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The John Hopkins University’s table showing different mortality rates of nations per 100 000 of population support the BCG protection argument.
Had a brilliant suggestion yesterday from Biznews community member Penelope Kimber, who asked why can’t supermarkets implement one-way aisles.
Research by an assistant professor and his students at the NY Institute of Technology found mortality rates are up to 100 times higher in countries like Italy, the US and Netherlands, where the BCG vaccine was never used.
Whether SA’s Covid-19 planning will be enough is anyone’s guess, but the lockdown immeasurably improves our chances and will save many thousands of lives.
The Covid-19 penny sometimes takes a while to drop. Witness the US White House move from dismissal to denial and now near panic.
As millions of people around the world are about to discover courtesy of Covid-19, once you’ve tasted life away from the daily commute, it’s hard to go back to it.
The SA economy desperately needs an overhaul. Once the Covid-19 dust settles, that must be the priority for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Paul Hoffman has come up with a list of the ten lessons we can learn from the pandemic, which is an adaption of the 17 UN sustainable development goals.
Of more immediate relevance is how SA’s 21-day lockdown has turned working remotely into a hot topic.