Most successful approach to the virus.
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Not even close lakeshow, but respect the opinion.
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What was their approach?Originally posted by lakerboyComment -
Contact tracing. Right from the beginning. Typical German efficiency. Let's see though they started the first two world wars fast.Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDoComment -
Take a look at Austria. Their numbers are nothing to sneeze at.
Practically the same country as Germany though.Comment -
Good thing we planned ahead for this and my kids speak German.Comment -
Tyrol. Ski resort. It's a major epicenter. Look it up.Originally posted by FoxxComment -
I hear you, but looking at the numbers, they have comparable per capita case loads as Germany as well as death rate. Just like Germany, they are not unscathed, but are faring better most.Originally posted by lakerboyComment -
Did they actually stop it from spreading any more than other countries though? It's tough to say, since they have done more extensive testing than other countries, but it seems to have spread pretty well even in Germany.Originally posted by lakerboyComment -
Death rate broOriginally posted by cyclingbettorComment -
China won this War. They have 2 billion people and only lost 5,000Comment -
Now, surely you know not to read too much into the death rate this early in the process. And Germany's death rate will be lower than other countries anyway, since they are finding more of the infected people with mild symptoms.Originally posted by lakerboyComment -
Valid point!Originally posted by pavyracerComment -
Lmao!Originally posted by pavyracer
The Chinese communist government doesn't tell the truth, they never have. They executed a doctor of theirs for mentioning this was a pandemic to the whole world. They allow no press, just government propaganda. We offered to send our experts to help them and they refused, it was most likely a bio weapon gone wrong. They also block all calls in and out of the country... You don't have a clue what you're talking about.....
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China lost about 15 million but erased them from history.Comment -
LOLOriginally posted by lakerboy
I think Sarejevo started ww1. Nationalists murdered the Austrian (German) leader
I think England's policies in Europe started ww2. Not modifying oppressive terms of Versailles treaty in depression era and appeasing the slow spread of German Nationalism in neighboring countries then giving shelter in exile to the Kaiser. Very bad form.Comment -
Hitler German MAGA ManOriginally posted by MinnesotaFatsComment -
Lol this fukkin guyComment -
Minny what are your thoughts on the Jews???Comment -
How is India not having the largest amount of cases and deaths. Cant social distance thereComment -
They lost a bunch more than that. They did not treat infected people. They shot them and threw them into a ditch and covered it up.Comment -
Buckle up fellas.. it's gna b a bumpy ride...Comment -
China claimed to contain it with their social capital mass surveillance system.
Germany is version 2.0 of what could be a fake news story.
IMO germany won't contain it with their borders wide open.Comment -
Probably more than that.Originally posted by MinnesotaFatsComment -
Sorry, too brutal of a jokeOriginally posted by DiggityDaggityDoComment -
Add new zealand to the mix.....1 deadComment -
Your homeland is blowing every country's doors off with ancient natural medicine.......Originally posted by lakerboy
They Laugh @ COVID 19.........
And they'll rightfully blow your head off if you violate social distancing orders as well........Comment -
You a fool........Originally posted by POISONLmao!The Chinese communist government doesn't tell the truth, they never have. They executed a doctor of theirs for mentioning this was a pandemic to the whole world. They allow no press, just government propaganda. We offered to send our experts to help them and they refused, it was most likely a bio weapon gone wrong. They also block all calls in and out of the country... You don't have a clue what you're talking about.....Comment -
I have no issue w Jewish folkOriginally posted by gauchojake
If you read about 30s European Jews they had an issue with American Jews. Europe really held US Jews responsible for keeping quiet and putting their own financial security ahead of the relationship within the religious community.
Remember US Jews got hit very hard financially during the depression. Many were in banking. Insurance and sales and lost a lot and had trouble holding onto businesses.... Europe had thought that the US Hews should have used their remaining financial power to press for interventions by Roosevelt.Comment -
The German approach
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Germany closed borders after america did.
They should be doing worse than us.
The only things they have going for them is healthier diet -> better average health.
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A virologist from the University of Bonn is using the hard-hit region of Heinsberg, Germany, as a living laboratory to study the coronavirus.
Professor Hendrik Streeck is leading a study on the region, which has been dubbed "Germany's Wuhan" because of its large number of coronavirus cases.
Heinsberg has been under strict lockdown, and has a peculiar series of characteristics that make it rife for examination — it has a proportionately high number of cases for the country, but a disproportionately low death rate from the disease.
The death rate in the district is five times lower than what has been recorded by Johns Hopkins University as the national average, according to the German newspaper Die Welt.
Only 44 people — or 0.37% of people who lived in the district — have died from the disease.
Overall, Germany has had more than 113,000 confirmed cases of the disease, but just 2,349 deaths. According to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus center, the German mortality rate for the disease is 2.1%, much lower than Italy, which has a 12.7% mortality rate from the disease, and the UK, which has an 11.6% mortality rate.
Streeck and his team are attempting to root out the sources of infection by studying residents of the northwestern region. Speaking to press on Tuesday, he said most cases of coronavirus in Heinsberg originated from people being close together for a significant period of time, and not from touching surfaces with virus particles on them.
Streeck went on to say that though the virus could "live" on various surfaces for up to seven days, he believed there was little chance that someone could become infected via surfaces, contradicting both the Center for Disease Control and National Institute of Health guidelines.
Streeck posited that in order to contract the virus via a surface like a doorknob, "it would be necessary that someone coughs into their hand, immediately touches a doorknob, and then straight after that another person grasps the handle and goes on to touches their face," Streeck told reporters.
Instead, claims Streeck, his study found that: "There is no significant risk of catching the disease when you go shopping. Severe outbreaks of the infection were always a result of people being closer together over a longer period of time."
Regardless of Streeck's claims that public activities like shopping and eating out won't increase the risk of transmission, Stephan Pusch, District Administrator of Heinsberg, told Die Welt that the restrictive protective measures put in place in the district are working.
The curve of infection numbers is flattening and "Heinsberg has avoided a huge disaster," he told the paper.
Streeck said his aim with the study is to help develop what he calls "exit strategies" to the lockdown.
"It is important to obtain this data in order to make sure that decisions are taken based on facts rather than assumptions. The data should serve as a basis of information for the government so they can then think about their further course of action," he said.
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stopping any influx only helps so muchOriginally posted by Sanity Check
The virus is very contagious so it only needs that one person in the country. It will still spread throughout, it will just take slower.
US had quite a critical mass of infected that we didn't know about and we didn't really completely shut of travelComment -
i agree. Germany is doing a great job for their residents and countrymenComment
