COVID-19 in Trinidad & Tobago (Local Updates & Discussions Only)

[Dohplaydat]

Pretty sure Trump has it too

[toyolink]

I really find the purchasing frenzy somewhat 'jokey'.
Lysol, which is locally very expensive selling like hot bread, toilet paper being purchased as if diarrhea coming to wash down the place, and all of this happening when people funds low.
BTW, people better rush and buy up bleach before it run out.
Maybe T&T would end up being the cleanness it has ever been.

[Dizzy28]

I really find the purchasing frenzy somewhat 'jokey'.
Lysol, which is locally very expensive selling like hot bread, toilet paper being purchased as if diarrhea coming to wash down the place, and all of this happening when people funds low.
BTW, people better rush and buy up bleach before it run out.
Maybe T&T would end up being the cleanness it has ever been.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/heres-w ... paper.html

[killercow]

Brazil President tests positive..

Not seeing anything anywhere to substantiate this claim. Source?
(bbc actually said he tested negative)

[Chimera]

I went xtra foods near the nagar this morning . Didnt have much crowd. Didnt have any hand sanitizer but got different disinfectants and plenty liquid soap.
Gonna buy a sink today to set up outside my store and put a sign first people to wash their hands before and after coming in.

[Dizzy28]

Brazil President tests positive..

Not seeing anything anywhere to substantiate this claim. Source?
(bbc actually said he tested negative)

New York Post and some other papers said he tested positive
https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/brazil-pr ... ronavirus/

[killercow]

[Dohplaydat]

Jamiaca and St Marteen Carnivals postponed till October.

[redmanjp]

I went xtra foods near the nagar this morning . Didnt have much crowd. Didnt have any hand sanitizer but got different disinfectants and plenty liquid soap.
Gonna buy a sink today to set up outside my store and put a sign first people to wash their hands before and after coming in.

what kind of sink is this? a portable one?

[sMASH]

u will find this episode informative

[Chimera]

I went xtra foods near the nagar this morning . Didnt have much crowd. Didnt have any hand sanitizer but got different disinfectants and plenty liquid soap.
Gonna buy a sink today to set up outside my store and put a sign first people to wash their hands before and after coming in.

what kind of sink is this? a portable one?

Like this

[redmanjp]

where would it empty into? a tank or do u have to setup a drain pipe?

i was thinking of telling the boss to setup something like a portable hand sanitizer station by the door for visitors

[rspann]

I went xtra foods near the nagar this morning . Didnt have much crowd. Didnt have any hand sanitizer but got different disinfectants and plenty liquid soap.
Gonna buy a sink today to set up outside my store and put a sign first people to wash their hands before and after coming in.

Make dem wash the money too , or you could send it in bags for me to sanitize for you.

[Dohplaydat]

I really find the purchasing frenzy somewhat 'jokey'.
Lysol, which is locally very expensive selling like hot bread, toilet paper being purchased as if diarrhea coming to wash down the place, and all of this happening when people funds low.
BTW, people better rush and buy up bleach before it run out.
Maybe T&T would end up being the cleanness it has ever been.

Well it's only so much stocks we have unless we import more or local manufacturers increase production.

I get panic buying, but it's a reactionary approach that doesn't help anyone but yourself feel 'safer'.

Btw given how these things grow, expect it take about 2 weeks for new cases to start to pop up then expect exponential growth.

But that said, even if there are 5 times more ppl with Covid-19 in China than they are reporting, at best right now it seems 0.05% of the population have it (roughly 2-3 months after it came on the scene).

So let's say 500k ppl have it in China despite the official number of 80k.

That means say 2-3 months from now at the peak, roughly only 1000 Trinis would have tested positive assuming the same growth rate and dynamics. Impossible to say, but let's say we get it 10 times worse.

In 3 months, 10k ppl have it locally, or 1 in every 35 Trinis.

[pugboy]

lysol and them wipes is for lazy ppl

[Miktay]

with few exceptions everything on lockdown in the USA...

No mass sporting events...most colleges closed....no Calle Ocho...no St Patrick’s day parade.

Even the Curry Duck competition look like it getting cancelled/postponed...

[Chimera]

where would it empty into? a tank or do u have to setup a drain pipe?

i was thinking of telling the boss to setup something like a portable hand sanitizer station by the door for visitors

where i`m putting mine it would go to the government drain, my store is downstairs near the mainroad.

[hydroep]

I now make a rounds in some of dem budget groceries and chinese stores on my side and things normal. If anything JTA real slow for a Friday.

If we are to judge by the establishments (Massy, Tru Value, Pricesmart etc.) which are experiencing long lines then it is "rich people" doing the panic buying. The irony...

[MaxPower]

Sufferers love to play rich too.

[sMASH]

Sufferers love to play rich too.

plenty people like to pretend to be stoosh and shop at massey...

[Ben_spanna]

So at 3 o'clock the man will address America,
theres talk the entire states may be have a state of emergency!
Depending on what he says could have really bad implications for supplies to Trinidad that are shipped out of the US

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that from tomorrow all schools and universities and places of learning will remain close for one week in order to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The announcement was made as he addressed the Parliament today.

[Ben_spanna]

Good start but shoudl be longer as incubation period can be anywhere from 14 days to as much as 37 days

[Chimera]

what gonna happen to people who hadda continue working while their kids hadda be home though

[Redman]

Given the proximity to end of term-close schools now-and have end of term test at the start of the next term/or start early

[pugboy]

So what if infections continue after a week?

[aaron17]

Hopefully they detect it

[redmanjp]

So what if infections continue after a week?

the school directly related to the patient (he has a child there) should be closed for 2 weeks- all others are low risk right now soi doh know the rational behind this- other countries did it for community spread transmission.

unless of course they lose track of all potential contacts and community transmission happening already

what about the Alberta case- dey forget that already?

[sMASH]

So what if infections continue after a week?

this is a preliminary step. see what pops up and deal with that. if it remains slow, then u can reopen, if it continues to resurface, u keep them closed.

[nemisis]

See how much sick days you can take back to back.

what gonna happen to people who hadda continue working while their kids hadda be home though