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That's pretty much the reason why Germany (and some other countries probably) are looking into carrying out mass testing for antibodies in order to find out who had the virus and developed antibodies so that the lockdown can be gradually lifted and people can start returning to their normal lives. But more accurate tests are desperately needed...

Whoa, Roscoe got huge.

We're taking patients from Italy and France.

If you have stable system of reporting cases that come through on a daily basis even if they don't pick up those that fly under that radar then it's a reasonable indicator of peaks and troughs regardless of the true number that may be out there... It also needs to be considered that there will be people with mild symptoms on lockdown that have not been tested or confirmed that may now have passed the 14 day period without getting any worse and one would hope in a lot of cases have made full recoveries.. The sooner the testing kits are out there in larger numbers the better for peoples peace of mind..

Many mild or asymptomatic cases definitely go unnoticed and the actual number of infected could be a few times higher but essentially they aren't the main problem (especially under a lockdown) - the biggest issue are those that require medical attention and hospitalisation as that's what makes the healthcare system break so as long as the testing levels stay approximately the same it is still a good enough stat to evaluate the general trend. What's encouraging in Italy's case is that they're carrying out more tests every day and the number of new cases still seems to be stable (in fact a somewhat larger increase in daily cases a few days ago was attributed to adding the backlog into the total count) - also the number of new cases in ICU seems to have stabilised at around 100 per day too. Those two are the main factors that make me cautiously optimistic - but it's definitely too early to tell. The situation seems to be slowly stabilising and improving in Lombardy only though so it's quite likely that the numbers will shoot up again as South Italy (with much worse standard of medical care) reaches the peak. As for trusting the numbers to be accurate; that's always a difficult one... You can only work with and make your observations from what you're given by the authorities. A lot depends on the way the cases are counted and the way those numbers are then reported so you're definitely right that it can be misleading. Even the number of deaths in Italy is a questionable one because of the way it's reported - it essentially shows the number of people who passed away WITH the virus - but that doesn't necessary mean that the virus was the cause of death. In other words, you could die of an unrelated chronic (or accute) disease and have no or just mild symptoms of Covid-19 but if you test positive, you are automatically included in the total count of the virus fatalities.

I definitely can't draw so wouldn't have even attempted it

It will be a death sentence for a lot of people, I don't think the media have reported it as being a death sentence for everybody...but there's something like 1.5m people with serious health complications that could die from this if they get it. That is a ridiculously high number. The reporting is spot on imo and everybody should be doing all we can to isolate and not spread the virus.

It seems they have reached the peak and plateaued in the last 6 days so I'd be carefully optimistic and say that the trend indicates a slow improvement.

Stan just struggles with animals a bit

It's still not as clear as what you clipped I SEE THE KOALA THOUGH!!!

Fucking hell. Not sure what I was seeing but it's definitely not that clear when it showed up on my screen Dammit thought that was him but see above for viewing issues

Signing autographs at the left bottom corner.

Niki and Toto lounging about I see.

Aussie BBQ just behind the guy resting his feet on the koala.

Boomerang between the water and the Melbourne sign going over the track.

[Coronavirus] is just another psychosis, which will benefit some people and harm others," "The civilized world is going nuts. It is absolute stupidity to close state borders. The panic can hurt us more than the virus itself." To add to that, he suggested that instead of panicking "like those in Western Europe," one should have 40-50 grams of vodka daily, go to a banya [Russian sauna] two to three times a week and keep working on a farm, as "tough work and a tractor can cure anything." No, not Trump but Lukashenko . I have to admit, I think there is some truth in what he is saying at least about the sauna and panic. Also, let me just say, I tried the vodka cure a couple of nights ago, at possibly a higher dosage than he recommended and though I felt great at the time, the next day was not so great and I was more or less restricted to green tea and water with what some might consider flu like symptoms. Feeling better today, so may try again with different dosages and medications, maybe maple syrup whiskey is what you need in Kanada?

It is not the first time he's done something like this. The two problems here are that he's Gareca's assistant who frowns on these sort of things and it's also breaking the law. His job is now at risk. Especially after that disastrous Olympic qualifying campaign.

Sometimes the absolute shit that the president chats in a live on air press conference still amazes me

Negative.

Simon Miller told me to fuck off today. What a day.

12 Angry Men - 8.5/10 A brilliant movie, unbelievable that they made a movie so gripping and thought-provoking back in the 1950s with nothing but 12 men in a room talking.

Hereditary - 6/10 Pretty big meh. I enjoyed the fact that they didnt use jump scares or a soundtrack to manufacture any creepiness, that made it different at least. I thought the whole idea and story was pretty average otherwise though. Worth watching but nothing special.