COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[SebastianBlue]

Happy Birthday and no.

Cheers... and I am SHOCKED to hear that!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

So am I, I am very concerned. I am also aware that there are very large discrepancies between , numbers affected, numbers tested, treatment standards, and death rates between countries so far. I am also aware that our own chief medical officer stated that it was too early to precisely tell how badly this could affect our country. I am sure its going to be bad. Anyway have a good day.

Comfort as follows:
It seems to be past its peak in China.
The high death rates in Italy are still among the elderly and already ill (like flu)
The discrepancy between numbers may be due to the high numbers of infected folk who are unaffected or not really getting very sick at all.
No one in govt is going to gamble their career on predicting the course ov covid in the uk at this stage - it doesn't mean it's time to panic buy tin-foil to make hats.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I'm still blaming the space lizards.






****.

Can’t blame space lizard genitalia for this one, mate. Probably can for a lot of other viruses, but scientists have ruled it out for this variety.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Which. Is. An. Order. Of. Magnitude. Greater. Than. Fucking. Flu.

Well I tried. I refuse to discuss anything on a forum when people revert to swearing at me to try and get their point across.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Well I tried. I refuse to discuss anything on a forum when people revert to swearing at me to try and get their point across.

Ignore him; he’s a ****.

 

[Chippy_boy]

it doesn't mean it's time to panic buy tin-foil to make hats.

Not least if you own 3 already.

 

[marco]

Whilst we won’t get an accurate figure for the mortality rate until it’s over it is possible to get a reasonable estimate from what’s happened in China so far now that the number of new cases is down to a trickle and that estimate is good enough for everyone to know that it’s at least an order of magnitude greater than seasonal flu.

we dont know these figure are reliable in China,China could easly say its clearing up the get the economy going again,there were reports that the death rate could have had a few more zeros at the end,the crematoria were working 24/7 according to an inside video of an undertaker, something has gone on in Italy with the figures,maybe because its a close contact country,think Germany now is our best option to monitor although were only around a week behind them catching up on figures

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Ignore him; he’s a ****.

It's already done.

 

[Blue Smarties]

I'm still blaming the space lizards.






****.

I personally think we should put all the disease ridden folk on a few boats and sail them off the side of our flat earth.

 

[mcfc1632]

In on a short derby (i.e. City smashing the rags) viewing break from my birthday jollies.

No doubt I have missed a calm, reasonable, respectful, compassionate, practical, evidence-based discussion of COVID-19 without personal feuds, general handbags, and nutter theories disrupting the flow of the thread.

Given the number of posts/pages, I have managed to avoid reading any nonsense between posters - just reading every 5th page and looking for genuine information.

Generally I have just alighted on the informative posts and I must say that the thread has been informative to me - even if only some pointers have led me on to other articles - maybe I have been lucky.

But I do think that this is going to get a lot worse before it starts a road towards being resolved/finished. No science or knowledge behind that - just convinced that the 'undercurrent' from what I am hearing from government briefings is just part of a 'handling strategy'.

I have been moved to take steps to be able to isolate the our family of 3 for a month at minimum - and I have decided not to go up to the game today - so I must be taking it seriously!!

I just hope that my fears are not proven to be well-founded and in a few months I look back and think about what a mardarse I was