COVID-19 Coronavirus UPDATES, BANS, CLOSURES, ADVISORY, etc.

[Hank2211]

I'm confused. Do minimum wage, low income jobs being lost somehow not matter?

A job is a job is a job, and the only people who sneer at certain jobs, or jobs generally, are politicians like Hilary Clinton, who complained about deplorables and told Kentucky coal miners they would be re-trained as hi-tech wizards. I don't care how much or how little your job pays. A person with a job can and should hold their head up.

Human beings need purpose in life. Without it, you have rampant crime, substance abuse, social disfunction, family breakup, etc. Work give people a purpose which government payouts cannot replace. We haven't even begun to see the consequences of the incredibly stupid and short-sighted policy choices which our governments have made.

The black swan event was not the virus. Pandemics and epidemics occur from time to time. The black swan event was our reaction to the virus. No one could've predicted stupidity on such a level.

Sorry for the rant.

 

[jeanes]

A job is a job is a job, and the only people who sneer at certain jobs, or jobs generally, are politicians like Hilary Clinton, who complained about deplorables and told Kentucky coal miners they would be re-trained as hi-tech wizards. I don't care how much or how little your job pays. A person with a job can and should hold their head up.

Human beings need purpose in life. Without it, you have rampant crime, substance abuse, social disfunction, family breakup, etc. Work give people a purpose which government payouts cannot replace. We haven't even begun to see the consequences of the incredibly stupid and short-sighted policy choices which our governments have made.

The black swan event was not the virus. Pandemics and epidemics occur from time to time. The black swan event was our reaction to the virus. No one could've predicted stupidity on such a level.

Sorry for the rant.

Hank, I totally agree with you. My last post was in reference to the one before mine where the OP seemed to be implying that because low paying jobs were lost, possibly forever, that it really didn't matter.

 

[SafariA]

Stumbled on this one today and this is actually a very simple and solid explanation ....

The best analogy I've heard for lockdown:


"The wildebeest in Africa migrate every year, as we know, in search of food to survive. When they reach the Mara river, the crocodiles are waiting. They know this and they know they will lose a few when they cross but for the sake of the survival of the herd, they cross anyway. They have done this successfully for hundreds of years and survived.
Implementing lockdown is like putting up a fence to prevent the wildebeest from crossing the Mara river to save those that would be eaten by the crocodiles, and as a result, the whole heard dies of starvation!"

 

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[spike.t]

Well really confused now.....This totally contradicts everything I read before........

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/c...ing-surfaces-2020-05-21?mod=mw_more_headlines

 

[Hogpatrol]

Repatriation flight for U.S. citizens departs Capetown May 29, 2020.

https://za.usembassy.gov/health ale...-s-embassy-pretoria-south-africa-may 27-2020/

https://za.usembassy.gov/health ale...-s-embassy-pretoria-south-africa-may 26-2020/

 

[spike.t]

Finally a mainstream journalist and newspaper questioning the whole lockdown fiasco....

 

[Tucketed]

Maybe this was discussed earlier in this thread but look up 1968 Pandemic and 1958. Both killed over 100,000 in US and over 1 Million worldwide. When my son mentioned it I had no memories of it even though a teen in 68. No lockdown just being careful. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...t-to-todays-coronavirus-lockdowns-11587720625

 

[cls]

Finally a leader that has his crap together, Jason Kenney is the premier of Alberta.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ca...th-from-other-factors-higher-than-coronavirus

 

[lwaters]

Maybe this was discussed earlier in this thread but look up 1968 Pandemic and 1958. Both killed over 100,000 in US and over 1 Million worldwide. When my son mentioned it I had no memories of it even though a teen in 68. No lockdown just being careful. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...t-to-todays-coronavirus-lockdowns-11587720625

I was lucky enough to get the Hong Kong flu. It did put you in bed.

 

[Hogpatrol]

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I remember all of these. I guess I'm a goner.

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[Mort Hill]

I remember all of these. I guess I'm a goner.

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And tape a penny to the record player arm so it won’t skip, or play the 45’s at 78 so they sound like chip monks singing.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Thanks to @spike.t for sending me the glimmer of this release. It took some digging to find a reliable source for the quote regarding international tourists. This is being copied by multiple travel sites. If anyone has further details or support please share it.

Source: Republic of South Africa: The Parliament | 13 hours ago

Coronavirus - South Africa: Committees on Tourism put Transformation High on the Agenda of the South African Tourism

The report was well received as the committees were reassured by South African Tourism (SAT) that the target of 21 million tourist arrivals will be met by 2030

Committees welcomed the assurance to achieve that target after COVID-19 as that will be even more difficult given the fact that the entire world has been affected by the pandemic
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 28, 2020/APO Group/ --
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism and the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour today received a briefing from the South African Tourism (SAT) on their five-year strategic and annual performance plans.

The report was well received as the committees were reassured by SAT that the target of 21 million tourist arrivals will be met by 2030. The committees welcomed the assurance to achieve that target after COVID-19 as that will be even more difficult given the fact that the entire world has been affected by the pandemic, and the competition for tourists among countries for tourists to their destinations will be tight.

The committees heard that the SAT would be looking for new markets that were not in their previous marketing plans. The SAT told the committees that one of the tools it will use is digital marketing with a shift of focus from classical to digital marketing of content.

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, advised the SAT and the Department of Tourism to develop a strong link with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation for the purposes of partnering with embassies and consulates around the world especially in Africa.

That, according to Mr Mahumapelo, needs to be developed and be incorporated into the strategic and annual performance plans of the SAT.

Furthermore, Mr Mahumpelo said: “Now is the time to strengthen, reposition and rejuvenate domestic tourism to succeed as the domestic tourism market reopens in December while we wait for the international markets to open in February 2021.”

It was agreed in the previous meeting of the committee that the department will release a report in September this year on the transformation of the sector. The committees are looking forward to the tabling of a report that, according to them, must take into account the development of a non-racial and non-sexist tourism sector for the realisation of the dream of a prosperous and harmonious South Africa.

The committees said, whilst the White Paper on Tourism is being reviewed, the SAT must also look at the grading policy of the establishments and how the unemployed, women, youth and people with disabilities living in villages, townships and small towns can be included in the policy in the context of the district development model.

The committees have noted the reassurance by Minister Mamaloko Kubayi-Ngubane that the programmes of the department and the SAT include the extensive work of reigniting and developing tourism heritage routes that are inclusive of museums in rural areas and small towns.

The SAT is also urged to endeavour to find mechanisms to increase the number of establishments that are members of Tourism Marketing Levy South Africa (TOMSA). The committees told the SAT that this is necessary to strengthen the voice of the collective that contribute to the TOMSA levy which contributes 10% towards the budget of the SAT.

The committees welcomed the announcement by Minister Kubayi-Ngubane that the establishments that are willing to operate in the travel business can apply directly through the Department’s website and the turnaround time to issue permits for business travel is 24 hours.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.


https://www.africa-newsroom.com/pre...e-agenda-of-the-south-african-tourism?lang=en

 

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[Red Leg]

Well if the mobs can riot, we ought to be able to have football in the SEC.

 

[Brent in Az]

Football season. Fall hunting. Best time of the year.

Is the NFL, and College sports, going to go for it, or cave in to the media fear mongering, and political correctness?

Well if the mobs can riot, we ought to be able to have football in the SEC.

 

[spike.t]

This little one seems to have been forgotten about.....and the world population was quite a bit less than half of what it is today......so do the percentage maths...

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1957-1958-pandemic.html

 

[spike.t]

India is biting the bullet....reopening everything and saying the virus is here so we have to live with it and get on with business and life....

BBC News - India coronavirus: Why is India reopening amid a spike in cases?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52808113