Well, it is comparable to the flu. If the flu didn't have a vaccine to stop it. And it was the 1918 Spanish Flu. This is pretty astounding:
A very interesting video, but I still can't find any connection. Why were the 20-40 yo's more at risk then, what is the difference? I think I'd feel more comfortable knowing it was following a similar pattern! And China are really pissing me off, telling the world they are over it, and lets see how you lot in the West do......I'd get Ally McBeal on their ass as soon as civiliazation is back on its feet and sue the **** out of them for the rape of those poor creatures in Wuhan! (this is the view of HR and is separate from the views of NOT606 if the Chinese government is monitoring this channel)
They also researched, sequenced and shared with the scientific world every inch of information that they found about this. As soon as they had it. They gave out the playbook on how to mitigate its damage. Nothing was secret and now they’re sending their gear and expertise all over the world.
They also researched, sequenced and shared with the scientific world every inch of information that they found about this ------------ Sorry who, the Chinese?
My wife rang me earlier and said how busy the were at work today (she works in retail) and because of it her bosses not even considering shutting.
What happened with Spanish flu was that people’s own immune systems killed them, by reacting to the virus. Just as when you have a cold, most of the symptoms you have are due to your own body fighting the infection, but with Spanish flu it was far more extreme, so that the fitter and stronger you were the more you reacted, and you ended up literally drowning in your own mucus. As I understand it, Covid-19 is completely different in that our bodies don’t fight it in the same way, so immune systems react differently.
This is what strong [virulent even] viruses can do when you've got nothing to combat them other than good habits and isolation. The thing is, in 1918 they didn't fully understand what the best practices were, but they still wore face masks, at least. So the 1918 Spanish Flu killed between 50 and 100 million people, because it couldn't be stopped. The comparison here is that Covid-19 won't be stopped sooner if we don't adopt good sanitary habits too. We have nothing to combat it - yet. BTW, on the subject of panic buying. We kind of hang our heads that humanity completely loses its sense of society, when faced with problems in this modern world. But they did panic buy at the onset of the world wars as well. You could almost certainly say, "ah, but with greater reason." But we live in the world we were born into, and we tend to react the same to circumstances beyond our control. [wait for a chorus of "I didn't." No, nor did I, but people do] I'd like to know whether there was panic buying before the Spanish Flu took place, or were the circumstances keenly reported enough to start a round of panic buying? It doesn't usually take a lot to make people start.
Would love to know the answer to that. Can only imagine how bad the panic was, but the reaction is another thing. Right, back to depressing Nirvana songs. Bye.
Nice one Nige. Picnics are great. I love them. A decade or so back, I even bought a rucksack that had all the necessaries [apart from the food] to entertain a picnic. We put it in the boat and sailed along the south coast, to fetch up on a beach, and break out the picnic. We didn't forget the food. Or, even more importantly, the red wine.
Kinda, from what I've read. Spanish influenza killed via cytokine storm (immune overreaction), but there's a fair bit of evidence that COVID-19 may cause them as well, which explains why you see some young, otherwise healthy people needing intensive care alongside the old or infirm. Treatments exist to combat cytokine storm syndrome, and I've seen a lot of health orgs warning frontline staff to test for it and administer those treatments where necessary.
Believe me, I understand the sentiment completely. But it's likely going to be a necessary step to limit the number of funerals we will all need to attend.
