That is a fair position but you need to clarify which experts you mean, as there are quite a few that meet that criteria that don’t agree with the assessment of our experts in this case.You can either agree with medical professionals with nothing to gain either way but have spent their entire careers studying and preparing for this, or you can disagree because you think you know better.
surley a simple blood test on the deceased would seperate the figures and corrrect them,or is that beyond themDepends what is on dealth certicates,say 1 million old people who often get chest infections and pneumonia and are on tablets and inhalers die at home or in a nursing home,chances are it will be put down as pneumonia or COPD,they won't have been tested or have a post mortem,i think the official figures are WAY under the true figures
What does he mean?
He’s starting a game of coronavirus-themed guess who?They're helping?
Schools are infection hotspots.NY Times article on the effectiveness of school closures with reference to the Spanish Flu epidemic. Short version. Closing schools is an effective firewall and should be done as early as possible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/coronavirus-schools-closed.html
Ha or you could stop arguing for the sake of it and looks at what other countries are doing,if there was no benefit then all those countries and sporting events being scrapped are wrong versus our guy who you think is rightThere is a downside to every single restriction and cancellation. That's why we're not all under curfew and locked in our houses.
You do what makes an effective reduction in risk vs the disruption, and after studying it decided that sporting events aren't a big danger.
You can either agree with medical professionals with nothing to gain either way but have spent their entire careers studying and preparing for this, or you can disagree because you think you know better.
That is a fair position but you need to clarify which experts you mean, as there are quite a few that meet that criteria that don’t agree with the assessment of our experts in this case.
So you mean we can agree with these experts, or other experts, or disagree with all the experts (which, you are right, would be unreasonable at best).
I don’t see how stopping mass gatherings cannot help? It’s beyond me.
Take away the amount of players and staff that will get it so any competition won’t be viable anyway, but the journey of a fan/spectator leads to the precise breeding grounds I.e close contact, lack of washing facilities etc that they advise against in other areas of life
How do you think people get to work?Jesus christ,it is so many people packed together inside sealed units that is the problem,if there is no event on it would stop millions doing it every week
Unless Karen׳s right and there’s a load of people dying with pneumonia on their death certificate having not been tested.Boris started by saying it's somewhere between 5 and 10,000 with it currently.
which puts the mortality rate at between 0.1 and 0.5% in the UK right now.
Are you suggesting if we can’t stop contamination completely we should just say fuck it carry on regardless ?How do you think people get to work?
Lots of jobs are essential. Football matches aren’t.How do you think people get to work?
My plan is just to take it mate, if the Mrs gets it, not much chance of avoiding it then, it’ll make her feel better anyway.
It is beyond resources in normal times,let alone nowsurley a simple blood test on the deceased would seperate the figures and corrrect them,or is that beyond them
If you want direct quotes criticising the UK government’s new announcement today then you’ll have to wait a day or two.People keep saying this and yet no one has come up with anyone of note criticising the UK government's response.
NY Times article on the effectiveness of school closures with reference to the Spanish Flu epidemic. Short version. Closing schools is an effective firewall and should be done as early as possible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/coronavirus-schools-closed.html
Indeed but in times of infection you cut that down as much as possible,they are telling people to work from home whilst saying extra millions a week going to sport is no problemHow do you think people get to work?