Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Goat]

Cheers Goat - Was actually wondering about the cases rather than the deaths - Would be interesting to see who's actually contracting it at the moment

Haven't seen any age breakdown with testing at all yet, I'm sure it's somewhere tho.

 

[peteblue]

Its a red herring that is why. Because its on the back of the eat out to help scheme and then more less dictating people back to the office, and then trying to convince that children wont spread it about at school. Anyone who has actually had and managed their own children know this is now peak time for virus illnesses...

It is indeed peak time for coughs and colds etc. As soon as I took my granddaughter back to school she developed a cold and cough. Kept her off for two days and she was fine....

 

[jaycee]

Cheers Goat - Was actually wondering about the cases rather than the deaths - Would be interesting to see who's actually contracting it at the moment

Could do with a breakdown of age,living conditions,employment,other health issues,dont know if such things are collected but it would help identifying potential hot spots

 

[Goat]

Here's something I keep thinking about.

Say they offered people the vaccine, in its current state.

How many would take it?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Here's something I keep thinking about.

Say they offered people the vaccine, in its current state.

How many would take it?

Under half the population I'd say

 

[Goat]

Under half the population I'd say

Would you Tim?

I probably would.

 

[jaycee]

Here's something I keep thinking about.

Say they offered people the vaccine, in its current state.

How many would take it?

I would though I would have reservations about it

 

[roydo]

Here's something I keep thinking about.

Say they offered people the vaccine, in its current state.

How many would take it?

I wouldnt. But not cos I am anti vax or anything; simply, it would be daft of me to introduce the risk, however small, into the house/me.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Would you Tim?

I probably would.

If it meant I could go back to normal the next day, then yes I probably would.

But I'm 27 and not aware of any underlying health issues.

If I was 50/60+ or had a health issue then I definitely wouldn't.

 

[navidson]

Could do with a breakdown of age,living conditions,employment,other health issues,dont know if such things are collected but it would help identifying potential hot spots

They'll definitely collect age and underlying health issues - I really think releasing the age data would be massively revealing

 

[jaycee]

They'll definitely collect age and underlying health issues - I really think releasing the age data would be massively revealing

Think as much data as possible can only help,though releasing age data to the public could set a trend were people think oh well im x age so I'll be sound

 

[The Missing Lineker]

I think its wishful thinking that we can prevent deaths during a pandemic.

Pandemic = deaths always has done always will.

Obviously we can try our best to limit the number of deaths but the government can not realistically see the ecomomy collapse over this.

Otherwise you may aswell never eat any fatty food as you could die tomorrow of heart disease or drive to work incase some lorry ploughs into you.

No argument with that whatsoever. The economic concerns have vast implications for the immediate and long term wellbeing of millions of people so quite correct that there should be a debate about balancing economic interests with virus containment measures as the two conflict.

What took me aback is the argument that the merits of virus containment measures should be balanced between the number of lives saved on the one hand and the ongoing existence of a sports club. Can’t have that.

 

[Goat]

I wouldnt. But not cos I am anti vax or anything; simply, it would be daft of me to introduce the risk, however small, into the house/me.

There's no real risk to anybody but the people who take it currently.

 

[Abraders]

My issue is that 'normal' is actually crap and we need to strive for a better work-life balance.

As somebody who's been confined to hospitality for a long time, lockdown was quite honestly the best I've felt mentally in a very long time.

 

[Abraders]

Odd that in Bolton, where the 10pm curfew has been introduced, there has been no clear evidence to suggest it's impacted rising cases. It's continued.

I've heard police suggest that social distancing falls apart after 10pm, but nothing evidence based to suggest that it directly contributes to rising cases or if the 10pm will have any significant benefit.

Don't you know the virus only exists after 10pm?