YoboCopter
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Your all right lads, im just being very selfish
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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NilSatisOptimum
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Fair few here were calling for herd immunity back in early days it's no coincidence that the UK government was contemplating such a measure and self appointed Stepfords came chomping at the bit for some natural selection
Barnfred 55
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It would be interesting to know what they define as front line care workers. Do they mean people exposed to the covid virus on a daily basis, such as hospital staff and care home workers, or are they including all those that work in the thousands of GP surgeries around the country.
I can't speak for the country as a whole, but certainly GP surgeries down here in Cornwall have ensconced themselves within a protective ring of steel and have as much chance of contracting the virus through work as an astronaut in a space centre. So as scary as those figures appear, they may actually be getting diluted if the surgery workers are included.
spectateur
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You're told to drive on the left in your country.
You do it.
Wear a mask in indoor public places then.
The current wisdom is that antibodies, last 2/3 months before they start reducing in effectiveness, natural herd immunity in that scenario is madness and leads to unnecessary deaths and as yet in known long term health impacts. Either way Swedan has a population of north of 10 million with 80k cases, no where near making a dent in effectiveness in natural herd immunity even if it could be achieved in this instance. Their policy has led to many, many unnecessary deaths and loss of life. That article above is ridiculous, their chief CMO saying we've done well apart from all the deaths we have had. Mad.
Catfish Blues
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Nah, they're not.
If either successful treatments and/or vaccines become available in the next, say, 12 months, Sweden's strategy for dealing with the virus will look stupid, but they're not even currently the second worst in Europe for deaths per capita, never mind the world.
Belgium, UK, Spain and Italy are all worse than Sweden.
That's not defending their strategy, it's just a fact.
ForeverBlue92
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Is there any other paper worse than the daily mirror for scaremongering over this virus?
Every day its "2nd wave warning" or "pubs to reclose experts warn"
Just STFU and wait and see.
Every day its "2nd wave warning" or "pubs to reclose experts warn"
Just STFU and wait and see.
Fair dues, they were the worst in May at one point, which led to a change in policy, they basically do everything everyone else does now bar they didn't lock down. They are actually quite good on testing.
Much the same thought struck me in relation to the (Greater) Melbourne 2nd wave.
Which on its own is set to equal and or exceed the National 1st wave death total.
Then there's these 3 idiots
Who...allegedly etc.
Flew from Melbourne to Sydney after telling 1 story
Destroyed their phones, told another story to get into queensland.then in the space of 2 or 3 ds ys went to at least 25 different locations, including an old persons home where 2 of them worked, a restaurant...where 20 or 30 people were social distance dining.
Police have now come out with allegations of their links to orginised crime and a designer handbag hoist
Stupid doesn't even begin to cover it ffs
Deckard2049
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If you lose the first round in a boxing match does it mean you’ve lost the fight?
Sweden: coronavirus deaths by age groups 2023| Statista
As of January 11, 2023, the highest number of deaths due to the coronavirus in Sweden was among individuals aged 80 to 90 years old.
www.statista.com
Their number of deaths is high in the elderly and they had a massive issue in care homes. That doesn’t mean it’s ok and their chief epidemiologist acknowledged these failings and apologised for them. Little consolation to the loved ones of the bereaved of course.
The deaths per capita argument was perhaps true at one stage but it is simply not true anymore.
COVID-19 deaths per capita by country| Statista
COVID deaths worldwide were highest in Peru, topping a list that compares deaths per million in 210 countries worldwide.
www.statista.com
If you want to argue that a lockdown would have saved a majority of the deaths in Sweden then you can. I feel like that’s pretty hard to prove though. If lockdown would have saved a majority of those lives, then what does it say about other countries that have implemented them and have seen a lot of deaths? Where those people doomed no matter what? Is lockdown inherently flawed? Or is it all down to the government and the public whether they succeed or not?
As another poster stated, if a vaccine comes quickly then they’re strategy will for sure look pretty heartless. I just think this idea that lockdown= good, Sweden= bad is pretty simplistic. There’s too many variables, for example why are Belgium so hardly hit despite a stringent lockdown? Australia who boldly claimed to have beaten the virus in late May are now seeing a massive uptick in cases.
Admittedly it’s hard to debate around something when people are losing their lives, but they are an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the world.
Yet on the motorway it says no this, no them, no pedestrians, would you go for a walk there because you felt it was your right to choose?
Free speech is also your choice, yet you use that right to choose to talk shight.
You should exercise your right to remain silent...now that would be a good choice.
Billy Dean
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YoboCopter
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Fiesty one you are!
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