25 November 2020: Relaxations? “Figures need to come down a lot more first”

25 November 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – The lockdown measures are now starting to have an impact, but it is going more slowly than we had hoped. Virologists believes that we should have done more to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2. What could have improved the impact would have been home-working and therefore this should have been promoted more aggressively according to one of Belgium’s lead virologist. Looking at traffic during the rush hours he is probably right. Anyway, on Friday the government will meet again to decide on future action but if it depends solely on the advice of the virologists, the figures will need to come down a lot more before any relaxations can be considered. Interesting was the outcome of a survey conducted by researchers at Ghent University. The survey revealed that a large majority of the population seem to be motivated to stick to the corona rules over Xmas because they are worried about getting infected, or about infecting other people and therefore, end up in a situation that no longer can be controlled. On display today is another north sea seascape – Albertstrand, Knokke, Belgium