COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[meltonblue]

There are levels though. As much as mass hysteria isn't wanted, neither is people thinking this is no different to the seasonal flu.

This needs everyone to take action in order to combat it and everyone to think selflessly rather than selfishly. People personally may be low risk if they were to get it, they could well be carriers and pass it on to someone at higher risk before they even realise though.

No one should be predominately thinking "I'll be fine". People should be thinking "what do I need to do to make sure everyone is at as low a risk as possible, not just me".

 

[squirtyflower]

Can we now stop the thread being disrupted by arguments that should either not be on the board or personal arguments spilling over from other threads.

 

[jimharri]

@purplenose and @Chippy_boy

Do us a favour lads, take your argument to pms. Thanks.

 

[marco]

so which dirty bastards havnt wiped their arse this morning

 

[yeseye]

Have you got any spares pal?

 

[west didsblue]

It's about the same really for healthy young and mid aged people. There isnt a signifciant difference, it's not orders of magnitude and no doubt the figures are not that accurate as yet as many people don't even go to the doc's with normal flu. It's posts like this that cause the panic the media are causing imo.

It’s posts like this that demonstrate utter ignorance of the facts.

 

[Ban-jani]

Germany 800 cases and 0 deaths so far.

Hopefully a sign that if you do the right things with patients they will survive.

 

[Marvin]

I just want to repeat this so we are on the same page:

3.4% Covid across the population of those infected

0.1% Flu across the population of this infected.

Flu is well-characterised. COVID19 is not. We don't know the infection rates therefore we don't know the fatality rates.

 

[SWP's back]

Flu is well-characterised. COVID19 is not. We don't know the infection rates therefore we don't know the fatality rates.

Hmmm, listen to CDC and WHO or Marvin?

Toughie.

 

[Marvin]

If you don't have a vaccine, and you don't have effective drug treatment, then isolation is the only defence to break transmission. But you need to test people to know who to isolate. That is what needs to happen. Korea did that.