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2007 called ....they want their rick rolled back.Zetski wrote:This video shows what China has been up to and what will transpire in a few days to come
Coronavirus in South America: How it became a class issue
By Katy Watson Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazil got its first case of coronavirus just after carnival. The man, who had visited Italy, returned with symptoms and went straight to Albert Einstein hospital, a world-class institution in the southern hemisphere's biggest city, São Paulo.
In the beginning, many of the cases followed a similar pattern, affecting Brazilians who can afford to travel abroad and pay for treatment in private hospitals.
And it is a pattern that is replicated across the region too. The first case in Ecuador was somebody returning from Spain. In Uruguay, media reported last week that half of the country's coronavirus cases could be traced back to a single guest at a glamorous party who had just come back from Spain.
This has not escaped the notice of poorer Brazilians either, many of whom share the view that the virus is coming over from wealthier people who have been on holiday abroad.
Maria do Rosario Silva is a 50-year-old housekeeper who lives and works in the south of São Paulo. She was alarmed by the pattern of transmission she was hearing about on the news, but has now been sent home by her employer on full pay to stay safe.
"I'm not just a bit scared," she says. "I'm terrified, especially for older people and those who are who are vulnerable. If we don't control it, it will end in panic."
The story of the first person to die of the coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro has fuelled this fear. Just a few days ago, the investigative journalism website Publica reported that a 63-year-old housekeeper's employer had gone to Italy and came back with symptoms - and didn't tell her housekeeper she was ill. Fast forward a month, and the housekeeper is dead.
The speed of transmission is something that worries medics here, who fear the public health system will not be able to cope.
"The social class who is ill at the moment are the upper-middle and upper classes, and that's why we haven't yet seen a sustained transmission rate," says Dr Beatriz Perondi, who heads the disaster and emergency committee at São Paulo's Hospital das Clinicas, the largest public hospital in Latin America.
"Once they start spreading the virus to the middle and lower classes, that's when we are going to have issues with quarantine. With lots of people living in the same room, that could cause huge transmission problems."
It has already started - there are now cases in Rio's shantytowns, known as favelas. Hospital das Clinicas is preparing, opening up an entire floor to receive critical patients. In the next week or so, it is expecting half of the ward to be full, and in less than a month that every bed will be occupied.
It's community transmission that reveals the deep inequalities in the region - poorer people serving wealthier ones. Cooks, housekeepers and nannies will have to rely on a public health service that is already over-subscribed - and that's without the onslaught of coronavirus.
And while decent employers will continue to pay their staff regardless of whether they will work or not, not everyone has been decent. I have been asked whether it is reasonable to pay a cleaner half a salary if they are no longer working - short answer, no, these are the people who need the money more than ever. In a country where 40% of the workforce is estimated to work in the informal economy, millions of poor people are going to bear the brunt of coronavirus.
The government has introduced emergency measures. Informal workers will each receive 200 reais a month (£33; $40). But Brazil's currency is plummeting each and every day. It is not enough to buy food for a month for a family, let alone cover rent and bills. This is a menacing virus, but just as menacing is the threat of hunger - how can these families live like this, and for how long?
As the health minister here said last week, we are at the foot of the mountain and we are about to start climbing it. But the route to the top will be far harder for some in this, the most unequal region in the world.
aaron17 wrote:Because of ian ..ppl would take it more seriously now...rather than the govt which is really screwed up.
carluva wrote:In what way did the government screw up? You mean generally they screwed up or they screwed up in this emergency?aaron17 wrote:Because of ian ..ppl would take it more seriously now...rather than the govt which is really screwed up.
Phone Surgeon wrote:i wonder if admed covering coronavirus infection, like if i getting a medical associates ICU with a $1000 deductable
Phone Surgeon wrote:the foreigners stranded abroad, as bad as it sounds, better to leave them there to ride it out,they choose to go there, why trinidad hadda spend time and resources to bring them back.
it have other ways to get funds over there rather than use banks
it have people locally who does take TT and US currency and then have their business partners in margarita/venezuela give you local currency over there.
pugboy wrote:coonilal talking nonsense, next thing you know every single trini living abroad gonna request a plane sent for them.Phone Surgeon wrote:the foreigners stranded abroad, as bad as it sounds, better to leave them there to ride it out,they choose to go there, why trinidad hadda spend time and resources to bring them back.
it have other ways to get funds over there rather than use banks
it have people locally who does take TT and US currency and then have their business partners in margarita/venezuela give you local currency over there.
bluefete wrote:As so many said: Ian Alleyne has to be a backside to not self quarantine after visiting Miami for 2 days. Did he really have to go Miami for 2 days on a weekend? At this time? And then to come back and go about your business normal, normal.
I would mandatory quarantine every traveller somewhere down the islands.
Next: I heard Paul and Richard bumping their gums this morning on Power 102.1fm that the government should make every effort to bring the citizens home from Barbados.
After what the 68 did with Ramesh, I was leaving them right there for 2 weeks. I may have offered some help with payment for meals but otherwise - I was not setting myself up for another pre-action protocol letter for people who too damn harden (some of them).
This could impact our relations with Barbados because Stuey was caught lying with his pants down.
Phone Surgeon: We seem to be on the same page with payment.
pugboy wrote:dont see why notPhone Surgeon wrote:i wonder if admed covering coronavirus infection, like if i getting a medical associates ICU with a $1000 deductable
Gladiator wrote:There is an epidemic clause in some insurance policies... No claim once the Govt declares an epidemic.
Company already sent out a memo to all in the group plan.pugboy wrote:dont see why notPhone Surgeon wrote:i wonder if admed covering coronavirus infection, like if i getting a medical associates ICU with a $1000 deductable
Gladiator wrote:There is an epidemic clause in some insurance policies... No claim once the Govt declares an epidemic.
Company already sent out a memo to all in the group plan.pugboy wrote:dont see why notPhone Surgeon wrote:i wonder if admed covering coronavirus infection, like if i getting a medical associates ICU with a $1000 deductable
Dizzy28 wrote:Gladiator wrote:There is an epidemic clause in some insurance policies... No claim once the Govt declares an epidemic.
Company already sent out a memo to all in the group plan.pugboy wrote:dont see why notPhone Surgeon wrote:i wonder if admed covering coronavirus infection, like if i getting a medical associates ICU with a $1000 deductable
Which insurance company?
I'm with Beacon and they haven't notified of any clause.
Dizzy28 wrote:bluefete wrote:As so many said: Ian Alleyne has to be a backside to not self quarantine after visiting Miami for 2 days. Did he really have to go Miami for 2 days on a weekend? At this time? And then to come back and go about your business normal, normal.
I would mandatory quarantine every traveller somewhere down the islands.
Next: I heard Paul and Richard bumping their gums this morning on Power 102.1fm that the government should make every effort to bring the citizens home from Barbados.
After what the 68 did with Ramesh, I was leaving them right there for 2 weeks. I may have offered some help with payment for meals but otherwise - I was not setting myself up for another pre-action protocol letter for people who too damn harden (some of them).
This could impact our relations with Barbados because Stuey was caught lying with his pants down.
Phone Surgeon: We seem to be on the same page with payment.
Well sheitt!!!!! here I was thinking Paul Richard was one person. Serves me right for not listening to local radio or when I do not the ones that have talk shows
Borders closed is borders closed, not only here.....my wife's father passed yesterday in the DR....accident. Their borders are also locked, we have to accept what we cannot control. She is doing everything she can from here. It's difficult, heartbreaking that she cannot be there but it is the reality of the situation we face globally.Phone Surgeon wrote:the foreigners stranded abroad, as bad as it sounds, better to leave them there to ride it out,they choose to go there, why trinidad hadda spend time and resources to bring them back.
it have other ways to get funds over there rather than use banks
it have people locally who does take TT and US currency and then have their business partners in margarita/venezuela give you local currency over there.
Phone Surgeon wrote:nah leave them there, why risk local pilots, flight attendants, immigration staff, customs staff, airport workers.
if anything, send monetary aid for them.
but dont bring them back
MaxPower wrote:Phone Surgeon wrote:nah leave them there, why risk local pilots, flight attendants, immigration staff, customs staff, airport workers.
if anything, send monetary aid for them.
but dont bring them back
Exactly.
They have to stay put, they will not die.
Trinidadians need wake up calls.
I cannot explain the feelings i have towards them na. The govt said DO NOT TRAVEL and these kants have the total opposite thinking. No care whatsoever for the consequences. A global crisis, people are sick and dying, economies are collapsing, and these dotish MFs choose to go on a vacation and now they begging to come home and crying for help? Steups
Is it only me that feels pleasured that these people cannot come home due to their negligent actions?
Maybe i sound heartless, but we have to remain firm in our decisions. We cannot continue to be lenient and sympathetic. These are Trinis, and if we give them this “bligh”, they will do it AGAIN if this happens again in future.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:If Alleyna is positive...I was looking for some serious charge to stick on he mc...He mingled with
Casino workers
The issue at the prison
The studio
And lord alone knows who else
Dammm cnut
rspann wrote:Question. Did the cruisers and the ones in Margarita leave before or after the Govt was saying that it's a mild disease ? I remember the first couple of press conferences they were playing it down. I feel some people got a false sense of security, and didn't see anything wrong in it. I was supposed to travel on the 1st or 2nd and held back when I saw what was going on all over. I guess enjoyment trumps common sense .
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