COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[grunge]

44 people are catching it for every 1 million that exist in the UK. 44 X 66 = 2,904.

Think you imagined 1 in 44 million.

thats how I read it... Doh.

 

[twosips]

44 people are catching it for every 1 million that exist in the UK. 44 X 66 = 2,904.

Think you imagined 1 in 44 million.

Read it back and I did the same again! Yeah, misread it. Apologies. Of course on any single day, that's not too much, but the odds shorten and shorten in time.

 

[kaz7]

Great news! Not a silver bullet, but another thing that should lessen the deaths :)

I was just looking at that, that is great news, also weird how at the start i think steroids were seen as bad ? I might have dreamed that though, now two are being used with great effect

 

[Healdplace]

I also think at the start they felt that those taking common ACE Inhibitors were at greater risk but now they seem to think they might atually be protective.

Science learns by experience. This pandemic has seen new things realised almost daily. Often beneficial ones.

 

[cleavers]

I was just looking at that, that is great news, also weird how at the start i think steroids were seen as bad ? I might have dreamed that though, now two are being used with great effect

No you're not wrong, my missus and dad both take steroids, and there was definitely a warning early on that it put them at greater risk, my wife basically self isolated for the first 2 months because of that and another drug that was considered an issue, she went out but not any shops only for outdoor walks.

 

[kaz7]

No you're not wrong, my missus and dad both take steroids, and there was definitely a warning early on that it put them at greater risk, my wife basically self isolated for the first 2 months because of that and another drug that was considered an issue, she went out but not any shops only for outdoor walks.

Thanks , i thought they were seen as putting you at higher risk, i think it was seen as the body had to have some inflamation to kick off the healing process as with when you break a bone you cant be on steroids. Good news they can now be used on the sickest patients to keep them alive

 

[shemnel]

Odds of catching covid are currently 44 in a million per day, let that sink in.

well, not quite, as each person's fate is partially in their own hands, so to speak. I could nip out the pub all day every day and get in people's faces and generally be a bellend and increase my 'odds' compared to lonely Joe who never ventures out and gets his shopping delivered to his door. Also i may live rurally or i may live in extended families in a densely populated inner city area. Plus society is not as active as it was, so general rates of transmission of quite a few infectious diseases are currently down.

BUT i believe your point stands. I also believe media hype has an important role here and that society is NOT crumbling at the edges. We sadly had a systemic shock with a new virus that ripped through older and frailer people due to one or more catastrophic errors in governance. Society is carrying on out there, dont forget to actually live your lives people, but just be kinder and more considerate to others and be more aware of what implications your actions might have, at least for a while.

 

[Healdplace]

All settings deaths 10.

New cases up to 1508

So 1239 from England which does not bode well locally.

 

[nellyonthewing]

well, not quite, as each person's fate is partially in their own hands, so to speak. I could nip out the pub all day every day and get in people's faces and generally be a bellend and increase my 'odds' compared to lonely Joe who never ventures out and gets his shopping delivered to his door. Also i may live rurally or i may live in extended families in a densely populated inner city area. Plus society is not as active as it was, so general rates of transmission of quite a few infectious diseases are currently down.

BUT i believe your point stands. I also believe media hype has an important role here and that society is NOT crumbling at the edges. We sadly had a systemic shock with a new virus that ripped through older and frailer people due to one or more catastrophic errors in governance. Society is carrying on out there, dont forget to actually live your lives people, but just be kinder and more considerate to others and be more aware of what implications your actions might have, at least for a while.

Shame common sense isn't catching... Good summary of the real world.

 

[Healdplace]

Regional scoreboard reflects these rises sadly.

London 190 - up only slightly from 188

Midlands 175 - up from 101 to highest in 5 days.

Yorks 191 up from 117 though lower than 3 days ago.

And North West 280 - up from 200 to around where we were a week ago. Though it has been worse. Not often.