International COVID-19 Megathread

[dead0man]

So apparently there are people sick in Qom, raising the chances that the mullahs are apart of the sick.

Iran's deputy health minister says he has coronavirus

Despite being Iran's epicentre of the outbreak, Qom has yet to be quarantined.

Health minister Saeed Namaki defended the decision on Tuesday and said that quarantine is an "old method".

"We still do not agree with quarantining cities since we believe the people are cultured enough to refrain from travelling from infected cities to other places," semi-official news agency ISNA quoted him as saying.

[dead0man]

do people not understand that the masks are supposed to be for the sick?

[dead0man]

do people not understand that the masks are supposed to be for the sick?

That's true for the regular surgical masks, yes. However, the N95 respirators can be beneficial if you know how to fit them, but most people will find them uncomfortable as they're hot and they make it somewhat harder to breathe. The CDC only recommends them for health professionals in contact with the infected.

indeed, regular folk shouldn't be buying those up either.

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link in German

The study also makes new statements on the coronavirus mortality rate. So far, the renowned Johns Hopkins University assumes that 1.98 percent of those infected die in Germany. Due to the fact that the Heinsberger study now also includes previously undiscovered infections and the total number of corona sufferers is higher, the death rate for Gangelt is only 0.37 percent.

A total of around 1,000 people took part in the study. The interim results now available come from around half of the subjects.