China Coronavirus

[GetOverTheBar]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

[TabClear]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

New Zealand and Portugal seem to have  had decent leadership as well. Decisive action early seems to have been key. Obviously NZ has the advantages of being a relatively small island but Portugal I would have viewed as similar to Spain and the response and management seems to have been very different.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Now a link to Air pollution?

[Milltown Row2]

Now a link to Air pollution?

in a good way i'd imagine

[Jeepers Creepers]

Now a link to Air pollution?

in a good way i'd imagine

High levels of air pollution may be "one of the most important contributors" to deaths from Covid-19, according to research.
The analysis shows that of the coronavirus deaths across 66 administrative regions in Italy, Spain, France and Germany, 78% of them occurred in just five regions, and these were the most polluted

[nrico2006]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

New Zealand and Portugal seem to have  had decent leadership as well. Decisive action early seems to have been key. Obviously NZ has the advantages of being a relatively small island but Portugal I would have viewed as similar to Spain and the response and management seems to have been very different.

New Zealand has the advantage of being surrounded by water, but so too does Ireland.  Yet, Ireland has far more deaths than New Zealand.  New Zealand is a lot bigger than Ireland too, as well as a lot bigger than Portugal.

[GetOverTheBar]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

New Zealand and Portugal seem to have  had decent leadership as well. Decisive action early seems to have been key. Obviously NZ has the advantages of being a relatively small island but Portugal I would have viewed as similar to Spain and the response and management seems to have been very different.

New Zealand has the advantage of being surrounded by water, but so too does Ireland.  Yet, Ireland has far more deaths than New Zealand.  New Zealand is a lot bigger than Ireland too, as well as a lot bigger than Portugal.

Large part of that can be explained by the Kiwis literally pulling the plug on the border. Whereas, about 20k odd Irish went to Cheltenham where it's been proven the virus was transmitted. One mistake, I think in years to come might well see someone being badly hung out to dry over it when the dust settles.

[Milltown Row2]

So with the likes of bars and cafes and such like places being told they may be out of bounds till xmas, a good lot of those places will shut completely.

What is the exit plan for this from the Irish government?

[Eamonnca1]

Now a link to Air pollution?

in a good way i'd imagine

High levels of air pollution may be "one of the most important contributors" to deaths from Covid-19, according to research.
The analysis shows that of the coronavirus deaths across 66 administrative regions in Italy, Spain, France and Germany, 78% of them occurred in just five regions, and these were the most polluted

More population usually correlates with pollution, so you're going to see more cases in more populated and hence more polluted areas. Pollution may be a factor but it's tricky to attribute cause to effect for that sort of thing.

[bennydorano]

Sweden's stats looking pretty decent on Sky News there for a Herd Immunity type approach?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/sweden-says-controversial-covid-19-strategy-is-proving-effective

[GalwayBayBoy]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

New Zealand and Portugal seem to have  had decent leadership as well. Decisive action early seems to have been key. Obviously NZ has the advantages of being a relatively small island but Portugal I would have viewed as similar to Spain and the response and management seems to have been very different.

New Zealand has the advantage of being surrounded by water, but so too does Ireland.  Yet, Ireland has far more deaths than New Zealand.  New Zealand is a lot bigger than Ireland too, as well as a lot bigger than Portugal.

New Zealand's main advantage is they are in the middle of nowhere in the south pacific. They acted early in fairness but I'm not sure they are comparable to somewhere that gets a lot of European traffic through it daily.

Ireland acted quicker than the UK did but it's becoming apparent that they should have shut things down even sooner than they did.

[Milltown Row2]

Sweden's stats looking pretty decent on Sky News there for a Herd Immunity type approach?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/sweden-says-controversial-covid-19-strategy-is-proving-effective

Some country was going to try it, though they would have less populated areas than UK and France

[laoislad]

77 deaths today.

[armaghniac]

77 deaths today.

That's a bad toll.
Also, 401 cases. Now that testing has largely caught up these are presumably people that got it in the last 10 days or so and that seems a lot also.
By way of comparison Spain only reported 399.

[nrico2006]

Is Angela Merkel the only politician to come out of the Coronavirus with an even greater respect (internationally) than before?

New Zealand and Portugal seem to have  had decent leadership as well. Decisive action early seems to have been key. Obviously NZ has the advantages of being a relatively small island but Portugal I would have viewed as similar to Spain and the response and management seems to have been very different.

New Zealand has the advantage of being surrounded by water, but so too does Ireland.  Yet, Ireland has far more deaths than New Zealand.  New Zealand is a lot bigger than Ireland too, as well as a lot bigger than Portugal.

New Zealand's main advantage is they are in the middle of nowhere in the south pacific. They acted early in fairness but I'm not sure they are comparable to somewhere that gets a lot of European traffic through it daily.

Ireland acted quicker than the UK did but it's becoming apparent that they should have shut things down even sooner than they did.

Ireland was a shambles too, the whole Cheltenham fiasco as well as letting flights in from Italy on the scheduled 6 nations weekend when northern Italy was in turmoil.