North Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, hope said: This should not happen. Please no We will be in big trouble if lockdown is lifted. Atleast till may it should be complete lockdown. Yeah. The second we declare the lockdown over, and start gong out and celebrating, its not gonna be good for us. I feel lockdown should extend to 1st May, after which a decision can be taken if it has to be lifted or further extended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, Chirag2001 said: Yeah. The second we declare the lockdown over, and start gong out and celebrating, its not gonna be good for us. I feel lockdown should extend to 1st May, after which a decision can be taken if it has to be lifted or further extended. I State govt also need to play a big role now. For districts which are none to least affected from this virus, a continuous lockdown would be unnecessary and people should be allowed their daily routine. They should however be very very careful about allowing inter district/state travel esp if one of it is an affected zone. The central govt must be very careful with railways and domestic flights. There will be a huge crowd whenever they open back so it has to be carefully planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 SRK has given his office building to be converted into quarantine center. Many people don’t like him, but he has heart of gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) On 4/4/2020 at 3:02 PM, Right said: I was not talking about India, I’m talking about US. In India, there is no incentive for innovation in drugs, the patent is done on process to create the product, not the product itself. So while it keeps cost of medicines low, there is no motivation for companies to come up with new drug, because all its competitor has to do is find a way to create the same compound with different production method. US is the worst country in the world when it comes to things like this. Public is held at the mercy of a select few. Also patent system in India is better. We tend to not allow such evergreening of patents, whereas in USA it is allowed. This is why they still have extremely overpriced insulin, even though it was invented 100+ years ago. Also due to government own inefficiencies, private companies have a lot of scope in developing for the govt and bulk supplying. A friend who works in CRI, Kasauli told me that the govt. vaccine costs 3 times more to manufacture than private companies. A prudent move for the govt. would be to give private companies the contract to manufacture. There are a large number of companies who would be willing to do this. Edited April 5, 2020 by Banz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Right said: I think Raj Thackerey has to be brought in. I don’t know how but what he says is 100% correct, still same idiocy going on There are many things he says right, and many points and issues he takes up that no one else does. Even then, I don't think he should be in power because of his extremely authoritarian ways. What other politicians in power should do is follow him and use parts of what he says in their policies, while ignoring the hateful parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope Posted April 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 35 minutes ago, Right said: SRK has given his office building to be converted into quarantine center. Many people don’t like him, but he has heart of gold. He does charity but doesnt speak about it. Days back what has srk contributed was asked over social media Idiots dont know he was awarded by UNESCO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Banz said: US is the worst country in the world when it comes to things like this. Public is held at the mercy of a select few. Also patent system in India is better. We tend to not allow such evergreening of patents, whereas in USA it is allowed. This is why they still have extremely overpriced insulin, even though it was invented 100+ years ago. Also due to government own inefficiencies, private companies have a lot of scope in developing for the govt and bulk supplying. A friend who works in CRI, Kasauli told me that the govt. vaccine costs 3 times more to manufacture than Ranbaxy's. A prudent move for the govt. would be to give Ranbaxy and similar companies the contract to manufacture. There are a large number of companies who would be willing to do this. It is better because it creates competition so companies keep prices low, it is better because availability of certain drugs is never hampered. it is bad because there is no incentive for innovation of drugs for new diseases like Corona, it is bad because we can never create iconic drug like Viagra. Two different things. Two different systems, Both are imperfect, but in today’s context India’s liberal patent system is NOT helping. You can’t ward off corona by chewing 10rs paracetamol made by 5 different companies. Edited April 4, 2020 by Right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, Right said: It is better because it creates competition so companies keep prices low, it is better because availability of certain drugs is never hampered. it is not bad because there is no incentive for innovation of drugs for new diseases like Corona, it is bad because we can never create iconic drug like Viagra. Two different things. Two different systems, Both are imperfect, but in today’s context India’s liberal patent system is NOT helping. You can’t ward off corona by chewing 10rs paracetamol made by 5 different companies. Our pharma companies usually don't engage in that. Pharma R&D are pharma manufacturing are two different things. That's just the way this market is. Making generics at competitive prices is challenging but it is still low hanging fruit compared to researching new ones. However medicine price control (which I feel is absolutely essential for end users) or govt. monopoly on supply is not necessarily a deterrent to innovation. Germany has price controls and Bayer is still one of the world's largest pharma companies in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope Posted April 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Good news that Jabalpur has had only 4 cases and there is no new case reported at all in weeks. First city to become corona free hopefully. They should ban the travels outside and to Jabalpur atleast till June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstationdude Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Right said: That’s actually not correct - there is an earth hour every year, did we see any issue - your fans, fridge would be still on Was about to post exactly the same thing. Im not sure how switching off power helps corona, but Why arent more people concerned during earth hour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, hope said: Good news that Jabalpur has had only 4 cases and there is no new case reported at all in weeks. First city to become corona free hopefully. They should ban the travels outside and to Jabalpur atleast till June. That has already been done in many cities and all district borders in Maharashtra. They should slowly open up the lockdown while keeping city/district borders closed so normal service can resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotSonix Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Right said: That’s actually not correct - there is an earth hour every year, did we see any issue - your fans, fridge would be still on Yes I also thought that then came to my mind those famous folks who danced like we won the world cup They will probably shut down/ switch off the circuit breakers of their house Edited April 4, 2020 by HotSonix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/incorrect-info-spokesperson-of-prince-charles-on-ayurveda-treatment/story-ituGiZuqhoke46HNFttWbM_amp.html? Hahahahaha. Good. Someone needed to tell these quacks to f**k off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 No Need To Switch Off Computers, Fans, ACs Tomorrow, Government Clarifies https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-clarifies-no-need-to-switch-off-computers-fans-acs-during-9-minute-9-pm-candlelight-sessi-2206114 In case it needed to be heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Walker said: No Need To Switch Off Computers, Fans, ACs Tomorrow, Government Clarifies https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-clarifies-no-need-to-switch-off-computers-fans-acs-during-9-minute-9-pm-candlelight-sessi-2206114 In case it needed to be heard It did needed to be heard. Last time these dumbf**ks ended up on the streets in thousands. People who do these things arent exactly boasting of triple digit IQ scores. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, Aftrunner said: It did needed to be heard. Last time these dumbf**ks ended up on the streets in thousands. People who do these things arent exactly boasting of triple digit IQ scores. very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Meanwhile in UK: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/4/21207927/5g-towers-burning-uk-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-link These f**kers think 5G is causing spread of Coronavirus and are burning 5G towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 MH is getting fked We have touched 500 again today. but good news is out of 11k odd tests done today by ICMR, only 328 positive, 2.9% positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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silentassassin Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 How many cases today related to markaz ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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