Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Goat]

Herd immunity will kill hundreds of thousands in Britain and Millions in the states
I dont think its a realistic option

Yeah but its sadly our only real option at this time.

We cant be locked down for 18months.

 

[Tubey]

Yes, if it already exists. Several antivirals are being tried, including those that are still in research settings without an indication. Unfortunately viruses usually require drugs that are very specific to them. If we have to start from scratch of drug development, it could take longer than vaccines.

Agree but personally I'm quite optimistic about something being found. I know most studies haven't been peer reviewed or tested in a large enough sample, but there's a few options that have shown encouraging signs and it only takes one of them to work out.

COVID-19 kills in a very precise way really - severe pneumonia compounded by existing health problems. If we can "cut the link" between COVID-19 attacking the body and causing that specific response then we have a winner.

As you say though, it's by no means guaranteed. But with this being a global catastrophe rather than just, say, an African one - where the west in particular just shrug the ol' shoulders and say "shame that" - then I can see a fast track solution being more viable than usual.

 

[Brisan123]

To be fair our lockdown is a breeze compared to some countries.

Well to lots of people in London it seems to be

 

[Tubey]

That doesn't really have anything to do with origins of disease, which would be the conspiracy theory

And which has been very definitively scientifically debunked due to telltale markers in how the virus evolved.

It quite literally couldn't have been made in a laboratory.

 

[Paris]

Well to lots of people in London it seems to be

London isn't really the UK though tbh. It may as well be a completely different country.

 

[Tubey]

London isn't really the UK though tbh. It may as well be a completely different country.

I hate London.

 

[neil999]

I hate London.

Have you got an oyster card yet?

 

[Tubey]

Have you got an oyster card yet?

No. I've actually turned down work so I don't have to go back to the place.

Anyway off topic but yeah, detest the place.

 

[canuckblue]

Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19

The Bronx Zoo in New York says this case of human-to-animal transmission appears to be unique.

www.bbc.co.uk

Tiger is called Azul.
This is a wind up surely ?

Has to be. Its head is proportionately the right size for its body.

 

[Harryflashman]

Yeah but its sadly our only real option at this time.

We cant be locked down for 18months.

im not advocating it but from day one For the life of me I can’t see any other way out of this situation that doesn’t have a degree of it at it’s core .

 

[Goat]

im not advocating it but from day one For the life of me I can’t see any other way out of this situation that doesn’t have a degree of it at it’s core .

There is simply nothing else on the table sadly.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[canuckblue]

That’s me and the missus safe then.

There's a variation of a "yer ma" joke in there somewhere...

 

[Tubey]

Everything about this from the government reeks of pure incompetence.

We're seriously getting incorrect figures because they can't be arsed having enough people in to collate the figures properly. Unreal.

 

[orly]

That doesn't really have anything to do with origins of disease, which would be the conspiracy theory

So there was nothing in there that warranted a thinly-veiled accusation then, let's be honest.

I think we all agree the Chinese COVID-19 figures are totally analogous and inaccurate, and while people shouldn't peddle baseless theories, you can kind of understand the distrust