Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "ABC News"
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I currently live in Austria, 8,5 million people, largest city is Vienna with 1 million people. Winter tourism, cases from neighbour Italy in February (it started in the touristic regions, and those often international tourists spread it also to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, even Iceland - but Iceland tested the retuning persons at the airport and busted the then negligent Austrian government that was still in denial about the need to cut off the end of the winter season, which is important in parts of the country).
Politicians nervously eying Italy in the second half of February. (they did not want to lock down the economy, or even restrict tourism). We now know that retail prepred just in case, they stocked up food.
They should have jacked up mask and PPE production (or import) and testing like Taiwan and South Korea did in January and February, those nations had an A+ response.
End of February /early March it got scary in Italy, and cases popped up (were noted) in other countries. Then things moved fast, around mid of March 60 % of the population of the EU were in lockdown, phase 1.
Gradual reopening between April and late June, while they built the capacity to test (one of the most important tools to control spread) and got experience how to deal with flare ups (How much action is necessary. quarantines ? How much contact testing ?).
Last phase:
opening for tourism from most European and many other countries. Mid June / early July.
but not from the U.S.: the tourists and the business travelers are missed - but they cannot risk upending the delicate balance with importing cases from the U.S. It is tricky enough as is.
They maintain the fragile balance (all over Europe), but the governments in Europe watch it like hawks. And they need to.
In Austria: Flare ups here and there and sometimes you wonder, why the heck they could even happen. Despite all the precautions.
Low case numbers and reproduction rate slightly under or above 1.
But every phase of reopening saw a small "surge" of cases, so vigilance and determined action was necessary whenever they risked a little more.
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It is like a wildfire during a heat wave, you gotta find the embers or the little fires. and put them out. There is no such thing as Raging Wildfire Lite. The growth rate is so high (thanks to the sneaky way of spread) - you either put in the effort to nip it in the bud, or you have to live with the big fire and its consequences.
Like in China where the military locked down Wuhan.
Like in Italy where doctors got the letters how to apply the rules of triage: Who would not even get treatment (in intense care) and would not have a fighting chance.
Italy was within 2 - 3 days of applying the rules of Triage in the most hit RICH Northern part of the country. The rules like they apply in a field hospital when overwhelmed with cases from combat.
You bet that scared the neighbour countries into action.
I currently live in Austria, 8,5 million people, largest city Vienna with 1 million people. Winter tourism, cases from neighbour Italy in February (it started in the touristic regions, and those often international tourists spread it to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, even Iceland - but Iceland tested at the airport and busted the then negligent Austrian government that was still in denial about cutting off the end of the winter season).
Politicians nervously eying Italy in the second half of February. (they did not want to lock down the economy, or even restrict tourism). We now know that retail prepred just in case, they stocked up food.
They should have jacked up mask production and testing like Taiwan and South Korea did in January and February, they had an A+ response.
End of February /early March it got scary in Italy, and cases popped up (were noted) in other countries. Then things moved fast, around mid of March 60 % of the population of the EU were in lockdown, phase 1.
Gradual reopening between April and late June, while they built the capacity to test (one of the most important tools to control spread) and got experience how to deal with flare ups (How much or little is necessary).
Last phase:
opening for tourism from most European and many other countries. Mid June / early July.
but not from the U.S.: the tourists and the business travelers are missed - but they cannot risk upending the delicate balance with importing cases from the U.S. it is already tricky.
They maintain the fragile balance (all over Europe), but the governments in Europe watch it like hawks. And they need to.
In Austria: Flare ups here and there and sometimes you wonder, why the heck they could even happen. Despite all the precautions.
Low case numbers and reproduction rate slightly under or above 1.
But every phase of reopening saw a small "surge" of cases, so vigilance and determined action was necessary whenever they risked a little more.
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1:40 Why not wait to contact the school before sending out a tweet that got viral (the mother and politician being criticial of the school micromanaging the appearance of African American teenagers) ?
Maybe because the school DID have time to THINK IT THROUGH through before they published their WRITTEN rules (in print more likely). Usually things that are WRITTEN DOWN have a tendency to trigger more thought - written down has just more weight than being said off your cuff.
Wasn't there ONE person with some common sense, that said: "Let's wait a minute, maybe we are overstepping boundaries in our zeal and pursuit of a reasonable and appropriate !! dress code. Because this feels like an attack on African American culture and typical appearance of African Americans. And while we are at it - let's check the correct terms for hairstyles that are obviously foreign to us before we make fools of ourselves. "
Cornrolls ? really ? This almost has a vibe as if bigotted, prejudiced, anti-freedom, uptight, conservative white - and last but not least - FOOLISH people were attacking African American culture under a pretext. Making them fall in line with white conservative ideas about "appearance". [Which of course it was.]
Cornrows were not allowed. Well, you could call that "hair well put together". Much more than wearing it open.
And WHY would two coloured hair be forbidden ? It doesn't even have a sexual connotation. Can't they handle more than one color on a head ?? The Saudis and Iranians do have a point it seems when they force their womansfolk to wear their heads and hair covered.
(I am not a fan of young teenagers getting hair colorations or permanents, for health reasons, and I do not think it is good for the hair structure as well. That said: I do not think these were the "concerns" of the school for the ban, and it still applies to young adults/older teenagers 17 and 18 years old.
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