NormanH Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 There are a few unexpected 'country ' ones in there. I am thinking for example of the Ariège...https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/10/22/coronavirus-jean-castex-au-front-pour-annoncer-de-nouveaux-couvre-feux_6056933_3244.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 No late night parties in the village square with 500 others for a while.by the look of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kong Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Over 41k yesterday. It is getting scary, I'm only 74 and I can't go clubbing. Bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith-aka-Judith Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 It seems we are, but the next dept, literally at the end of the village, is not. Still the idea that a whole department has to be penalised ... the village dies at night anyhow, so why make it any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tancrède Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 From a purely selfish point of view I am delighted that the pustulous, vomitous, pizza-faced youf of S&L are going to be kept indoors for a while.But my more altruistic side tells me that the sooner that these pimply creatures are forced (if necessary) into overheated, over-proximate nightclubs in which they can slobber over each other and have rampant and promiscuous sex up dark alleys, the sooner this infection will run its course.I, meanwhile, will continue to stay well out of their way… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Tancrède, looks like you are ahead of the game!Parties in which young people try to catch Covid-19 to gain immunity could become the norm if the virus is not eradicated, a Cambridge professor has suggested, prompting others to caution that the long-term effects of infection are not yet known.From the Guardian today. Bit like the "pox parties" of our youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Norman, yes, I am very surprised about Ariège. The bits of it I have seen consist of small mountain villages, wilderness and none but hardy types on the mountain paths. But then I didn't go for the bright lights.Tancrède, you seem to have an intimate knowledge of the fleshpots of L & S, considering you claim to avoid them? Or do the bouncers turn away someone of your not inconsiderable age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 I think that the figures for the Ariège are skewed by those from Foix and Pamiers, the two main towns, which have reported 'clusters'.Even in Mirepoix, the 'Dordogne' of the Département from the number of 'ex-pats' Brits who live there, has a bar closed because the owner has Covid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Well of course our department has been under curfew from the beginning. I don't go out at night to see if anyone is disobeying or not.I do notice that all the restaurants, cafés, etc. are open as normal during the day and very very few follow distancing rules. People pack in them each day to drink and/or eat.Also, very few people wear masks in the park (where signs are posted that it is required). From what I see, there is a large percentage of people who just don't care (of all ages). And, as usual, no one enforcing it. I've seen plenty of police out writing parking violations, but not saying one word to unmasked people walking just beside them (in mask required zones).Also, in a bid to get some fresh vegetables and fruits and avoid a crowd, I went to the market at 7h30 day before yesterday. This is an indoor market (masks required) with about 30 vendors working it. I saw one vendor wearing a mask, just one. They put them on when more people begin to arrive. So, the 40,000 case number does not surprise me at all. Before long, we'll be at the same level as the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Some good news, perhaps: It seems that the Oxford vaccine works well with, thus far few side effects. The drug company which is backing it, Astrazeneca has taken a chance with this and is producing milions and millions of doses at its factory in Belgium, 24/7.So, maybe light at the end of a long tunnel at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? [:-))]https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/10/21/coronavirus-un-cluster-detecte-au-sein-de-la-police-municipale-de-beziers-9153017.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Too much sein, not enough distancing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le martin-pêcheur Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 A new set of Covid -19 figures - commune by commune - just announced.https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/infographies-covid-19-decouvrez-quel-est-le-taux-d-incidence-dans-votre-commune_4151943.htmlSorry, using Google so can't make the link live.Keep safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/infographies-covid-19-decouvrez-quel-est-le-taux-d-incidence-dans-votre-commune_4151943.htmlshould be a live one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 "So, maybe light at the end of a long tunnel at last."If the vaccine is 75% effective, and 75% of the population are persuaded to take it (!) it would give 59% protection to the population. Perhaps a way to go yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith-aka-Judith Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks NormanH, as I suspected, we are 10-20 cases in 100,000 and still under exactly the same departmental control as those with many a higher number. Even our next dept (2 mins away if you remember) has places with higher numbers ... and is not under restrictions. Barmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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