you are of course right. I thought this might focus people a bit, but ultimately we have very short memories and get comfortable again quickly
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And if they bought you a lager they would tell you that it is a bitter.
roydo
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Its not an exact science, medicine that is, neither. Every doctor or nurse will tell stories of the utterly inexplicable recovery, and sadly, the opposite. They, we, can only deal in probabilities, and the probability is that if you are in poor health, its more likely you will perish from a brush with this.
Its less likely you will if you are healthy, but by no means certain.
Toast
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Keith Richards is 76.
Go figure.
You’ve only got to go outside any hospital A&E dept and there’ll be people outside with oxygen bottles strapped to them and they’re still having a ciggy.
roydo
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Quite. Fit as a ferret him.
There is also a line of thinking that suggests that genetics also factor into things.
Basically its a lottery, anybody can get it and anybody can die from it.
if you are a porker with diabetes who smokes 20 a day you are buying a lot more tickets for that lottery
Every time I go the Doctors to have my bloods and blood pressure checked I go the bakery over the road afterwards, if its bad news I only have 1 pastie, if its good news I have a pastie and a butty.
*buys 10 weeks
roydo
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There are plenty of lines of thought mate. Believe me. Been slowly filling Mrs R in on the details of her recent(ish) messing us all about, and likewise.
Weird does not do some of mutual experiences justice.
You'd trust Johnson though?
I'm sure you are as healthy as a clam mate
OnlyBlueWillDo
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Trump has realised his presidency is at serious risk the way he has handled Covid and is looking to pass the buck any way he can now to save his own neck.Completely lost head
Trump retweets call to fire Fauci amid coronavirus criticism
President Donald Trump fueled more speculation about the future of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday, retweeting a conservative who called for the top infectious disease specialist to be fired after he said in a CNN interview more could have been done to prevent the spread of coronavirus.edition.cnn.com
Kenshin
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You say it there yourselfYou seem to assume everybody reads just headlines.
The Dog leash story clearly stated he was in the hospital for something else, tested positive but has no symptoms.
Im honestly missing your point to be honest.
All the information is there if you look for it.
Coronavirus: Another 717 coronavirus patients die in UK hospitals - taking total to 11,329
Among the latest people to have died with COVID-19 is a 17-year-old.news.sky.com
Patients were aged between 17 and 101 - and 40 of those (aged 37 to 98) had no underlying health conditions.
Patients between 17 and 101. Isn't that misleading in itself?
If there was 100 cases and one was 17 and the rest was over 80 for example, it's misleading to talk about a 80 plus age gap for the sake of one person. It's not reporting the mass majority of the age group that is being affected, just generalising it to literally say everyone between 17 and 101.
That's where it is misleading. They don't know every case sure, but they do know the rough ages. So instead of reporting it as it is , it's twisted for scare factor. I mean how many 17 year olds have died with the virus? That's the difference in how the information is presented, which creates fear, is having a massive negative effect on mental health. This is just for an example but if 10000 have died and 9000 of them were over 75, shouldn't that be reported that way?
But I'm not talking about the official news post that goes out each day. I'm talking about the handful of articles produced each day with little to no information provided in the article because they have pulled it from Facebook. So really it's just headlines filled with the same information to justify having said article. That's what gets shared about, that's what is misleading people, scaring people.
There isn't a sensible reporting model being followed. Even the dagleish story , yes the article may have said that for.the most part but not all of them did. In fact I read one that said he was in hospital for the virus. Did that have to be a headline story though? Given he had no symptoms at all? What was the purpose of that story?
Also side point , what happened to the 13 year old that died? No mention anymore, despite them raising over 60 grand for the family? Was that story wrong? No mention on sky news there.
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