Re-infection rates are difficult to quantify while the pandemic is spreading so quickly. A few articles on re-infections (below). While none offer much information on current re-infection rates, it does offer some good information. Unfortunately it seems to show that current tests are much less reliable than thought.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-reinfection-idUSKBN20Q1BK

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/they-recovered-from-the-coronavirus-then-they-tested-positive-again-why/ar-BB119ZIS

Snopes article:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-reinfection/

Preparation for an university exam, which I intended to do anyway, the current situation doesn't change that much for me.
I need to stop focusing so much on Covid-19 news though, has really distracted me for the last three weeks.

As I said it wasn't my intention to blame any countries and I surely understand the fear that every country feels right now.
My intention was to focus on the lack of a concrete coordination by EU in order to fight against the emergency. This is the real problem which can and should be blamed.

I see your point, but let me say that I don't feel right to blame chinese people for spreading the virus: they have paid on first hand and I'm not even sure there was any negligence by them. Moreover they can't be accused to have spread it on purpose, as said by some conspiracy theory. It simply happened and I think that it could have happened anywhere.

This is what I meant in the first place from a political, social and economical point of view. And I would say that the future of the whole world, not only of the EU, is involved.

Obviously I don't blame Chinese people in general for the virus (though I will admit that I found reports about certain aspects of Chinese food culture which may be conducive to zoonoses rather disgusting), and of course it wasn't intentional. But it's not like China did all that much to prevent spread of the virus to other parts of the world, iirc back in January they protested against even the thought of travel restrictions for Chinese citizens. And let's not be naive: in part the response to this crisis is a competition between systems, and the CCP has every intention imo of using it for a propaganda victory for its own system (of course they're greatly aided in that by the stunning incompetence of Western elites).
I won't write more on this matter, since it might get too political, and I don't want Gog moderators to lock this thread.

You are right: I was the one who unintentionally moved the discussion to politics when I talked about EU management of the crisys. Let's simply drop the subject.

Wait wait wait....lemme get this straight.....France has AN ARMY?!?

(To all: The above is a joke. It is a bit of an un-pc joke, though, so if it[or ANY future joke I make here] bothers anyone I will issue an apology to anyone offended via PM if they ask for such)

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Hopefully this won't sound wrong(how I say it), but imo the penalties are a laugh.

I mean what are they going to do....jail 1/10(or more) of the population? And even if it's just fines....do they really expect people(if enough were fined) to pay them during all this?

A pretty lame one though, actually France even has an independent nuclear force.

Thanks for all the info( I mean it), but please don't quote snopes....I wouldn't trust them if they tried to tell me the sky was blue after the crap they pulled with other sites. :|

This report is pretty scary, to put it mildly:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

Looks like extreme lockdown measures might be the only way to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths just in Britain...and they might need to be in force for two thirds of the time, until there's a vaccine (which can be expected in late 2021 at the earliest).
I don't know if such measures are sustainable over such a long time...and what, if there's never a vaccine?
I've been pretty pessimistic about this situation for the last few weeks, but this is a real downer, really grim prospects.

Unless the rumors of it being a leak(accidental) from a lab there is true.

(I think they probably aren't btw)

I agree none of us should get TOO political, but this crisis will be tied to some aspects of politics no matter what, and tbh(noting some of what's been said so far) I think GOG is giving us a break here and relaxing that rule a bit in this case for us here......of course while by saying that I am not saying I or anyone else should take advantage of that kindness by GOG and get too political.

(And of course offering news info/tips/advice/kind words should be the biggest spotlight/focus of this thread anyways)
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And some of the best nuclear power plant tech in the world.....they really put some of the rest of us to shame on that front, honestly.

If it gets bad enough/that bad(hopefully it won't), tbh i'd rather enjoy life and go outside and not huddle like a rat in a cage waiting to see what happens(that's not to say i'd try to make anyone sick either).

I understand your issue with Snopes, but IMO the article does a good job of collating a number of interviews into an easily scanned page or two.

I'm sorry if that came off wrong.....I think some of their stuff is good....I was more making a dig at snopes's reputation in general.

Thanks for the links from before, at any rate....they will likely help some out and make a good read for others. :)

Yeah, but if enough people have that attitude, it might lead to the deaths of millions of vulnerable people (and not just them if the health care system gets overwhelmed, at least some young or middle-aged healthy people will also die).
But it's a terrible situation, I don't think any society can live under lockdown for years. Extremely grim prospects, looks like there won't be a good ending to this in any case.

I meant if it got so bad that many were already sick(like major chunks of the population), and also just one going outside maybe and sitting in the sun in their yards/etc.....you make good points, though.

I hope with all my heart you end up being wrong on this. :\