COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Chippy_boy]

Yeah, agreed. It’s used as a justification for doing nothing, and conveniently the “delay” phase involves less testing.

If we are to assume the real number is already in the tens of thousands, we will be into the millions in around 2-3 weeks.

The last 2 days have seen ALARMING increases in the UK. We've jumped from daily increases in the 15% to 20% range to yesterday which was +28% and today +35%.

I hope to god these are outliers. because if they are not, then I agree we would be into millions infected in 2 or 3 weeks or less.

 

[cibaman]

I don't mean Italy..Italy are trying to stem the spread of the virus while the uk is doing the opposite.

No, I just meant that the age of people dying in the UK will not be too different to Italy

 

[kaz7]

The exclamation mark is a bit odd.
7 pm this evening UK time.

A new wall,10ft thick so those dirty mexicans can't spread it....except they can lob it over the top,duh

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Topic: The Coronavirus and Who is to Blame (Hint: those damn foreigners!!!)

How many times will he say 'really great'?

 

[Chippy_boy]

Nor me.
Behavioural scientists? A joke that they can call themselves scientists.

As these are unprecedented times it is impossible to translate previous patterns of lab mice behaviour on what nations of panicked, resourceful and resolute people will do.

Let's just say that were the average family to be told that they must keep their kids indoors and away from other kids, and were they to not do that then some members of the family might easily die, then I suspect the compliance rate would be a lot higher than this "well, they'd just get bored and wander off" line that's being peddled.

 

[Centurions]

The exclamation mark is a bit odd.
7 pm this evening UK time.

The idiot puts exclamation marks everywhere, it's nothing unusual for him.

Edit: I've just realised, @ancoats puts question & exclamation marks all over the place???

Is ancoats actually Donald Trump!!!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

A new wall,10ft thick so those dirty mexicans can't spread it....except they can lob it over the top,duh

It might be more fun inventing lunacies he might say than listening to the incoherent rambling.

 

[Ducado]

It all makes this governments non action (apart from more wash your hands) even more bizarre, are the government scientists using different methods that scientists from around the world? Or are we being experimented on by a group of swivel eyed loons from Tufton Street

 

[Chippy_boy]

The lack of news about increased capacity in hospitals and other sites is worrying. They are either doing little or not telling anyone. Can’t see it being the second one.

Scotland have said they are doubling the number of ICU beds. That's the good news. From 400 to 800 is the rather less good news.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

The last 2 days have seen ALARMING increases in the UK. We've jumped from daily increases in the 15% to 20% range to yesterday which was +28% and today +35%.

I hope to god these are outliers. because if they are not, then I agree we would be into millions infected in 2 or 3 weeks or less.

If the daily increase surpasses about 40%, that means a doubling every TWO days as opposed to three. It’s becoming more and more rapid.