Belgium reports 21,000 new coronavirus cases, by far the biggest one-day increase on record- New cases: 21,048- Positivity rate: 27.6% (+1.2)- In hospital: 5,924 (+370)- In ICU: 993 (+82)- New deaths: 132— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) October 29, 2020
Goverment has repeatedly ignored advice from medical experts and has never implemented a proper quarantine since the beginning of corona.
The "lockdowns" they are instituting consist of a curfew that only goes from 22h to 6h, bars and restaurants keep closing for a week and then reopening, the wealthy keep traveling abroad and returning to Belgium without any checks in place, a significant amount of people do not wear masks, because the laws change on a weekly basis people no longer know or follow the rules, general lack of solidarity, etc..
The only "positive" aspect of Belgium's handling of the corona virus is that the medical society does not attempt to hide numbers or reduce testing which results in a very clear image of the amount of infections and deaths. One of the reasons Belgium's mortality for instance is dire in comparison to other European nations is that deaths within elderly care facilities are counted and not written of as dying of old age or pneumonia.
tl/dr; far right goverment doesnt do shit, no solidarity, meticulous medical sector that records all deaths/infections
Goverment has repeatedly ignored advice from medical experts and has never implemented a proper quarantine since the beginning of corona. The "lockdowns" they are instituting consist of a curfew that only goes from 22h to 6h, bars and restaurants keep closing for a week and then reopening, the wealthy keep traveling abroad and returning to Belgium without any checks in place, a significant amount of people do not wear masks, because the laws change on a weekly basis people no longer know or follow the rules, general lack of solidarity, etc.. The only "positive" aspect of Belgium's handling of the corona virus is that the medical society does not attempt to hide numbers or reduce testing which results in a very clear image of the amount of infections and deaths. One of the reasons Belgium's mortality for instance is dire in comparison to other European nations is that deaths within elderly care facilities are counted and not written of as dying of old age or pneumonia.
tl/dr; far right goverment doesnt do shit, no solidarity, meticulous medical sector that records all deaths/infections