Japan’s theme parks have banned screaming on roller coasters because it spreads coronavirus. “Please scream inside your heart.” https://t.co/DJjC40H0Ap
— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) July 8, 2020
I’ve been doing that for four months if they need lessons https://t.co/yFtSRWWWVO
— kilgore trout, suburban female understander (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 8, 2020
Every single problem we’re dealing with now stems from the fact that we never actually suppressed the virus and then put the infrastructure in place to keep it suppressed. It’s like we’re trying to figure out a way to live in a burning building. It doesn’t work.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 8, 2020
When there were 15 cases, the President said it wouldn't spread any farther.
We just hit our 3 millionth case.
We're paying for his failure. https://t.co/gYwTWZyYOs
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 8, 2020
The ‘potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage’ is, quite reasonably, the Big News of the moment…
Scientists warn of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggests COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium. https://t.co/ENXOKL1nPm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 8, 2020
… A study by researchers at University College London described 43 cases of patients with COVID-19 who suffered either temporary brain dysfunction, strokes, nerve damage or other serious brain effects.
The research adds to recent studies which also found the disease can damage the brain.
“Whether we will see an epidemic on a large scale of brain damage linked to the pandemic – perhaps similar to the encephalitis lethargica outbreak in the 1920s and 1930s after the 1918 influenza pandemic — remains to be seen,” said Michael Zandi, from UCL’s Institute of Neurology, who co-led the study…
In the UCL study, published in the journal Brain, nine patients who had brain inflammation were diagnosed with a rare condition called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) which is more usually seen in children and can be triggered by viral infections.
The team said it would normally see about one adult patient with ADEM per month at their specialist London clinic, but this had risen to at least one a week during the study period, something they described as “a concerning increase”.
“Given that the disease has only been around for a matter of months, we might not yet know what long-term damage COVID-19 can cause,” said Ross Paterson, who co-led the study. “Doctors need to be aware of possible neurological effects, as early diagnosis can improve patient outcomes.”
Owen said the emerging evidence underlined the need for large, detailed studies and global data collection to assess how common such neurological and psychiatric complications were.
He is running an international research project at covidbrainstudy.com where patients can sign up to complete a series of cognitive tests to see whether their brain functions have altered since getting COVID-19.
“This disease is affecting an enormous number of people,” Owen said. “That’s why it’s so important to collect this information now.”
It cannot be stressed enough, for the moment: This is, so far, still quite a rare side-effect. But it’s certainly one more reason (as if we needed it) to avoid getting it in the first place… and to discourage those idiots-cum-sociopaths who still pretend It’s no worse than the flu, really…
With 60,000-plus cases, U.S. sets record for single-day COVID-19 surge https://t.co/rTbVp77OSv pic.twitter.com/URQdYe46MA
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2020
These are very bad numbers for the USA. A new record of daily cases: 62,197 new cases. Positivity 9.5%. Fatalities 897. The clearest sense of the trajectory of the epidemic comes when you separate out New York and New Jersey from the rest of the country. pic.twitter.com/hr4YzjIYyY
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 9, 2020
US records 55,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, a Johns Hopkins University tally shows, bringing its total to 3,046,351 infections.
The actual number is likely far higher due to issues over getting tested.
An additional 833 virus deaths bring the overall US toll to 132,195 pic.twitter.com/4bMoEsnwsV— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 9, 2020
Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages via @CNNhttps://t.co/Anim92oW4u
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) July 8, 2020
Demographer and public health prof at UV Irvine predicts 500,000 toll in “excess” mortality during 2020 in USA. Half a million people. Total effect of covid crisis, known cases, unknown ones, and other deaths resulting from the crisis. https://t.co/i45cjxBhjk
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 9, 2020
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Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 12 million https://t.co/0yqimkvHgG pic.twitter.com/wwwZACPXf1
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2020
India reports a record of nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections, as the disease continues its rapid and ominous spread through the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. The virus isn't slowing in the 3 worst-affected countries: the US, Brazil and India. https://t.co/IQ42YanOsE
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Is India the next global hotspot? https://t.co/2hi4rz5p4t
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 9, 2020
As Indonesia’s death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise, the world’s most populous Muslim country finds itself at odds with protocols put in place by the government to handle the bodies of victims of the pandemic. https://t.co/u8TrNOgbFD
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 9, 2020
Iran is suffering a deadly second wave of Covid-19. Our Observers told us about overwhelmed hospitals, the government doing nothing, and people dying because of a lack of resources in the country. https://t.co/r3OSOidqd5
— The Observers (@Observers) July 8, 2020
VIDEO: Five million begin lockdown in Australian city.
Five million people in Australia's second-biggest city have begun a new lockdown, returning to tough restrictions just weeks after they ended as Melbourne grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases pic.twitter.com/iSyEtO2eeh
— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 9, 2020
The Brazilian president’s botched response to the world’s second-worst COVID-19 outbreak: Bolsonaro is now putting his faith in an unproven COVID-19 treatment https://t.co/rm7MF10A52 pic.twitter.com/uEmAu96UQU
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2020
Mexico posts new case record to overtake Spain; official says virus 'slowing' https://t.co/W0LJxpwMil pic.twitter.com/nq0PziorpA
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2020
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Investigators develop sterilizable, alternative N95 mask https://t.co/8kxdcHTkjH via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2020
A New Generation of Coronavirus Tests Is Coming. Here's What to Expect.
Researchers around the world are working on the next generation of #coronavirus tests that give answers in <1 hour, without onerous equipment or highly trained personnel.https://t.co/7xg3Kbekjb #COVID19
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) July 9, 2020
How much immunity to #Covid19 is there now? How long will it last? The sad-but-true answer is: We don't know. @Dereklowe explains. https://t.co/1AB66p6CWw
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 8, 2020
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Churches are amplifying #Covid19 spread. Who could have seen this coming?
(psst: everyone)https://t.co/IUuKYDk8GZ— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 8, 2020
In the hardest-hit areas, including parts of Florida, intensive care units are filled to the brim with patients, and communities are grappling with testing shortages and delays. https://t.co/el7LZ6ftZt
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) July 9, 2020
Admin’s Response To COVID Forced States Into ‘Hunger Games’-Style Fight, IL Guv Testifies https://t.co/sgU4RyACce pic.twitter.com/6gelYRU2cu
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 8, 2020
Texas has recorded more than 2,670 deaths and more than 200,000 confirmed cases of the virus. While rising case numbers partly reflect more testing, Texas has a positive test rate of 13.5%, more than double the rate from a month ago. https://t.co/JBMo5mrzHP pic.twitter.com/s1rX3dawGY
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 8, 2020
Covid outbreak among Mississippi legislators https://t.co/Wed4UDCuCZ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 9, 2020
COVID-19 is more rampant in Louisiana now than it has ever been. We now have a statewide epidemic, it is no longer one or two regions driving case growth.
It's on all of us to do better and wear masks in public, practice social distancing and avoid congregating. #lagov #lalege pic.twitter.com/ev4pTHWhCT
— John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) July 8, 2020
Taiwan donates 92,000 surgical masks to South Carolina to support frontline medical personnel https://t.co/YS23hC65lj
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 9, 2020
“In the past few days, we’ve seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots,” Tulsa health director said.
Trump's rally was just over two weeks ago.https://t.co/W2BA7wWqLC
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 8, 2020
Baud
Situation Normal. All Fucked Up.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers. Six new cases: none from local infection, for the second day in a row and only the third time in all. It was mentioned in a previous media briefing that 28 days in a row without a case from local infection would be the threshold for declaring eradication, but Malaysia is clearly still some distance from that landmark. All six new cases are from imported infection. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health’s Twitter has not posted a breakdown of today’s imported cases. Cumulative total 8,683 cases.
13 more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,499 patients recovered or 97.80% of the cumulative total. We are down to 63 active and contagious cases being isolated/treated in hospital: two are in ICU, one of them is receiving respiratory assistance.
No new deaths. Malaysia marks a 25th consecutive day without a Covid-19 death. We’re still at 121 total deaths. Infection fatality rate is 1.39%, case fatality rate is 1.40%.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Eh Josh, that’s UC Irvine.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: Fubar.
Mary G
@Baud: Yep, it’s blowing UP here in the OC, and we did so well for so long, until the astroturfed MAGAts were brought in to scream for FREEDUMB, iced tea refills, and the right to be horrible to low wage workers.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mary G: The media here really gave them a bullhorn, I’m completely disgusted with them
ETA: I went out to move my car this evening, I was the only person wearing a mask. People walking, folk at the gym and leaving the gym, no masks, NONE.
gkoutnik
We have failed to highlight what is probably the most important public health message: the long-term and permanent side effects may be staggering, in terms of personal suffering and impact on our healthcare system. Psychosis? Really? You want to risk that? The message should be: “Don’t get it!” It is not the case that it is safe for younger or healthier people.
Thanks to AL for keep us informed here at BJ.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Fast zombies, then. I’m not built for fast zombies….
YY_Sima Qian
Yesterday, Beijing reported a single new domestic asymptomatic case, and no new confirmed or suspect cases. All of China reported 9 new imported confirmed cases and 5 new imported asymptomatic cases:
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province: 2 confirmed and 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese construction workers returning from Indonesia
Shanghai: 3 confirmed cases, one returning student from the UK and 2 returning Chinese nationals from the US
Shenyang, Liaoning Province: 1 formerly asymptomatic case reclassified as confirmed
Dalian, Liaoning Province: 2 confirmed and 1 asymptomatic cases, all Russian nationals (crew from a container ship)
Chengdu, Sichuan Province: 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the US (with lay overs in South Korea and Cambodia, the actually tested negative in the US on 7/3, did not show any symptoms upon landing, but tested positive on RT-PCR and showed abnormalities in chest CT scan as part of the standard entry screening)
Xiamen, Fujian Province: 1 asymptomatic case, from Singapore
My employers’ offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai have already removed the masking required when inside the office (I personally would have kept the mask on when in common area). Masking is still mandatory in the Beijing office. To support plant start up operations at several greenfield investments, our colleagues from around the world have been arriving in batches, undergoing the mandatory 14 day quarantines in resort hotels. It has been relatively easy for colleagues from Japan and South Korea to enter China on special business visas, Taiwanese colleagues can use existing documentation. However, visa applications from US colleagues are slow to be approved. Could be retaliation for the US tightening on visa approvals for Chinese nationals (due to a variety of reasons, COVID-19 being the latest), or could be due to concerns with the COVID-19 situation in the US.
In Wuhan, I can clearly see the population becoming much more relaxed. At least 40% of the people taking strolls around the residential compound, or the neighborhood, are maskless. Guards at the compound gates are no longer checking temperatures or health code status, nor are most of the stores and shopping malls. Me, I still diligent put on a mask whenever I step outside of the door, no matter quick and menial the chore. I still clean my hands with sanitizers as soon as I walk in the door, and spray down the outside of any package with 70% alcohol. It has become a habit.
Geminid
The small Baptist church a couple miles from me is still having parking lot services only. The sign says “Come as you are, stay in your car.” Greene County was one of many Virginia counties to declare itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” back in January, but I haven’t seen much pushback against state imposed social distancing measures. Masking compliance seems to be slipping some, though. Come to think of it, when new gun safety measures went into effect July 1 there was hardly a whimper of protest.
Mary G
This story is on the front page of the physical LA Times, but the web version is dated June 26? If it’s been posted here before, I apologize for missing it or blanking it out in defense of sanity.
Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized:
Tentacles! Zombies! We’re getting too close to horror fiction here. They do say some existing drugs might help. Mostly chemo?
Mary G
mrmoshpotato
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Stick with Homer Simpson. The zombies passed on him before…
Mary G
Joy Reid got the 7 pm slot on MSNBC! Starts July 20. Huzzah!
FTFNYT link, well worth using one of my freebies. Major upgrade from Tweety! I may have to start watching TV again.
raven
@gkoutnik: Who is this “we” and “you” you are talking about?
Amir Khalid
@Amir Khalid:
The Ministry has finally tweeted some information about today’s six imported cases: five Malaysians and a permanent resident, but no mention of which countries they returned from.
Mary G
???
The Deplorables think their incumbent Senators are RINOs and don’t want to vote for them~
Link goes to FTFNYT.
gkoutnik
@raven: Sorry – I wasn’t quite careful enough about pronouns. But “You want to risk that?” was meant to emphasize the point about public health messaging, not meant to point at any particular reader(s). “We?” I believe that democracy provides us all with opportunity – and responsibility. To some extent, at least.
So much of the pain is wrapped up in my responsibility as a citizen of a democracy. I feel powerless, even as horrible things are being done in my name.
low-tech cyclist
[Vader] I find their lack of faith disturbing. [/Vader]
Because of course they figured that if they had faith, God would protect them.
Maybe they should have paid attention to this old story:
God sent them masks and social distancing guidance and all the rest, what more did they expect?
raven
@gkoutnik: Thanks
raven
@Mary G: I’ll believe it when I see it.
Baud
@Mary G: That’s excellent news.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: Yep, if their choice is a DEM or a “Senate incumbent they think were force fed to them by business and consultant class,” those grassroots Rs are gonna hold their noses and vote for the morally bankrupt R every time.
Mary G
@raven: Yeah, that was my thought, too Republicans always fall in line. They certainly won’t vote for the Democrats. Maybe they’ll stay home?
low-tech cyclist
‘Several,’ huh?
We know about one. Enlighten us about the others.
Baud
@Mary G:
They are better than we are at falling in line, but they’re not machines. Enough of them can get disillusioned enough to be beneficial to us.
Geminid
@OzarkHillbilly: Some of these ultra conservative republicans will vote for trump and leave the senate line blank. To them, the Democrats are the adversary; the Rinos are the enemy.
Anne Laurie
Have I ever told you how much I envy your reports, sir?
Anne Laurie
Well, there was the crowd of advance guys & security consultants setting up the event proper… and then the crowd of MAGAt groupies congregating for ‘a good spot’… and the hordes of media people helicoptering in to share the big show with the world… and the protestors who *didn’t* get highlighted by that same media, for reasons… not to mention the healthcare workers forced to deal with the infected staffers left behind in the wake of the fiasco…
rikyrah
@Amir Khalid:
I read your report everyday. Thank you
rikyrah
The report from Mississippi??
rikyrah
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
????
rikyrah
@gkoutnik:
We don’t hear enough about:
Long term health effects
From those who had it and didn’t wind up in the hospital.
The MSM IS NOT TELLING THE ENTIRE STORY ABOUT COVID-19
rikyrah
@Mary G:
?????
We learn nothing good about this disease.
all the news is bad
Balconesfault
@gkoutnik: I keep telling people … the risk of death for a 22 year old who contracts Covid is about 10% the risk of death for a 22 year old sent to Vietnam in 1967.
Very small? Really?
raven
@Balconesfault: 22 year old, shit, if we had anyone that age we called em pops!
Ohio Mom
The City of Cincinnati is now requiring masks. The handful of exceptions includes…wait for it…Religious Services.
So dumb and self-defeating.
artem1s
Oh! That’s what that noise is!
Amir Khalid
@Anne Laurie:
If any of our New Zealander jackals had been reporting their country’s numbers, I’d be envying them.
terben
From the Australian Dept of Health:
‘As at 3pm on 9 July 2020, a total of 9,059 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 106 deaths, and 7,575 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.
182 new cases today, 9 reclassified for a net increase of 173. There were 165 new cases in Victoria.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: Or Lieutenant. ;-)
YY_Sima Qian
My parents live in upstate NY. Although the state is doing well, and where they are has not been severely affected (other than from lock down measures). Nevertheless, I reminded them again and again that they need to maintain the same routine they have developed over the past several months: only going out for grocery shopping every 7 – 10 days, always wear masks/gloves/hair cover when they do go out, sanitize the outside of all packages and grocery bags before taking them inside, do not socialize with friends and acquaintances in person. The isolation has been tougher on my mother, who enjoys company, but both of them have been good troopers so far. It also helps that their social circle, the small Chinese immigrant community there, are all distancing, too.
I told them it is only a matter of time before the surging epidemic in the Sun Belt spills over to the Northeast again. There is little chance of them coming back to China by the end of this year.
They finally received the box of surgical and KN95 masks I sent them, it only took a couple of months…
Amir Khalid
In the After Time, I predict that studying the myriad aspects of post-Covid-19 syndrome will be a new and growing field of medical science.
AJ
@YY_Sima Qian: Ty for the detailed, evocative update.
Hope you and yours continue to stay healthy
Mousebumples
@low-tech cyclist: I just rewatched that West Wing clip the other day.
Sm*t Cl*de
@Amir Khalid
I’d hate to be accused of smugness.
Skepticat
The Bahamas has two new cases, both on Grand Bahama (quite a way from us in Abaco, for which I’m grateful), but the influx here for the Fourth of July was unnerving. All from Floriduh, no masks, big party—which I know only secondhand because there was no way I was even going outside. I’m worried about what we’ll see here in the next two weeks, but if there are any more cases, I expect the Bahamas to slam shut the gates again. At least one country has some sense.
YY_Sima Qian
@terben: How is the mass screening in Melbourne suburbs going? I read reports that thousands (tens of thousands?) refuse to be tested?
rikyrah
@Sm*t Cl*de:
Reports from places that took it seriously are always welcome
rikyrah
@Skepticat:
WHY are you letting in Americans????
protect yourself
Soprano2
We had our 9th death here in Greene County MO, an 80-year-old. I heard that 13 people in a nursing home in Joplin died from it. Our county reported 35 news cases on Monday, and City Council is going to consider a mask ordinance next Monday. I hope they aren’t too late. I feel fortunate that our City Council is good on COVID, this is huge MAGA country but honestly they haven’t gotten much pushback so far. I guess we’ll see at the meeting next week.
I’m so, so angry that so many of our leaders couldn’t muster the backbone to get the people to do what was necessary in order to crush the virus. Everything we’re facing now, including trouble opening schools, is a direct result of this poor leadership. Some people will never be compliant, but if the leaders set the example most people will go along. I figure if we pass a mask requirement here lots of people will grumble but most of them will do it.
Gin & Tonic
My son is going to find travel challenging. I suspect, when he comes back to the US in August, as a US passport holder going via Europe. Despite the fact that he hasn’t set foot in the US since the Before Times. Quarantine measures were very strong for a time in Ukraine, but with warm weather they are decreasing, and the number of cases is starting to rise slowly.
Tazj
The number of cases in Erie County in NY had been decreasing steadily over the past couple of months. However, in the past few days there has been a slight uptick in cases. The Erie County health commissioner said the highest percentage of cases were people in the 20-30 age range and that the people had attended large parties or had visited states with a surge in cases and then returned to the area.
I’m really hoping this isn’t a major trend, but with the reopening here and things being bad in other states it’s hard to be optimistic.
Soprano2
Great story in WaPo this morning that does a decent job of capturing the attitude in my corner of the world. Joplin is about an hour down I-44 from here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/a-small-missouri-city-thought-it-had-dodged-the-coronavirus-now-its-hitting-home/2020/07/03/fd1c3778-bc7e-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0P76prNgsVQC-NBSznMCSXKzILwqazGMclFe69egXjnUbrgQTk511-11w&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Fraud Guy
“Scientists warn of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggests COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium.”
Is this why we didn’t notice that Trump already got COVID-19?
ExpatDanBKK
Thailand status summary:
Population: ~65m.
Cases: 3,302, +5 this week, all Thai nationals returning from abroad.
Recovered: 3,085, +11 this week.
In hospital currently: 59
Deaths: 58
Youngest patient: 1 month
Oldest patient: 97 years
Average age: 37 years
We’re doing pretty well here. Two weeks ago most everything reopened with masks and social distancing required. Some contract tracing but it’s mostly voluntary. Domestic flights operating, but no incoming international flights except for Thai citizen repatriation flights. Very limited departing international flights. All land borders closed except for returning Thai nationals.
frosty
I just finished The Great Influenza. There were long-term neurological effects for many people from the 1918 flu virus, even after recovery. There is a good case to be made that Wilson caught it in Paris in 1919, and suffered cognitive problems which led him to abandon many of his goals and give in to Clemenceau’s desire for retribution for Germany. And possibly a cause for the stroke that followed later that incapacitated him.
This is not a disease to screw around with.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland’s health services reports six new confirmed cases and no deaths since yesterday. Nine people are in intensive care with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, down two from yesterday. There are about 350 people in hospital with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
The Scottish government has announced more openings and reduced restrictions on gatherings, religious services etc. but hedged with a lot of warnings that if things change they may be reimposed rapidly and repeatedly telling people to take care even in the new situation. They’re under a lot of pressure from various commercial bodies to open up faster and wider which they’re, thankfully, resisting.
Schools in Scotland should open in August for the new term with a lot of equipment and procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This planned opening is again totally subject to the current low levels of disease transmission being seen at the moment continuing.
Ruckus
So shitforbrains does have it.
glc
We’ve known for at least a couple of months that the virus attacks multiple organs including lungs, kidneys, brain, heart, and affects blood coagulation – but with the effects varying widely among individuals (including the huge asymptomatic group). I don’t see anything new in the latest reporting except that they’ve looked closely at a few cases where one set of effects manifested.
We’d like to know some actual numbers. It sounds like it will be quite some time before we do.
(Just reading the news, like everyone else – if someone actually follows the literature I’d love to know more.)
In terms of the mechanisms involved, effect on the immune system, I have the impression that comes mainly from a Weizmann Institute press release (or their linked article) and is informative on a scientific level but doesn’t convey any information about the expected effects, and what factors are relevant to their appearance in specific cases.
As we all know, some people take 3 months to die and some people take one month to not die but live with the effects for an indeterminate period – most likely the remainder of their natural lives, but conceivably some further slow recovery takes place.
One of the things we will do this fall is build up a large population of infected children, most with no obvious problems (a few will die of MIS-C) and then we will have ample time to work out how what proportion of them have actually been damaged for life. Perhaps it will not be very many. Or perhaps it will. A great deal of uncertainty, but we have chosen to throw the dice.
Skepticat
Like me (who’s an American but loathe to admit it and really Halfahamian), they own property here, and Americans—especially second homeowners—really are the economic engine of the Bahamas. However, right now they’re also the ones endangering the excellent job the Bahamas has done with this pandemic. I expect the Bahamas to lock down again soon.
Bill Arnold
@Robert Sneddon:
Re Scotland, since masks are worth a mention:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Phase 2: staying safe and protecting others (physical distancing) (scot.gov, 6 Jul 2020)