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Great lateral thinking or a sign that the Japanese were focusing more on the Olympic Games than the virus? After all they were the second country to report a case from memory so have had plenty of time to prepare.
From BBC live feed today
Japanese city urges citizens to donate raincoats
The Japanese city of Osaka is urging its residents to donate plastic raincoats to help hospitals that are running short of personal protective equipment.Mayor Ichiro Matsui said some health workers had resorted to wearing rubbish bags when treating patients.
"If doctors get infected, we can never beat coronavirus," Mr Matsui said, adding that there was a severe shortage of protective gear.
A notice on the Osaka city website said any colour and style of raincoat was acceptable - as long as they were meant for adults, Reuters news agency reported.
Osaka has nearly 900 cases, making it the second hardest-hit after Tokyo, according to media reports.
A state of emergency was imposed in Tokyo and six other areas, including Osaka, last week. Japan has confirmed more than 8,000 cases and 166 deaths.
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Homeless sleeping in socially distanced squares on a car park floor in Las Vegas while behind them the hotels stand empty.
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Domestic violence:
That's just deaths--you'd expect the rates of injury and other violence to have increased, too. Not to mention that there may well be quite a few divorces after the crisis.
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10,000 deaths in NYC alone:
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That’s taught LFGSS a lesson!
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I'm going to say this quite rudely and quite strongly:
Fuck off with your bollocks now.
More bollocks ...
UK Vitamin D recommendations
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-publishes-new-advice-on-vitamin-dhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32252338
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-d2-vs-d3Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths.
Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency in US adults
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21310306About 42% of the US population is vitamin D deficient. However, this rate rises to 82% in black people and 70% in Hispanics
Vit D deficiency in Ireland
https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/reports/pdf/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdfMore
https://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/COVID19/FAQ.html
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-21211/v1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954269/
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As I was out for a ride in the beautiful evening sunshine last night, allowing my mind to roam, a thought occurred to me.
I wonder if any of the Tories who are looking at this death toll and this huge load of spending are rethinking their view on inheritance tax?
Probably not, as they still think that the good rich people's offsprings are the best hope for making the lives of the bad poor people better and they should be paid for it, I suppose.
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staggering effort, well done captain thomas moore..
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