Coronavirus - In the DR

[Africaida]

A small group of foreigners arrested in Las Terranas for violating curfew? Does anyone here recognize anyone?

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2941147159262088&id=100001004982003

Good that they treat every one the same way (although I am not seeing the few golpes

 

[Caonabo]

It’s the only culture I know that runs to gun shots not away..

Once traveling is resumed, you should take advantage of the opportunity, and broaden your horizons. RD is not alone regarding this situation.

 

[SantiagoDR]

Spanish Flu Pandemic - 100 Years ago (1918-1920)

The white sign reads: WEAR A MASK OR GO TO JAIL
Like the current situation here now, being advised to wear a mask in public places.

 

[Ecoman1949]

Colombia is already doing something like that.

They go by gender in Columbia. Males allowed out one day. Females the next day. Also much more restrictive daylight hours. 4 hours a day.

 

[El Rey de Mangu]

Great gringo mugshots if you're bored waiting for Danilo to speak. This lot of geniuses were arrested in Las Terrenas. I guess now wishing they had gotten on a ferry flight back to creepsville.

https://www.facebook.com/100001004982003/posts/2941147159262088

 

[bob saunders]

I'm surprised at your comment Bob. You've been around a long time. When you have a majority population of delinquents, there won't be much respect for the law or its keepers/enforcement

We just had a colmado robbed herre on my street at 2 am. The robbers were lucky the cops showed up quickly as three of them had already had the shit kicked out of them and the four was next. I mean after they have already been arrested and are in handcuffs.

 

[El Rey de Mangu]

We just had a colmado robbed herre on my street at 2 am. The robbers were lucky the cops showed up quickly as three of them had already had the shit kicked out of them and the four was next. I mean after they have already been arrested and are in handcuffs.

Hopefully all the carta blanca is still there.

 

[austriaco]

I read that an island (can't recall maybe Curacao...) allow people outside from first letter of their last name. Something like from J-K allowed certain days of the week.

I thought it would be doable only on a small territory but a good idea nonetheless.

in other countries larger then RD they do it with last number of cedula. You have to show it at the caja in the supermarket / farmacia and wont be able to buy with the wrong cedulanumber.

i was reading it weeks ago therefore dont remember which country, but it was in latin america and bigger then RD

 

[austriaco]

Big (relatively) jump in confirmed cases since the last time the number was updated - up 371 for a total of 4126. Weighted for population and the number of tests that are claimed to be done each day, my estimate of true infection is now approaching 150,000 country wide.

I agree. There is data available from other countries on the relation between numbee of tests per capita and the number of indiscovered cases per capita. Based on that would be now between 80000 and 200000

 

[austriaco]

An all day lockdown is unworkable. People do need to get food once and awhile, see a dentist or a doctor. Some 40,000+ people couldn't even manage to stay home for 13 straight hours so anything longer isn't going to work unless we do like Bangladesh and shoot more curfew violators than the disease has killed.

I'm with Pichardo. Token lip service limiting the rate of spread and let the chips fall where they may. The Deputies only extended the state of emergency for 17 days this time. One might be able to infer that they too are growing weary of the restrictions. I've seen no reports of an increased effort to harvest the food and the milk from farms and move it to the cities to be dispersed to all those who used to be able to sell goldfish on the street corners during rush hour to buy their daily meal. There must also be a heck of a lot of dirty windshields these days.

Those who left apparently called it correctly. In the end, the virus is going to spread across the island only marginally slower than it would have otherwise. It seems neither the people nor the Govt have the will or the wherewithal to meaningfully manage the spread for months on end.

you can do an all day lockdown with exception for farmacy and colmado if you assign the one hour allowed outside to the cedula number. Limiting the number to 1/10 (10 possible numbers) and only to buy stuff. Can be checked by the police easily.

 

[austriaco]

So if we don't know any real numbers, if they aren't "connected to reality", why are any meaningful at all beyond those we know: number of positive tests (do we ever know of they are negative), number of hospitalizations and number of deaths (does the DR also use the loosey-goosey death criteria as in the states?)

I don't know about this alleged "false sense of security/" How about some accurate numbers so people can make rational decisions? Making decisions on worst possible outcomes makes as little rational sense as "false sense of security."

I found this interesting (machine translated from the original Hebrew):

Maybe its possible for Israel as they are very strict and their numbers are ok. But not for other countries

about the data for DR - you tell me why they dont put all effort in testing. Same as US where pere capita they still do way less tests then other countries.

as of death reports, there are new numbers from London where the overall death rate of the population took off to other higher dimensions now never seen before - much more then reported covit death.

there is so much more virus death then they report. If the UK cant get it right, you really think death count in RD is correct?

 

[chico bill]

WOW, Mr. Stalin I prefer my freedom. Complete lockdown has NOT and will not happen in my opinion in the U.S. We are used to freedoms and rights and won't tolerate it.
BTW, The flue has taken the lives of over 22,000 people in the U.S. this year and no hysteria.
I suggest you move to Cuba or Venezuela where your tactics are commonly in use.

And 31,000 in 2018-2019 and you barely heard a peep.
How many died of flue in DR in that season ? Can those numbers be found ?

 

[SantiagoDR]

And 31,000 in 2018-2019 and you barely heard a peep.
How many died of flue in DR in that season ? Can those numbers be found ?

Zero? lol

The noun flu (a shortened form of influenza) refers to a contagious viral infection.
The noun flue refers to a duct or channel in a chimney or in any enclosed passageway.

 

[Fulano2]

Good that they treat every one the same way (although I am not seeing the few golpes

Yes, they should be taken back to Haiti.

 

[frank recktenwald]

It makes one wonder, a virus that you can kill by using water and soap but they still haven't found a vaccine, wtf???

 

[cobraboy]

Maybe its possible for Israel as they are very strict and their numbers are ok. But not for other countries

about the data for DR - you tell me why they dont put all effort in testing. Same as US where pere capita they still do way less tests then other countries.

as of death reports, there are new numbers from London where the overall death rate of the population took off to other higher dimensions now never seen before - much more then reported covit death.

there is so much more virus death then they report. If the UK cant get it right, you really think death count in RD is correct?

I do not think ANY number regarding this virus is correct, including death.

 

[Big]

A small group of foreigners arrested in Las Terranas for violating curfew? Does anyone here recognize anyone?

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2941147159262088&id=100001004982003

what I recognized is a military troop carrying an old outdated M16 that should be in a museum and an old dude that should be arrested just for wearing that speedo swim suit

 

[Africaida]

what I recognized is a military troop carrying an old outdated M16 that should be in a museum and an old dude that should be arrested just for wearing that speedo swim suit

And stay away from the sun, it does NOT do your skin any good !

 

[Big]

And stay away from the sun, it does NOT do your skin any good !

scientific fact!! Sun exposure is as harmful as smoking and drinking. Its as out of style ( for the educated) as a mullet haircut

 

[El Rey de Mangu]

what I recognized is a military troop carrying an old outdated M16 that should be in a museum and an old dude that should be arrested just for wearing that speedo swim suit

There's a middle aged broad who was fairly hot. Not so much the face.