we don't hear those "near panic" cries from our public hospital system. From today's Guardian : NHS England said it now has more Covid-19 patients in hospital than at the peak of the first wave – 20,426 as of 8am on Monday, surpassing April’s high of 18,946 on 12 April. Health officials in Wales and Scotland have also said they fear becoming overwhelmed. Or another one : 'Resilience is running out': NHS workers brace for another Covid surge | Coronavirus | The Guardian Now compare with France's number. - Number of Covid hospitalizations (Metropolitan France + overseas departments). Numbers are a bit higher 25k vs 20k - Number of people in reanimation / Intensive Care / Continuous monitoring I took 2 different sources, and they match. 2.700 people in Rea / IC / CM Note the explanation of the counting (sr/sio/sc), which may be different than NHS ? "Since the beginning of hospital monitoring via SI-VIC, the definition of admission to reanimation applies to hospitalized patients developing a severe form and admitted to reanimation (SR), intensive care unit (SI) or continuous monitoring unit (SC), without specifying the type of service." Another thing is from what I heard / read, people are only really critical cases are put in reanimation (under oxygen), as doctors agree that this is a very "heavy" treatment and that even for those who come out of it "healed" there are nearly always long term sequels. - Occupation rate of Reanimation / ICU / continuous monitoring is 52% : NOTE : - 63% are 65 + - median age is 68 (74 for those who die) - 89% present at least one comorbidity. 46% for obesity, 45% for hyper blood tension, 31% for diabetes. I tried to find some similar charts / data on the NHS website but couldn't find anything. Only info I got is from papers and news sites. If anybody knows where I can find it ? OK, back to my stock market charts now ......

Agreed, but as I said, just a napkin calculation without digging deeper. I follow a little more deeply France, UK and Belgium situations as for those three, detailed numbers are available on government websites with previous years numbers and the data behind the charts downloadable in Excel format. But hey, it's not like I am spending hours and hours on it every week .... Just keeping the brain spinning a bit !

Naah, Guardian is leftist, Remainers rag ...all lies ! More seriously, I would have done the same. FFS, you arrive on holiday and 48h later the country you stay in decides to retroactively put you in quarantaine ? Good too see they found refuge in France ! We have a long tradition of helping refugees in need .....😁😁😁😁😁

Population 144 million (2018) 186.000 : 144 M = 0,13 % Annual death rate 2019 : 12,8 / 1.000 https://knoema.com/atlas/Russian-Federation/Death-rate 12,8 : 1000 x 144 M =1.843.000 annual deaths So, 186.000 Covid death represents approx a 10% excess death. Just a rough, back of the enveloppe, calculation but in fact this would be way less per capita than the US, UK or France. But I am a bit sceptical about that 186 k number. Russian data ......

Interesting article and a little lesson in economy... https://asiatimes.com/2020/12/strong-baht-makes-thais-rethink-export-reliance/

Eating salmon with a spoon and fork ? You stay Thailand too long !

Yesterday evening Chicken with mash and gravy for me The Miss prefers it with vegetables as well.

Vaccination tracker, pretty good. Being published by Bloomberg, I think it is rather reliable. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/ Then again, maybe it's a leftist, libertarian, Dem or Rep shitrag .... Who knows ? 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Was thinking at the infamous GT 2000 as well 🙈🙈🙈

Hahahahahahahahahahaha...... You even included the Remainers ? Bravo ! But I agree with that part : "none of this pseudo-scientific 'new normal' bollocks." OK, bedtime now my boy !

Something new ? After the Covid sniffing dogs, we have now a machine ? A bit sceptical, and I couldn't find much on the net about it .... https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/12/27/locally-made-covid-19-detector-approved-by-health-ministry.html https://www.ugm.ac.id/en/news/20122-ugm-genose-can-detect-covid-19-less-than-2-minutes Maybe basically a saliva / breath analyser directly linked with a software on a laptop ?

Naah bro, relax...a selfie with a mask is the latest fashion from what I see around me !

Plenty others destinations... although few will be open in the coming months IMO. I know for some, Pattaya is their Nirvana...🙄🙄🙄