a minute agoWhen will the second wave of the coronary break out?
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)At first it seemed that the isolation measures would be too long, perhaps until the end of summer vacation. That was until about two weeks ago. Then, all of a sudden, the weather changed both weather and metaphor. Limitations have now begun to be removed in Germany, Spain, Greece and elsewhere. And the United Kingdom, [...]
At first it seemed that the isolation measures would be too long, perhaps until the end of summer vacation. That was until about two weeks ago. Then, all of a sudden, the weather changed both weather and metaphor. Limitations have now begun to be removed in Germany, Spain, Greece and elsewhere.
Even the United Kingdom, which has experienced the highest number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 in Europe, is thinking of “opening the economy”, given what top officials have asked for in recent days.
At the beginning of the month, India has extended its isolation period for another two weeks, the cause of growing concerns that if countries remove restrictions too early, the world could easily face a second wave of infections. The second wave is more or less inevitable. “This virus may have turned into another existing virus in our communities”, said doctor Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization, during a press conference broadcast live on March 13th.
This virus may never disappear”. Ryan, executive director of O The U.S. for the Health Emergency Program has all hinted that other viruses, such as HIV, have never disappeared. Instead, medicines have developed that soften their influence, and the people have been taught to live with them.
Only a few deadly viruses, such as the oak, have been completely eradicated. Others live in communities. Some, like tuberculosis, return, and history has shown that the second wave of a pandemic can be even heavier than the first. Such was the case with the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which continued to resurface until it failed to surrender in 1920. So should we be more patient? Should we continue isolation?
Germany's controlled experiment?
When the virus's transport rate dropped to a rate of 1 to 0.76 percent at the end of April, the German government and health authorities agreed to partially reopen schools for students who had to undergo tests, or who were passing through primary school in the fall. Schools began to resurface classrooms and courts to transform them into safe areas to ensure that they meet the criteria of physical distance and hygiene.
But before their schools and students have the chance to return to classes and test ad hoc these security measures, the government decided to ease the restrictions even more. Now even the youngest children will return to school, once for just one day. Zoos and museums will also reopen based on new rules of physical distance to ensure that people stay apart.
But there are no signs of other rules on the playgrounds, which have been reopened since May 7th, and where the physical distance rate of 1.5 meters between children has rapidly contracted to 1.5cm. But is this a controlled experiment of better behavior? Germany, above all, is a democracy of “built on trust”, Chancellor Angela Merkel said last week, as she unveiled the ease of the measures.
