Breaking: Rio Lock-down & Curfew

[Riobard]

[Riobard]

So far, just for the next week ... the Dance, not the Hammer.

I think the Hammer may come into play if and when serious CoV cases exceed acute care capacity and deaths occur due to lack of available health care. Such a scenario is plausible. Keep an eye on mortality. It tends to lag behind case count. Deaths are at a record high. As case counts have been increasing, the lethality rate and absolute daily deaths would not be expected to subside. 

I don’t know how curfew implementation works for airports, ie, you need to get into town after 23:00, I think that you are not bothered if you are in a vehicle. In fact, I doubt the police care about isolated cases of individuals out in public. 

In contrast, in Montreal, a huge fine from patrolling cops after 20:00, for weeks now. 

But the late night arrivals in Brazil tend to be Copa and I think they are cancelling most if not all. 

[Riobard]

A state court has dialled back Mayor Paes’ decree. What a tug’o’war there; elected leaders, courts, public health entities, clinical scientists.

The mitigation plan was already little more than a one-week drip-feed for coronavirus containment, unlikely to have much impact. This lockdown may have a bit of a latch-hook on the door but the windows are flung open. 

Restaurants, including brothels with food services as I understand it, over the next few days will be allowed to open until 20:00; I think admission is shut at 19:00 and alcohol allowed until 17:00 ... I expect there is total messaging confusion about how to comply when there can be little agreement about anything. 

[Riobard]

Beginning tomorrow 12th, beach kiosks operate to 17:00 and bars/restos, etc, have an hour added, to 21:00, mainly to spread out the congested flow of public transit traffic a bit better. All up until 22March. 

[Riobard]

Stricter lockdown March 26th to April 4th, both sides of the bay, but the state governor trying to legally veto the municipality mayors. Nuts. 

[Latbear4blk]

 

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[Riobard]

Before A Curfew Kickoff ?  ;>D

[Riobard]

I just saw videos from São Paulo and Brasília  Bozo-supportive affluent ‘hoods banging their pots & pans, drowning out his broadcast address. 

[Latbear4blk]

1 hour ago, Riobard said:

Before A Curfew Kickoff ?  ;>D

Imagine that last party at Pointe.

[Riobard]

11 minutes ago, Latbear4blk said:

Imagine that last party at Pointe.

Not Lenten. 

[Cany10011]

Will the new curfews impact travel plans? I'm sure most of us are vaccinated, but will the services available or touristy things be closed off that will limit your enjoyment there?

[Tomcal]

because i know many of the guys it just means more at the apartment and less at the sauna with the restricted hours of operation!

[Riobard]

Rio mayor now infected, and symptomatic again, with New CoV after having had CoV Classic 11 months ago. 

[TotallyOz]

[Riobard]

Wise move. Break the circuit. It’s the UK variant and it may be inflated by cross-border travel from Cambodia.

Thailand will have to revert back to 14-day quarantine; 10 days is too leaky wrt to a strain that is more contagious, with a longer contagion period, than original wild-type CoV. 

This is likely partly the cascade effect of an identifiable quarantine breach in Cambodia in February, with cases surging there now about 25% higher rolling incidence than Thailand after having had a negligible volume of cases since the pandemic commenced.

Thailand scaled back quarantine duration April 1st. They didn’t see the newer smaller leaves coming and switched to a rake with tines spread too far apart. Hindsight is 20:20. 

It’s all happening very quickly. I would not be surprised if this scuppers Thailand’s plan for local cluster vaxx for the tourism spot Phuket in order to deploy the limited supply to infection hotspots.

[TotallyOz]

What else are they doing in Brazil?  I know Thailand waited too long for stricter measures for sure. I hear there is a recall for the president there?