[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

Bozza said:

It's not beyond reasonable expectations that this could be used for International travel too. No country will want people coming in who could be infected and start spreading it in their country, so it could be that countries expect those crossing their border to either:

- Present a trusted certificate to illustrate they are Covid-19 safe, or
- Quarantine for 14 days upon arrival (South Korea are doing this already I believe) - which essentially kills tourism.

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studio150 said:

Wimbledon cancelled

Great news for Mrs Brown's Boys fans as the BBC need to fill their June schedules

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A1X said:

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Bozza said:

Germany seem to be intending to introduce some sort of "Covid-19 safe" certificate, ie the holder has been officially tested and found to have already had the virus.

Based on that, I wonder if we could see a two-tier society in coming month, given the broad expectation that if you've had it once you can't get it again (or if you can it's very mild). Other countries may all follow a similar route to Germany where, essentially, you have a certificate that illustrates you have had it and are now "safe". The two tiers would be:

- Those that have had it (ie been tested and shown to have antibodies)
- Those that have not had it

It's not beyond reasonable expectations that this could be used for International travel too. No country will want people coming in who could be infected and start spreading it in their country, so it could be that countries expect those crossing their border to either:

- Present a trusted certificate to illustrate they are Covid-19 safe, or
- Quarantine for 14 days upon arrival (South Korea are doing this already I believe) - which essentially kills tourism.

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dazzer6666 said:

I was wondering that - certificate and freedom if you've had it, if you haven't you can be mobile but as soon as you get symptoms you get tested and if positive you go into isolation. Tracking used (as in S Korea) to notify anyone you've been into contact with. Not sure how feasible this is here though. At some point we'll reach 'herd immunity' I guess and the anyone catching it will just be treated on the basis the majority of people they come into contact with will already have had it. Getting <1 is a big deal - if people continue to respect the distancing as now we'll be seeing the benefits quite rapidly within a couple of weeks based on what I've read.

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Mellotron said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fsw3eh/in_the_last_2_weeks_the_coronavirus_emergency/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Reddit post explaining that in an Italian emergency room in Parma, it has had over 50 patients for the last few weeks.

Today for the first time since this all began, it is empty.

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Bozza said:

Germany seem to be intending to introduce some sort of "Covid-19 safe" certificate, ie the holder has been officially tested and found to have already had the virus.

Based on that, I wonder if we could see a two-tier society in coming month, given the broad expectation that if you've had it once you can't get it again (or if you can it's very mild). Other countries may all follow a similar route to Germany where, essentially, you have a certificate that illustrates you have had it and are now "safe". The two tiers would be:

- Those that have had it (ie been tested and shown to have antibodies)
- Those that have not had it

It's not beyond reasonable expectations that this could be used for International travel too. No country will want people coming in who could be infected and start spreading it in their country, so it could be that countries expect those crossing their border to either:

- Present a trusted certificate to illustrate they are Covid-19 safe, or
- Quarantine for 14 days upon arrival (South Korea are doing this already I believe) - which essentially kills tourism.

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Bozza said:

Germany seem to be intending to introduce some sort of "Covid-19 safe" certificate, ie the holder has been officially tested and found to have already had the virus.

Based on that, I wonder if we could see a two-tier society in coming month, given the broad expectation that if you've had it once you can't get it again (or if you can it's very mild). Other countries may all follow a similar route to Germany where, essentially, you have a certificate that illustrates you have had it and are now "safe". The two tiers would be:

- Those that have had it (ie been tested and shown to have antibodies)
- Those that have not had it

It's not beyond reasonable expectations that this could be used for International travel too. No country will want people coming in who could be infected and start spreading it in their country, so it could be that countries expect those crossing their border to either:

- Present a trusted certificate to illustrate they are Covid-19 safe, or
- Quarantine for 14 days upon arrival (South Korea are doing this already I believe) - which essentially kills tourism.

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Guinness Boy said:

Great idea if you can stop them being stolen / forged / traded. Worthless otherwise.

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sparkie said:

The figures must be down overall, but there are a noticeable amount of lunatics now on country roads assuming there is no traffic coming the other way and driving like they are on a grand prix circuit.

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atomised said:

This has provided the conspiracy theorists so many wonderful ideas. I just discovered a facebook page called film your hospitals. Its goal is to prove that hospitals are all really empty and this is all geared to far more sinister outcomes

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LamieRobertson said:

Farage has just released one of his broadcasts to the nation in his pjs on YouTube and some of the comments there

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Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

Bit more info/links, please? (or I can just use my imagination...)

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