SR

"This is what easing restrictions too early looks like"

Well its very clear that easing restrictions is not going to be easy, as I aid above. Its also not at all clear that a return of the virus isn't inevitable as soon as restrictions are lifted.

But it is very true that restriction wouldn't need to be lifted had they not been implemented in the first place.

"As to Trump..."

So, in the same way that you ignored evidence that even the Obamessiah was occasionally incoherent, you'll ignore evidence that, despite assertions to the contrary, Trump wasn't.....this is my shocked face.

Dear mhaze,

Trump - "occasionally incoherent'? Lol.

Haven't you been watching the briefings. One of them I spent 45 minutes in gobsmacked awe it was so cringingly addictive.

This man is the President of America for god's sake. Who would have ever thought it. People talk about the decline of the US and I had never brought into it until Trump. I will miss him.

Paul asked...

""The World Health Organization has pushed back against the theory that individuals can only catch the coronavirus once, as well as proposals for reopening society that are based on this supposed immunity."

"In a scientific brief dated Friday, the United Nations agency said the idea that one-time infection can lead to immunity remains unproven and is thus unreliable as a foundation for the next phase of the world's response to the pandemic."

Like comment on that mhaze?"

Yes Paul I would. But I'll let WHO comment itself...
"Earlier today we tweeted about a new WHO scientific brief on "immunity passports". The thread caused some concern & we would like to clarify:

We expect that most people who are infected with #COVID19 will develop an antibody response that will provide some level of protection."

http://reason.com/2020/04/26/world-health-organization-tweet-coronavirus-covid-19-antibodies/

Don't trust WHO. WHO is asshole.

SR,

My 'occasionally incoherent' comment was for the Obamessiah. Dear oh dear. TDS so insane that criticisms of others become criticisms of Trump. Truly, if I started a thread about the extinction of the dinosaurs, SR would rapidly opine that it was Trump's fault.

My prediction is Florida will become the next epicentre for Covid-19 in the US. Florida has a Trump like clown as governor, the state has over 30,000 infections and more than 1,000 deaths. With Gov. Ron DeSantis giving business the green light to reopen the Florida is looking at the perfect storm brewing for the virus to take off.

Paul,

I would passionately dispute your assertion that Florida would become the next virus hot-spot ! Clearly, Georgia, with its dumb-arse governor, will out-perform Florida in the next month or two. Currently it has had more than 22,000 viral cases, and nearly a thousand deaths (no medals there yet) so there is plenty of room to increase those figures week by week, month by month, to gain a Trump Medal of Achievement.

The US is a fascinating laboratory at the moment: some states are taking precautions, others are going all-out lickety-split to open up their economies and give the virus a chance. The differences in outcomes should be very clear in, say, a month. Some states will have lost control of the situation, others may even have spare beds, which seems to be utter anathema to many of the 'openers', a complete waste of resources.

So, we'll see won't we ?

I hope some agency is keeping track of the number of people dying from drinking disinfectant too, mostly likely out in the sticks. The US is an endlessly entertaining TV show.

Cheers,

Joe

Hi Joe,

Some folks from Arkansas and Alabama are calling The Donald, wanting to know what flavour diso they should drink, pine or lavender? They don't want to take the wrong one!

I seen 'Bug Ridden' Boris on TV yesterday, he's looking the worse for ware, it was another bad hair day for Boris! He really should get in touch with The Donalds perruquier.

BTW, how do you practice "social distancing" in a Georgia massage parlour come brothel?