Originally Posted by
250 kts
Do you really believe the govt figures though? Only 3000 cases and 56 deaths bearing in mind it was the first foreign country outside China to report a death.
I don't believe any government figures.
However, I do believe the figures here are quite low as to date I have yet to meet or know of anyone who has personal knowledge of an individual infected with this virus.
Rightly or wrongly, the authorities here reacted vigorously and quickly with curfews (still in place), provincial lockdowns, domestic and international flight bans (Intl still in place), beaches and all entertainment shutdown (still enforced), tracing apps now for shopping centres etc..
The flip side to all this is suicides are through the roof, businesses are collapsing everywhere with many, probably the majority having no hope of being resurrected. There are many many homeless, desperate and hungry people on the streets now.
As I have stated before, the medicine is worse than the illness.