Aw

Oyo state governor Eng Seyi makinde was not having any symptoms before been tested so why wait for symptoms...let God help the ordinary pple of Nig.

nobody won die ooo

9jaRealist:


Absolutely NOT!

While South Korea tested relatively way more people (and much earlier on) than Western nations have done, it (building on its SARS experience and the system infrastructure developed thereafter) nonetheless primarily used aggressive contact-tracing together with ISOLATION and/or QUARANTINE to successfully tackle the rapid spread Covid-19 (and btw, success here is a relative term because it does not mean eradication and there are still new infections daily as we write). Specifically, South Korea used text messages and apps to inform/compel people who may have been in contact with a positive case to isolate, and to continually track positive cases and keep the community informed so that people may take necessary measures to protect themselves. This is why South Korea’s strategy raised privacy and human rights’ concerns.

Finally, it is simply incorrect to say that self-isolation does not work. That’s akin to saying that planes do not work - because some folks have flown them poorly and killed hundreds of folks in plane crashes. Covid-19 is NOT an airborne virus and is only spread by people moving around and being in close personal contact with others, Accordingly, proper isolation and social distancing would SUCCESSFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY break the chain of infection, slow the rate, and flatten the infection curve, allowing healthcare systems to more effectively cater for the afflicted. It’s a virus, and does not live on forever. The most unique and dangerous characteristic of Covid-19 thus far (and as a new virus, we still have much to learn about it) has been the rapid rate of infection. It is no more lethal than other coronaviruses (about a 2% mortality rate), but because of that rapidity of transmission it overwhelms the healthcare system and makes it impossible to properly manage the most extreme cases.

The bottom line, therefore, is that if you cannot test everyone (and NO country - not even South Korea - has remotely tried to do so) or even simply everyone who needs to be tested (and even in the richest and most advanced nations such as the US and even the UK, several people showing symptoms or who have been in contacts with positive cases, have experienced difficult and/or considerable delays in getting tested), the next best thing is to embark on a course of action that would most effectively or efficiently slow down (and it does NOT have to be 100% effective or compliant) the rate of infection. The real danger is NOT in having 1000 positive cases, but in having same simultaneously. If you have 1000 cases spread over 20 weeks, even a nation with a creaking healthcare system like Nigeria can successfully manage the pandemic.
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Since plane works how about you exchange your pilot with any random passenger aboard?

Just another coronavirus?
It is pointless debating any longer, this isn't politics and you haven't shown a proper
understanding of epidemics nor the risk it poses.

IYANGBALI:
no let me send original made in Chinese thunder to you o

You can't even buy original.

See your life for outside..

Are we supposed to intercede on their behalf when they’re in the villa with GMB... It’s time for them to feel a pinch of what regular Nigerians go thru in good and difficult times

ivolt:
Since plane works how about you exchange your pilot with any random passenger aboard?

Just another coronavirus?
It is pointless debating any longer, this isn't politics and you haven't shown a proper
understanding of epidemics nor the risk it poses.

Strawman Argument...

Even though I never characterized it as “just another coronavirus”...

1) it is nonetheless a coronavirus - that’s FACT (not an opinion);
2) it does not have a higher mortality rate than other beta coronaviruses - FACT;
3) it is however more infectious than most other coronaviruses - FACT;
4) accordingly, it overwhelms healthcare systems and result in more fatalities - FACT.

I realize that a common feature of most Nigerians in public discourse is to attack the discussant(s) instead of addressing substance, but I deal in FACTS (and largely ignore crude ad hominem attacks), so if you cannot address the FACTS under discourse be humble enough to LEARN!
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They won't test you because all the billions donated has been swallowed up by a big snake. Nigeria is a joke. Corruption is fighting back at us.

The God of Osinbajo is truly fighting for him !!

ajebuter:


You can't even buy original.

See your life for outside..

covid one nine from China is not original abi? No try me o

koffsman:
Ok so what should we do cry for you guys or pity una

Lol, you are funny

God bless Omoyele Sowore! You are the man.

TIMEISWISDOM:
You don't get tested till you show symptoms. Until then self isolate. Enough of the alarms

And why must the bolded be so? By the time they show symptoms they must have infected someone. These people should be forcefully taken and tested and not just told to go and self isolate which many won't do.

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

And why must the bolded be so? By the time they show symptoms they must have infected someone. These people should be forcefully taken and tested and not just told to go and self isolate which many won't do.

There is a shortage of testing kits around the world. That's the situation so if anyone thinks he/she has Covid19 or contact with someone who has it, the person should isolate. That's the standard for now.

TIMEISWISDOM:
There is a shortage of testing kits around the world. That's the situation so if anyone thinks he/she has Covid19 or contact with someone who has it, the person should isolate. That's the standard for now.

Buhari, elrufai, atiku's son and buhari's daughter were all tested without showing any symptoms. SMH

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

Buhari, elrufai, atiku's son and buhari's daughter were all tested without showing any symptoms. SMH

Trump has tested twice without symptoms. It's a normal thing to ensure the general is protected in a warzone.

TIMEISWISDOM:
Trump has tested twice without symptoms. It's a normal thing to ensure the general is protected in a warzone.

What of the children of our leaders?

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

What of the children of our leaders?

Are you looking for faults Or solutions?

TIMEISWISDOM:

Are you looking for faults Or solutions?

For solutions that's why I am complaining. The only true solution to this problem in Nigeria is testing as many people as possible and locking up anyone found infected, using force if need be. Many people roaming about without symptoms carry the virus and are capable of infecting others. Infact the most dangerous carriers are the ones without symptoms. They can sneeze into their palms, touch people, surfaces etc. If a person is already showing symptoms, people will naturally run away from them. If you see someone coughing profusely with feverish feelings for instance, will you touch them? And bear on mind, not everyone is matured enough to self isolate.

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

For solutions that's why I am complaining. The only true solution to this problem in Nigeria is testing as many people as possible and locking up anyone found infected, using force if need be. Many people roaming about without symptoms carry the virus and are capable of infecting others. Infact the most dangerous carriers are the ones without symptoms. They can sneeze into their palms, touch people, surfaces etc. If a person is already showing symptoms, people will naturally run away from them. If you see someone coughing profusely with feverish feelings for instance, will you touch them? And bear on mind, not everyone is matured enough to self isolate.

That's why we are on lockdown. Do you get now?

TIMEISWISDOM:

That's why we are on lockdown. Do you get now?

Lockdown? Where are you, Britain or France? People are roaming around still. You can't lock down people in Nigeria because of a virus, many will resist it. Don't you get that.

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

Lockdown? Where are you, Britain or France? People are roaming around still. You can't lock down people in Nigeria because of a virus, many will resist it. Don't you get that.

Lockdown doesn't mean people will not come out, it just minimizes the possibility of a positive making contact with strangers. You need to relax, the world is not coming to an end

TIMEISWISDOM:
Lockdown doesn't mean people will not come up, it just minimizes it to avoid making a positive making contact with strangers. You need to relax, the world is not coming to an end

How can the world come to an end because of ordinary cough and catarrh?