Sorry Beddy...you lost me at Daily Mail. Are these the same mates that were telling you that Brexit was a good thing too ? In all seriousness, IMHO (and probably 95% of the country), it is worse than flu. In fact more people have died from COVID19 this week in the UK than die from flu ALL WINTER. I worry about this world that it seems social media and 'my mate says' is beginning to be taken as the fact that experts have to disprove. The government may have handled it wrong, but it is real. Very real. IMO of course.
11,000 people currently in hospital with Covid. You don’t get those numbers with a flu epidemic, even swine flu. The national lockdown is necessary, but if the government’s own scientific advisors had been listened to, it should have been a month ago. Then it only need have been 2 or 3 weeks, rather than a month.
A 1000 people on ventilators......yes lockdown was indeed needed......in fact at least 2-3 weeks late.
Exactly. I don't ever recall there being a worry that the NHS would be overwhelmed by a flu pandemic. So yes, it's worse than flu.
At least. The best time to defuse a bomb is before it has exploded. A lot of people thought that the Australian lockdown (in response to a few hundred cases per day) was a gross overreaction...but now Australia has almost no new cases per day, and the UK/Europe have tens of thousands each.
I might add that I don’t actually agree with my mates. I was also surprised by them. I do actually speak to a couple of medical Consultants across the world one of which actually says masks are a waste of time. So I do speak to some rather outspoken people. That said that also doesn’t mean I agreed with that either.
Does that mean you have to decide who posts what where? If you don’t want to read it don’t.... nobody made you read it,!!!!
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Again, I have to ask where you find these people Beddy. There is now a very large body of scientific study on the use of masks, and it's all on the same side. If this person is a doctor, that's alarming.
In my cul-de-sac I am lucky enough to live next to a consultant and in another house a consultant's secretary (different consultant). The consultant believes when worn correctly, a mask will protect OTHERS from you. So in theory if we all wear masks, we are all protected. The secretary says masks are a waste of time and can't believe she can't go to the gym anymore. Her daughter wears a pacemaker and in lockdown v1 they always had loads of guests around. I know who I believe and trust more.
Not sure why this needed its own thread. Probably the right thing to do but we need an actual exit strategy. We can't keep going in and out of lockdowns constantly. Guess we'll find out how much schools spread it too.
