Off Topic Corona virus

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ellandback said:
How come we have such a high death rate. Its about 12 percent
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As mentioned above, we have only been testing hospital admissions until middle of last week. Very few got tested outside of hospitals. The 12% death rate is if you get bad enough to go in to hospital. Once in hospital you will currently have 12% chance of death. Obviously this number is influenced hugely by age and health.

The problem is that if you are exposed to a really small amount of virus you are more likely to survive. If you are exposed to a shed load of it then you go downhill quickly. That's why a large % of deaths are in fit people working in hospitals. They are exposed to it and without PPE they just have to hold their breath and hope for the best!

So basically you are already in a bad way and can't fight these viruses off and then you get shoved in a ward with a load of others breathing it out. It's not good.
 
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lifecheshirewhite said:
Was interesting until, the link between an epicenter having possibly 15% having had the virus was then linked to the whole of Germany having maybe 14% which was totally unsubstantiated
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Completely agree. But you can see how it could scale up.

I can't fathom how many cases there really have been.
 
Emu said:
As mentioned above, we have only been testing hospital admissions until middle of last week. Very few got tested outside of hospitals. The 12% death rate is if you get bad enough to go in to hospital. Once in hospital you will currently have 12% chance of death. Obviously this number is influenced hugely by age and health.

The problem is that if you are exposed to a really small amount of virus you are more likely to survive. If you are exposed to a shed load of it then you go downhill quickly. That's why a large % of deaths are in fit people working in hospitals. They are exposed to it and without PPE they just have to hold their breath and hope for the best!
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Yes, 48 bus drivers from New York alone have died from it.

Cashiers working at the supermarkets on minimum wage are at great risk too.
 
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TC (Lovely Geezer) said:
Yes, 48 bus drivers from New York alone have died from it.

Cashiers working at the supermarkets on minimum wage are at great risk too.
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Absolutely. I know at the local hospital there have been around 20 deaths but although the wards are sealed off the virus has somehow got in to the cardiac ward and the stroke ward. These poor ****ers are just going about hoping that their masks don't start to leak. Must be terrifying.
 
Whitejock said:
So says you. Again, as usual, an opinion presented as fact. Not one single piece of evidence to support your assertion. You could be right. I honestly don't know the details, but clearly neither do you, or you would be trying to embarrass me with links to the backup data. Instead, you're just trying ....
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I find it quite funny that you of all people are saying Boris should have locked down 3 weeks earlier, when we had no deaths and 39 cases, yes that was 2 March, 3 weeks earlier,are you the same WJ who was complaining about countries locking down and spoiling your holiday when it wasn't needed.
 
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Eireleeds1 said:
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You know I'm not one to argue <whistle> but how did we get 9,000 new cases if we only tested 1,500 or you on about Ireland, if that's the case blame you friends the Germans, aren't they doing most of your tests as a thank you for Your Hitler support during the war :grin:
 
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lifecheshirewhite said:
You know I'm not one to argue <whistle> but how did we get 9,000 new cases if we only tested 1,500 or you on about Ireland, if that's the case blame you friends the Germans, aren't they doing most of your tests as a thank you for Your Hitler support during the war :grin:
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Testing centre in Milton Keynes. Geography was never my strongpoint but don’t think Milton Keynes is either in Ireland or Germany
 
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Eireleeds1 said:
I do my praying in same spot as shaks so that won’t worry me. Whoever does what though, seriously hope your figures soon start to show some serious improvements. 10k deaths is terrible <ok>
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Yes it is, think by next W/E we might see some improvement, although compared to New York we've seen nothing yet.
 
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