OTA Covid-19 news is focusing on domestic... what's going on internationally?

[Muse]

Until a couple weeks ago, TV news (I get antenna OTA only, watching NBC M-F, CBS on weekends) had a lot of stories that dealt with the crisis from an international perspective. China, Taiwan, S. Korea, Italy, Spain, UK, some stories about Iran for a while, a few on Africa, Canada, probably South America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, etc. A story or two about Russia. Suddenly I'm seeing virtually nothing dealing with outside the USA on TV news. Zilch.

So, what are some sources? I'm curious to know. It's gotten hard to get the big picture.

 

[dawp]

bbc news is a good one

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and al jazeera

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[Muse]

New York Times has some international covid-19 coverage.

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[UNCjigga]

I heard the other day that Syria and Lebanon are more in the crosshairs—Syria is especially dangerous because its a war torn country where Russia and Assad have bombed most of the hospitals and people are packed into camps.

Apparently the Lebanese currency was in free fall, sparking unrest and protests that government isn’t doing enough. Maybe those Americans in Beirut should’ve left when they had the chance?

 

[Commodus]

I can't help but worry about how other parts of the world will fare in the long run.

However horrible the casualty rate may be in North America and Europe, we'll at least have decent healthcare facilities and widespread access to the eventual treatments and vaccines. It's another matter if you live in, say, central Africa or rural south Asia, where you may be thankful if there's any hospital nearby and might have trouble even getting to a place that offers care. I can see the virus ravaging these areas and forcing other countries to issue or maintain travel bans that do additional damage.

 

[Jaskalas]

However horrible the casualty rate may be in North America and Europe, we'll at least have decent healthcare facilities and widespread access to the eventual treatments and vaccines.

NYC is 1/4th done with COVID-19.

Bit difficult to imagine next year's treatment options having an impact after the disease has already burned through the population. It just, logically, it sounds like our treatment options will arrive AFTER the fact. So I am not sure the rest of the world is missing much in that regard. O2 and Ventilators OTOH, I am sure they are sorely missing that sort of care.

 

[Muse]

NYC is 1/4th done with COVID-19.

Bit difficult to imagine next year's treatment options having an impact after the disease has already burned through the population. It just, logically, it sounds like our treatment options will arrive AFTER the fact. So I am not sure the rest of the world is missing much in that regard. O2 and Ventilators OTOH, I am sure they are sorely missing that sort of care.

O2 is important. I heard a few weeks ago that your chance of surviving being ventilated for covid-19 are 50-50. But the last week or so I'm hearing that your chances are less than 20%, if that. At least in NYC. I'd think the chances are a lot better if the system isn't overburdened at the time. As time goes on there will probably be better treatment options in tandem with ventilation, e.g. plasma and drugs. But in poor countries all that will be for the most part lacking, obviously.