Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[brieverton]

That doesn't really change my point. Not everyone who sleeps with an HIV positive person gets HIV. Not everyone in my office catches my cold. Looks like not everyone exposed to COVID develops it.
Edit: doesn't mean I don't think we should avoid risks like that.

It seems the viral load that a person is exposed to at the time of infection is a key determinant of how serious an illness will develop, if any symptoms occur at all. A few nano droplets from a distance isn't the same as someone coughing or sneezing in your face.

It's another argument for the use of face masks in particular. Clearly nobody sane wants to contract the virus, but if you are in a situation where you are exposed, then the greater the degree of protection the better, quite obviously.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Constant knee jerk, with no cohesive plan and certainly no continuity whatsoever.

There's a real risk that people will simply tune out, especially when you see Stanley seemingly unable to follow rules. If you can't get your own father on board...

 

[Kenshin]

Why aren't said people taking it upon themselves to go home and citing common sense as the reason?

Because upper management have told them not to. Only if they display symptoms can they do that.

Literally the only staff that have gone have all been around them sitting where the phone will be but it doesn't factor in that person moving about.

They say because they have implemented a mask policy in the office that everyone else is fine. Disregarding the touching things around the room and all the rest.

 

[Kenshin]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...rington-hartlepool-and-middlesbrough-12086656

Tougher coronavirus restrictions are being imposed on people living in the Liverpool city region, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said residents in the areas should not socially mix with those from other households - except in outdoor spaces like parks and outdoor hospitality settings.

And he warned against "all but essential travel" - meaning people can still go to work and school.

The government has not confirmed when the changes will come into effect.

Sorry but that is incompetence at its finest.

Tougher restrictions being imposed but no idea when?

What's the point in that?! Either implement them now or don't bother saying it.

 

[YoboCopter]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...rington-hartlepool-and-middlesbrough-12086656



Sorry but that is incompetence at its finest.

Tougher restrictions being imposed but no idea when?

What's the point in that?! Either implement them now or don't bother saying it.

lol lollol Wtf

 

[ToffeeTim]

There's a real risk that people will simply tune out, especially when you see Stanley seemingly unable to follow rules. If you can't get your own father on board...

Consent is the crucial element with these rules. If you change the rules every other day, make up illogical rules, fail to convince people of the scientific benefit of the rules, and look generally incompetent in the process, then it's no wonder that consent will fall away.

The overwhelming majority of people are responsible, and feel they are being constrained due to the actions of the few.

 

[-Rob-]

No, not really... you're ignoring the obvious % of those things happening.

If you'd have said driving your car head first into another car then that would have made more sense.

So you're assuming that being blown off a peak in extremely high winds (fairly high chance) is on a par with catching covid?

A few months ago during the peak of the pandemic you might have been right but the chances of catching it now have reduced dramatically. The herd immunity has started to kick in and if it's true that most people only catch it once then the chances of catching it are going to continue to fall in the future. It may never go away but it'll become less and less of a day to day problem.

 

[Nymzee]

So you're assuming that being blown off a peak in extremely high winds (fairly high chance) is on a par with catching covid?

A few months ago during the peak of the pandemic you might have been right but the chances of catching it now have reduced dramatically. The herd immunity has started to kick in and if it's true that most people only catch it once then the chances of catching it are going to continue to fall in the future. It may never go away but it'll become less and less of a day to day problem.

Where did I say it's on par? You're really not understanding the analogy are you lol never mind chap.

 

[davek]

So you're assuming that being blown off a peak in extremely high winds (fairly high chance) is on a par with catching covid?

A few months ago during the peak of the pandemic you might have been right but the chances of catching it now have reduced dramatically. The herd immunity has started to kick in and if it's true that most people only catch it once then the chances of catching it are going to continue to fall in the future. It may never go away but it'll become less and less of a day to day problem.

WTaF.

And your statistical evidence for that is what?

 

[-Rob-]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...rington-hartlepool-and-middlesbrough-12086656



Sorry but that is incompetence at its finest.

Tougher restrictions being imposed but no idea when?

What's the point in that?! Either implement them now or don't bother saying it.

Preston was put in to lockdown at a rate of 49 infections per 100,000 but since then it has risen to 199 per 100,000 which shows that the restrictions don't work.
All it proves is that people living in the areas with restrictions are more likely to go and get tested which drives the numbers up. It doesn't necessarily mean the numbers are actually any higher, it means perfectly healthy people with no symptoms are getting tests, being positive and boosting the stats.

 

[-Rob-]

WTaF.

And your statistical evidence for that is what?

If that's a question you have to ask then I assume you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months. The stats are literally all over the place. Look at the infection rate curve over the last 6 months. Look at the number of people that have had covid in the past compared to the number of people getting it now.

 

[davek]

If that's a question you have to ask then I assume you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months. The stats are literally all over the place. Look at the infection rate curve over the last 6 months. Look at the number of people that have had covid in the past compared to the number of people getting it now.

It's something like 6% nationwide. Herd immunity is 60%+.

Unreal.

 

[tsubaki]

If that's a question you have to ask then I assume you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months. The stats are literally all over the place. Look at the infection rate curve over the last 6 months. Look at the number of people that have had covid in the past compared to the number of people getting it now.

the previous statistics were from when there wasn’t anywhere near as much testing going on

 

[Charro]

Does Davek know about Corbyn breaking the rules yet?

 

[YoboCopter]

Myth