₦airaland Forum

Angelfrost:
Virology exists in Nigeria?! Seriously, I mean there are Nigerian virologists??!...

This is what happens when all we do is read, cram, and pass!!!... It's hard for me to believe there are seasoned epidemiologists in this nation!!!

Yeah. I like how our so called indigenous scientists have all kept silent . No university is carrying out any serious study. Just wait for what is coming out of south korea before we do something. If we were serious this pandemic would have changed a lot of things in our health education sector but we aren't

mrkings84:
The last time I heard the news, covid 19 was still a deadly and highly contagious virus with no cure in place. So if u say no state is free of the virus then u are trying to tell us that all the figures u've been dishing out are fake.

What will it take the fg to establish testing labs in all the state after 4 months of receiving billions of naira to fight the virus?
If a state say they don't have d virus, and they are not dying mysterious deaths, then they don't have it. Why do you want to impose a virus on People audiorically?

What will it take for States to establish it themselves? .

adioolayi:
Kogi said they are...so

he explained in the article. Kogi can't say they're free . The governor should just tell us there's no resource for testing instead of feeding people lies every day

Damidave1124:
I think Cross River is still free of the virus

How?

FlordFlorez:
Why is it taking forever for FG to establish labs for testing all over the country?

what about the state governments?

Purplebubble:
The problem starts when you look at the news, the target is to instill fear in the masses but nigerians are getting wiser. the same covid 19 that's killing over 1000 people in a day in civilized countries came into Nigeria and stated killing less than 30 people, lol. Is Nigeria more civilized or we have better health care system? Let me tell you covid 19 is just Like malaria, same sypmtoms. I know a lot of people last month that have had same sypmtoms of covid 19 loss of smell and taste, running nose, cold, high fever etc they all thought it was typhoid and malaria, they self medicated and they are all well now. So covid19 in Nigeria is not as deadly as the media makes it look. I hope the world does not leave nigeria behind b4 They finally open everywhere. People are hungry, insecurities everywhere and people are tired. They should just stop giving covid19 too much attention and focus more on other things like job creation before the country hits worse recession

okay doctor. And the other people who may be vulnerable to it? Or you think everybody will share the exact same symptoms? To put it in the Nigerian perspective if you suspect malaria or fever which isn't new to you, you could self medicate while keeping in mind there's also a disease out there that presents with same symptoms. Now if the person ever recovers, would he/she try to isolate? No they'll spread it more and only call for help when the situation gets worse. Unless you're a 'who cares people die, no need to act on this one person'

You think other countries had it easy for them? Countries are having their worst economic downturns in over how many years and had to find a way to balance that and the health of their people. IMO socio-economically you can't compare the effects where Europe, US and other countries were on strict lockdown for two months to Nigeria with just two states and where it wasn't strict at all. Infact it could be said to be on paper.

What I'm saying is the precautions aren't that hard, they simple ie masks, avoid all forms of travel and gatherings if possible, if you suspect you have it, call for testing especially if your initial self medication isn't working.

Saintinoo:
Even the people you are here defending are planning to lift interstate travel ban by month end.

Who am i defending . You think I'm not tired of any of this? . You think I rate this people well? They can lift it, not like we were ever serious with it in the first place. Be it a scam or not, how hard is it to just take simple precautions .

Minxie:
Also, the symptoms are quite similar to flu symptoms and winter is here. People's immune systems are already weakening because of cold and rainy conditions so they may be more vulnerable to covid 19. If someone has the flu here, people just say it's corona and move on Lol

Here cos it shares symptoms with malaria and fever and sometimes treatment involve malaria medications, people say it's ordinary malaria so we have nothing to worry about

TMKsouth:
Let this be a lesson that coronavirus is real and it affects black Africans too. Why are Nigerians so stubborn ?

100K cases in South Africa.

https://www.nairaland.com/5944199/south-africa-covid19-cases-hit

Well the fact that many people recover has clouded some people from taking taking caution. I'm sure if most high profile people who contracted the virus had passed some people will believe the virus is real.

Minxie:
I live in one of the hotspots and I know several people who have it. luckily most people don't have serious symptoms. I do know 1 person who died though. But I think most people don't care because they aren't really getting seriously sick.

Thats the thing cos no one knows what manner of symptoms that will manifest. If people had serious symptoms before they recover maybe a few people would take it more seriously.

It's the typical Nigerian factor. What has Nigeria ever taken seriously before covid. At this point all states should have had its own testing facility. Imagine 4 months after over 20 states don't have test centres. Government has just shown they're ready for us to be in this mess till the next year. Are Nigerians even ready? Are people willing to get tested? Are they even trying? Why are we acting like the epidemic is over? Why are state governments eg Kogi not allowing ncdc carry out its functions. I can us still recording 600+ daily cases till December. Only issue now is not becoming part of that statistic .

So many questions about our covid response that just says we aren't ready. Like how they just drop figures and call it a day, without providing details concerning the numbers. Honestly they should just disband the task force cos it's becoming useless. Everyday just coming to scold stubborn Nigerians

Generalkorex:
Na wa I
Shey schools go still resume this year like this?

I don't think so. This virus has damned the world

mikoyo200:
God help us...the trend has been above 500 for over a week now,when is the peak and when is the curve flattening?

Probably next year or year after. Like it's been said only change in behavioural pattern can stem the virus and it's not just Nigeria, globally too.

So all in all either a vaccine or live to be lucky not to contract the virus

TMKsouth:
Yep. But the cost factor shouldn't be an issue. For example, in SA, funds were reprioritised from sectors that had shut due to the LOCKDOWN such as schools and sports towards fighting covid. So the money is there.

Burundi's own president held elections during the pandemic and refused to implement a LOCKDOWN - today he's dead because of Covid. Your own Chief-of-Staff succumbed to the virus too. So this whole "it's unafrican" thing is stupid. Most cases in SA and America are of black people. Our governments and citizens should wise up.

The world has shifted to natural selection now. Here in Nigeria it's now back to business as usual . If not for the fact that someone contracting could directly affect you, I would say Government should also pretend there's no covid and reopen everything up . Cos there's nothing changing our psyche, not today, not tomorrow.

TMKsouth:
I also can't understand why everyone else doesn't wanna test. Logic informs us the more you test the clearer the picture becomes. This is a clear example of bad leadership.

Well probably because of the level of health security before covid. You can't just turn it around overnight i guess. Or another guess would be the 'it's not for africa' rhetoric or probably the cost of testing and controlling the spread.

You want to hear people say it's a scam right . Have you looked at the news lately about the so called other countries? Or you think they just opened up just like that? Oh well with reports now that people are scared of testing and treatment we're truly on our own now

Saintinoo:
Till today i am still trying to understand why the interstate travel ban is in place when the virus have been comfirmed im 35 states.

Hopefully they want to lock state boarders till next year. Senseless government.

I mean as much as people have flouted the rules, you don't just give total freeway for the virus to go to and fro. When that happens can states like kogi still claim they're covid free(which they aren't)

TMKsouth:
Especially coz no African country has peaked yet.

Will we ever? I mean from the look of things South Africa, Ghana and Egypt seem to be only African countries carrying out mass tests and more likely to reach peak. The continent could still be held down by the rest

The rest of the year is gonna be something

micfoley:
Wao. 100k already. Naija just clocked 20k though its likely more. Two people i know are infected

And there are peeps who still dont believe COVID is real.

At this point it's 'na you get yourself oh'

FlordFlorez:
Nigeria is never ever ready or prepared for anything. Our unreadiness & unpreparedness brought covid19.

and our unpreparedness will drag us through the next six months

CocoaOla:
But why did worst hit Europe and Asia open up their airspace

Havent they managed their epidemic . How long till we hear airports closing down again when they get exposed?

onyxo76:
which Nigerian youth? those ones watching everton vs Liverpool in crowded viewing centres? or which ones exactly? make you give us better advice jare since you an expert but unfortunately you were omitted from them boss Mustapha team,.. nobody is following lockdown method anywhere again even USA with its high figures.

No. No one is locking down without clear strategy. Australia reimposed restrictions in some parts, India the same and Pakistan. But for Nigeria with no clear cut strategy, lockdown now will be close to useless

Lucifer1419:
i don't even understand what you type, type pigin, if the English dey difficult, I go understand, na so me they do, if the grammar to difficult for me, no Shame, na to type am with pigin, na waiting I Sabi type me go type.

419 like covid

Woah. If this study is sound then how would a vaccine work . Another confusion for the world.

ovoP:
it's the natural way a person behaves... After sometime the fear will leave... Even in America people don't fear or even still believe this virus... It's normal.

That's why dey should have dealt with it well during the lockdown of over a month

Yeah they should have dealt with it during the half lockdown. Just with our population full blown community spread was always going to happen. I partly blame blame our non uniform fight for the spread now tho. Now schools might not open till next year.

o9o9:
You guys are just fucking ignorant. The money donated by the Private sector led CaCovid goes into advertisement, setup of isolation centers and a lot more in terms of PPE and a lot of campaigns.

They didn't give the money to the government directly.

Please educate yourself

Nah don't you know funds donated to FG are supposed to be shared to us . Like the First world counties

ovoP:
I don't entertain any fear.... This people test only a little above 2k test everyday and he's saying increased testing.... The way this people handle it, makes me want to join the scam crew. Because at 2k test per day... Corona virus ain't leaving this country even in two years time

Thats another issue entirely. Yes this thing might be with us till next year or more. But the issue now is people are not taking caution and keep parroting the it's a scam talk. Spoke to a friend today and she told me she won't wear a wash, it's a scam and if contracts it it's the will of God

Lyoncrescent:
The volume of testing they are doing now is what should have been done during the lockdown. Now it's uncontrollable. A vicious cycle. I'm one hundred percent sure that even those who test positive stay at home. There's no way Lagos is moving those numbers from their homes to isolation centres on a daily basis . No capacity in any form or manner to execute that .

And now they will have problem with asymptomatic patients who won't believe they have it and spread it more

Realist5:
Commissioner of health in Lagos once said we should expect btw 90,000-120,000 by July in Lagos.

Cases not deaths. And I don't see it yey cos we don't the testing capacity to get there by that time. Maybe September

SmartPolician:
Lockdown has outlived its relevance.

What people need is continuous sensitization. Use public address systems to always encourage market women and other traders to observe personal hygiene.

Many people don't believe that coronavirus is real, and the government cannot die for us.

Someone just testified that self medication worked for his friend who had no underlying diseases.

I know this may sound harsh, but someone has to say it. The truth is, the population of Nigeria is too much. And if someone's unbelief will lead to his deaths, so be it.

Your last paragraph is kinda true. Though it won't be funny if we head down the same way Brazil and India did due to the same population

richybanky:
U ar right, now think about those that their living depends on Port or institution or other which was not mentioned which my living depend on.. What I have been doing for d past 3 months is sleeping and eating and pocket don over red now.. Lord have mercy on us cus is very hard to be citizen of Nigeria at the moment.

Yeah I get. Just wish people would take more caution and acknowledge it's real. I been home for too long also