Coronavirus cases surge in Europe and Latin America

[PeteS in CA]

Coronavirus cases surge in Europe and Latin America

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-coronavirus-cases-surge-europe-latin.html

Germany and Poland enforced new restrictions to fight the coronavirus Saturday, as the number of cases surged in Europe and breached 10 million in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel had already warned Friday that high-infection areas would be given 10 days to bring down cases or face tougher action, calling big cities the "arena" to keep the pandemic under control.

In neighbouring Poland, authorities told people to wear face masks in all public spaces after coronavirus cases hit a new record daily high of 4,280.

To the south, the Czech Republic faced the prospect of a new lockdown as the growth in COVID-19 cases set a fourth straight daily record. The number of 8,618 was the fastest spike in Europe.

See also https://www.foxnews.com/world/europe-unprepared-second-coronavirus-wave-covid

[kevindavis007]

I thought that Europe had done it right..

[HuskyPatriot]

Latin America is not surprising at all.  There are poor populations there that need to go out every day to work and survive.  Many have no refrigerators and have to go out for food constantly.  Health care can be minimal, and the masks worn are often flimsy or provided by corrupt bodies. There's even a lack of oxygen tanks; many have to go out and find their own to care for family members themselves.  And I'm not talking about just Venezuela!   

[mountaineer]

Meanwhile, in England:

Students handed coronavirus test kits that had already been used
Lucy Middleton
Wednesday 14 Oct 2020 11:04 am



 Around 25 used coronavirus swab tests have been accidentally handed out in Birmingham, the council have confirmed. They were handed out in Selly Oak as part of Birmingham City Council’s drop off and collect service, the BBC reports. University of Birmingham students who then received the kits opened the boxes and found sealed bags inside.  ...

Sophie Dunne, a second year student, told university newspaper Redbrick that several students had come out of their homes to tell council workers they’d received the used kits. She claims they were then told by the staff not to ‘put it on social media’. Birmingham is currently a tier two area of the UK, with 167.4 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people. ...   Metro News

and this:

Liverpool hospitals could exceed capacity next week as coronavirus cases surge
 Jen Mills
Wednesday 14 Oct 2020 6:54 pm
Metro News

Hospitals in Liverpool face a ‘dire’ situation and could exceed capacity from next week, people have been warned. One of the Government’s scientific advisers has urged people to follow new regulations to try and avoid such an outcome.  ...

‘We have got over 300 patients in beds and our intensive care capacity is currently running at 90%. Visit our live blog for the latest updates Coronavirus news live ‘At this rate we are looking at exceeding healthcare capacity in the next week or so.’  ...

[PeteS in CA]

Most major South American countries have higher death rates than the US, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ . Venezuela's number is rather obviously jiggered or highly incomplete. Peru has been hit really hard.

[Fishrrman]

The virus keeps percolating right along here in Connecticut.

A couple of days ago the number of new cases jumped from the 120's-300's per day up to 1,342 in 2 days.

I sense that we won't begin to see a permanent fall-off of new infections and intermittent "surges" until about 4-6 months after vaccines and antibody treatments begin administration on a mass scale.

I'd put that around July/August 2021 at the earliest...

(I'm not a doctor or scientist, and I don't play one on tv... just my off-the-wall speculations)

[mountaineer]

More insanity.

Wales announces TOTAL lockdown, citizens not allowed to leave home
    By Ian Miles Cheong | October 19, 2020

The small, UK nation of Wales is going into a full lockdown, with citizens not allowed to leave their homes for two weeks.

Wales is the first nation in the United Kingdom to re-enter a two-week shock lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic in what the Welsh Government is referring to as a “fire-break” lockdown.

Residents of Wales will be required to stay at home from 6pm on Friday, October 23, for a duration of two weeks, following advice from scientists advising the Welsh Government. The scientists called for a total shutdown of at least four weeks. ...

According to the Express, almost a thousand new cases were announced this past Sunday, which puts the national infection rate over 130 per 100,000 people. The city of Cardiff in Wales recorded a high of 270 cases per 100,000 people. ...

More at Rebel News

[PeteS in CA]

The sad news continues, https://www.foxnews.com/world/europe-second-coronavirus-wave-italy-uk-poland-hospital-stadium . Looking at Worldometers, the US has seen some increase in daily new cases, but so far to a lesser degree than EuroLand. Also unlike EuroLand, daily deaths have not increased in the US (so far).

[jmyrlefuller]

I see Ireland's going back to the lockdown again, too. I wonder how long it will take for them to recognize that if it had worked the first time, it wouldn't be happening again, and that lockdowns don't work.

Never in the history of society has multiple lockdowns been attempted for the same virus. The government just doesn't give a bleep. They think they can control what they can't. And no one's fighting back.

I fear America is headed in the same direction.

[LegalAmerican]

I see Ireland's going back to the lockdown again, too. I wonder how long it will take for them to recognize that if it had worked the first time, it wouldn't be happening again, and that lockdowns don't work.

Never in the history of society has multiple lockdowns been attempted for the same virus. The government just doesn't give a bleep. They think they can control what they can't. And no one's fighting back.

I fear America is headed in the same direction.

I can agree with you.  This covid is just another cold/ flu germ.  99.96% survival rate.


Doctors speak out on misinformation surrounding the coronavirus •Premiered Oct 17, 2020. 

YOUTUBE has it removed.   

[roamer_1]

I can agree with you.  This covid is just another cold/ flu germ.  99.96% survival rate.


Doctors speak out on misinformation surrounding the coronavirus •Premiered Oct 17, 2020. 

YOUTUBE has it removed.

It's on bitchute

[mountaineer]

I see Ireland's going back to the lockdown again, too. I wonder how long it will take for them to recognize that if it had worked the first time, it wouldn't be happening again, and that lockdowns don't work.

Never in the history of society has multiple lockdowns been attempted for the same virus. The government just doesn't give a bleep. They think they can control what they can't. And no one's fighting back.

I fear America is headed in the same direction.

You'd think Wales and Ireland might ask, say, Sweden for advice on how to handle it. 

[rustynail]

Watch for the phrase 'dark winter' that Biden said to be repeated by the lock-downers.