COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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jay_mcfc said:
I was only talking about the solved cases not including those currently in hospital or ill at home.
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I was referring to the original post that said 71% of people that get admitted to hospital die. I don’t k that’s right as there are still loads in hospital that are alive but not represented in the stats. I haven’t seen the stats you are going off to be fair so may be wrong.
 
True_Blue69 said:
I was referring to the original post that said 71% of people that get admitted to hospital die. I don’t k that’s right as there are still loads in hospital that are alive but not represented in the stats. I haven’t seen the stats you are going off to be fair so may be wrong.
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Yeah, having thought about it, you might be right.

So they say the virus lasts a week in normal folk.

But I've not heard how long a properly ill person continues to suffer. So many of the open cases may still be people who were admitted in the early days, but still require medical care.

If so, it shows how thinly stretched the NHS is going to be, and that we need a lockdown.
 
Are we even testing everyone dying of "underlying health problems"? What about post-mortems? At least one town has problems with that - some of the pathologists are over 70!
 
Chippy_boy said:
What a total wanker Tim Martin is. In every conceivable respect. Absolute scum of an individual.
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He is a very good example of how people can create scenarios that benefit them personally. You can convince yourself of most things if you really want something bad enough.
 
jay_mcfc said:
Of 326 closed cases in the UK, 233 have died and 93 have recovered. 71% death rate. I think that means 71% of people that go to hospital will die of it? (correct me if I'm wrong).

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
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Your forgetting the people yet to recover who are still in hospital. It's a pipeline. You go in, most of those who are to recover come out after 3 weeks. Those still in after 3 weeks have less than a 20% chance of surviving and will probably have health issues going forward. It's grim.
 
Help me with the science on titer (concentration) of the virus. Presumably the likelihood of infection diminishes with lower titers (so you get "more" of the virus 1 meter from an infected person than 2 meters) - but is it possible that those who are asymptomatic (or have it mild) have had a smaller dose and a chance for a antibodies to develop (rather than being "naturally" immune)?
 
Vic said:
Help me with the science on titer (concentration) of the virus. Presumably the likelihood of infection diminishes with lower titers (so you get "more" of the virus 1 meter from an infected person than 2 meters) - but is it possible that those who are asymptomatic (or have it mild) have had a smaller dose and a chance for a antibodies to develop (rather than being "naturally" immune)?
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No one is naturally immune, as it's a new virus, you're correct.

It's pure chance. If your immune system woke up early and had it's weetabix (healthy eating, exercise, good hygiene, yeah I'm not the best at these things, hygiene aside) the day you came into contact, you've got a good chance of beating it before it takes a hold. I don't think it's anything to do with the strain of the virus you've contracted.

Antibody tests are on their way soon, and they will be the fucking game changer that let's us turn the tide with this ****.
 
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