Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Catfish Blues]

I’m at the point with Covid as I think many others are, where less than 100 deaths per day cannot be deemed a reason to continue locking down society.

I think the issue is more about making sure those numbers don't start to increase again because too much was relaxed, too soon.

With something like 1 in 1500 people currently infected, and probably infectious to some degree, then transmission could easily ramp up again, leading to increased deaths three to five weeks down the line.

Is there such a thing as "acceptable deaths" ? Well yes, though it's not terminology which I'm comfortable using, but if overall deaths ( including COVID ) are at or below average, then, at a macro level, that's probably acceptable, at least until we have a treatment or vaccine anyway.

But I'd struggle to sell that concept to someone who's about to lose a loved one to COVID.

 

[Amw79]

Again I’m not sure of the relevance to my comments.

I’ve not said anywhere that Coronavirus isn’t killing people nor that we can go back to how things were before the outbreak.

Worth noting that graphic only shows 7% of total deaths. It’s strange to me that it omits the two largest killers globally, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

You mentioned how Covid currently compared favourably to seasonal flu, and also referenced alcohol deaths, so seemed pretty relevant to see how Covid sped past those causes during the exponential spread.

Yeah, I know it doesn’t include all causes, cancer and heart disease would likely be massively higher.

 

[Brennan]

You mentioned how Covid currently compared favourably to seasonal flu, and also referenced alcohol deaths, so seemed pretty relevant to see how Covid sped past those causes during the exponential spread.

Yeah, I know it doesn’t include all causes, cancer and heart disease would likely be massively higher.

They are. And if we as a population ate more healthily and exercised more you would save more lives than Coronavirus has killed. The ONS estimates 140,000 deaths per year in the UK are avoidable through health care and public health measures.

It’s all relative.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Well who would have thought it? Dex is being hailed as the wonder drug in the fight against COVID-19.

known in climbing circles as the magic tab. Sorted me out on Aconcagua when I had symptoms of pulmonary odeama.

 

[Amw79]

They are. And if we as a population ate more healthily and exercised more you would save more lives than Coronavirus has killed. The ONS estimates 140,000 deaths per year in the UK are avoidable through health care and public health measures.

It’s all relative.

Sure, and we should take appropriate steps to limit avoidable deaths, at the individual level, and at the social level, hence high taxes on smoking and drinking, widespread vaccination for the vulnerable against seasonal flu, and appropriate Covid spread limitation measures to avoid us slipping back into an exponential growth situation.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Well who would have thought it? Dex is being hailed as the wonder drug in the fight against COVID-19.

known in climbing circles as the magic tab. Sorted me out on Aconcagua when I had symptoms of pulmonary odeama.

Know anyone selling lad?

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Know anyone selling lad?

The yanks used to rock-up at base camp with bags full of the stuff. Dishing it out like sweets. Must be dead easy to get hold of it over there.

 

[Toast]

Know anyone selling lad?

It also gives you a boner mate.
I’d be careful in your current mood.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

@COYBL25 whats happening with your mate who was flapping about the dogging expedition to the Lakes?

 

[COYBL25]

@COYBL25 whats happening with your mate who was flapping about the dogging expedition to the Lakes?

He is still ploughing through his pasta and bog roll stock pile and refusing to leave the house.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

He is still ploughing through his pasta and bog roll stock pile and refusing to leave the house.

Sounds a bit of a fanny mate - I'll cum if you pay for me

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Well who would have thought it? Dex is being hailed as the wonder drug in the fight against COVID-19.

known in climbing circles as the magic tab. Sorted me out on Aconcagua when I had symptoms of pulmonary odeama.

Curious to know why it was stated to cost pounds here and pennies for the rest of the world?

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Curious to know why it was stated to cost pounds here and pennies for the rest of the world?

Dunno mate. Got mine on prescription from my GP before my trip. Had to jump through hoops to get it.

 

[Hickson9]

Government releases the BAME, Covid-19 report and it has found that structural racism in our society may have been a direct contributor to more BAME people dying.

The Government's own report.

It makes it even harder for people to refuse to believe structural racism exists, including on here.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Dunno mate. Got mine on prescription from my GP before my trip. Had to jump through hoops to get it.

Does my head the UK we are such control freaks compared to the rest of world on pharmaceuticals.
Just curious on the pricing the expert used.