No it isn't.
The death rate for flu is 0.1%. Covid-19 is anywhere between 10 times and 60 times more deadly (1%-6%).
And no-one on earth is immune to it.
The issue we have to worry about is if it overwhelms the health service. Everyone who need critical treatment is buggered (strokes/ heart attacks/ car crashes/etc) because there's no ICU beds.
Fun fact: Italy has twice as many ICU beds per person than the UK.
A vaccine in years away sadly and imagine the demand.
Hopefully everyone that thinks it's just a flu catches it first.
Then they'll be able to tell us all about it.
Unless they die. Won't that be ironic.
we are all worried, but we have still to work, go to the shops etc... how do we be MORE responsible?? I'm trying my best?Although not in the age range deemed most at risk due to my circumstances I have a flu jab every year so i am safe from that.
This seems super contagious and far more dangerous than the flu.
The most worrying thing is that people without symptoms are passing it on. Read a story in states where 40% of people at a party got it even though no one had symptoms.
I am worried. Everybody should be.
If everyone who gets it passes it on to 2 to 3 people as seems to be average it will continue to spiral.
So If you do that you will likely even if not directly through passing it along the chain hold some responsibility for people dying.
So are you are ok with that?
Many will die,
Too many selfish people around with an 'Im alright Jack' attitude.
If you fit into that camp. Hope you are happy with yourselves & no one close to you suffers..
Cheers Insider.Timpers. That really is awful news. Lets hope you are all Ok.
I assume you are all self isolating?
Get well soon, the thoughts of all the Insider family are with you.
I know its difficult All you can do really is follow hygiene procedures & responsibly cut down on social contact especially larger gatherings.we are all worried, but we have still to work, go to the shops etc... how do we be MORE responsible?? I'm trying my best?
Heard anecdotally of a company meeting in Boston where 80 people attended, 40 subsequently tested positive. This was from someone in the know not someone down the pub.Although not in the age range deemed most at risk due to my circumstances I have a flu jab every year so i am safe from that.
This seems super contagious and far more dangerous than the flu.
The most worrying thing is that people without symptoms are passing it on. Read a story in states where 40% of people at a party got it even though no one had symptoms.
I am worried. Everybody should be.
If everyone who gets it passes it on to 2 to 3 people as seems to be average it will continue to spiral.
So If you do that you will likely even if not directly through passing it along the chain hold some responsibility for people dying.
So are you are ok with that?
Many will die,
Too many selfish people around with an 'Im alright Jack' attitude.
If you fit into that camp. Hope you are happy with yourselves & no one close to you suffers..
El B Thats scary Yes to me the most worrying thing is the ease with which it seems to be passed on.Heard anecdotally of a company meeting in Boston where 80 people attended, 40 subsequently tested positive. This was from someone in the know not someone down the pub.
The way we are heading, more countries are going to close borders/airports.... where will it all end?
I have a skiing holiday in Canada in April...... the airport, (Vancouver) is till open along with the resort (Whistler) & the airline is still flying there (Lufthansa)... but for how long...???
Nope not balls to my ski trip... its important to me... & Im still going..Sorry I think people such as yourself are really not getting it at all. With the greatest respect, balls to your skiing holiday. It does not register anywhere on the Richter scale of misfortune right now.
It worries me that people aren't getting it and I wonder what it is going to take. Here in Holland the situation is nuts, nobody cares at all. Had a situation at work where I had to talk to some military police and they both went to shake my hand after. The high street in my village was jam packed today like any other Saturday and full of elderly like any other Saturday. The train to work, jam packed with people over 60, and it goes through Schiphol so lots of tourists getting on everyday. Today I watched a whole queue of people all run their hands across the handle of a door that was already open, just force of habit.
It's sort of like when you're in the relegation zone by 25 points and somebody says 'well it's still mathematically possible we could stay up'. That's the hope most European governments seem to be clinging to, and as long as any government has the wrong attitude there will of course be lots of people willing to take that side of the story just for peace of mind, rather than inform themselves and look around the bull.
The fact is, if everybody was educated and consistent, then it actually would not be so bad ultimately. But people are burying their heads in the sand so there is no chance it's getting better any time soon. Unless by miracle.
Bloke just rang in to 5live on their scare talk in. He is coughing and has a temperature but has an asthmatic wife and 5 kids with various conditions. When told by the expert to self isolate he replied "You can't not hug your kids or sleep with your wife for a week".FFS. It's like listening to a load of half cut people in the boozer.
"My mates got it ... dropped dead in half a day" ....
"Bloke next door got it ... ran a marathon next day" ...
Just follow Klopps lead. Don't guess or spout on about things you know fuck all about.
Find an expert you trust and listen to what they are saying. There's plenty of educated and rational advice and opinion out there.
El B. I've seen that posted somewhere on social media, could have even been on here.
Scary reading that is. Personally I think our "experts" have got it wrong with this "herd immunity" approach and I think in the coming weeks this will be proven to be a huge mistake. Hope I'm wrongCoronavirus Update (Live): 138,620,572 Cases and 2,979,194 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer
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I'd set off now,it's a long walk....Nope not balls to my ski trip... its important to me... & Im still going..
Spot on ....we are never short of Fools mateFFS. It's like listening to a load of half cut people in the boozer.
"My mates got it ... dropped dead in half a day" ....
"Bloke next door got it ... ran a marathon next day" ...
Just follow Klopps lead. Don't guess or spout on about things you know fuck all about.
Find an expert you trust and listen to what they are saying. There's plenty of educated and rational advice and opinion out there.
Wtf do you know?..what if it comes back in China twice as strong next year because they have taken this action and have no immunity.....you are just spouting pal.....or are you a scientist or Doctor?Most people think our so called 'experts' have got it wrong with the 'herd immunity' nonsense Bennys. The real experts say immunity can only happen if 40m Brits are infected first. The real experts are the Chinese, who seem to be getting on top of the problem. They say only two rules to follow: diagnose early and quarantine.
People are still flying into the UK from Italy without so much as having their temperatures taken.New Zealand have done the right thing, closed down completely, no flights or cruise ships allowed in. That’s the way to protect your people and we’re an island, it couldn’t be easier. Anyone coming back to the U.K. to have 14 days quarantine.
I’m in Sydney at the moment due back on 28th, been trying to change my flight with Etihad to get back earlier, but just can’t contact them. When I try to change online it refers me to a phone number which I’ve been ringing since Friday morning without anyone answering. I hung on two and a quarter hours last time. Also tried emailing every Etihad email address I can find and don’t get any reply, it’s a joke.