Originally Posted by StCirq
(Post 17085483)
Same here, and they are not counting deaths at home, presumably because they can't verify a cause of death. Horrible, and yes the numbers are undoubtedly exponentially more than what can be/is being reported.
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Originally Posted by menachem
(Post 17085733)
We're not in a good place for this, in NL: huge scaling up of palliative capacity (hotels), but no plans to increase curative capacity, other than begging for IC beds with the German and Belgian governments and blocking the EU coronabonds initiative for petty reasons (some horrific statements from the Christian rightwing in Dutch politics (they're in government too)
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Was just reading an article on IC beds; Germany has 25.000, France 7.000, UK 5.000. The Germans are doubling capacity to 50.000. They are also taking Dutch patients. I fear for those who get ill in the UK.
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Originally Posted by Tulips
(Post 17085831)
Was just reading an article on IC beds; Germany has 25.000, France 7.000, UK 5.000. The Germans are doubling capacity to 50.000. They are also taking Dutch patients. I fear for those who get ill in the UK.
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I'll leave this photo here of Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema cycling home from the office. (Photograph by the excellent Thomas Schlijper)
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Was supposed to be in Keukenhof today.
I see that it is sunny and in the mid 60's f today in Leiden. It has to be hard to stay inside on such a beautiful day. Stay safe |
Originally Posted by bdokeefe
(Post 17089524)
Was supposed to be in Keukenhof today.
I see that it is sunny and in the mid 60's f today in Leiden. It has to be hard to stay inside on such a beautiful day. Stay safe Amazing air quality in Rotterdam at the moment. My brother is a ship's Pilot in Flushing and told me yesterday that from Westerschelde he could see as far as the tall chimneys at Maasvlakte, a distance of 30 NM. |
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