Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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Adam-GOTTV said:
And what on earth would you want me to say if it does, Goat? "Lol you're wrong m8 loads more people have died than you thought they would".

Look, I get it, the media is prone to hysterical freakouts and there have been loads down the years but this virus appears to be astronomically more contagious than the flu. The flu kills about 0.10% of people who catch it, this is up at around 3%. Unfortunately a lot of people who get it seem to need serious critical care and there's currently no vaccine.

That all needs to be caviated with the fact the Communists in China tried to cover it up at first, thus making it's impact worse, and with respect to any Chinese blues reading this, China is the one of dirtiest and most densely populated places on earth, so the numbers are going to be more severe there.

The main concern for me isn't even the virus though, it's the reaction from people to the virus if numbers start to scale in the UK. I think we are probably all pretty underpreared.


Anyway, in reality, nobody has a clue how this will play out. It's speculation but there's a sensible place between WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE and IT'S NO WORSE THAN THE FLU LAD.
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I just want you to calm down really mate.

Currently its no worse than the flu.
 
The binman chronicles said:
Think he is talking about the cities mate, which are far more densely packed than ours.
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Yeah I get that. Still doesn’t sound great. Ive heard a lot of people talking about their filthy hygiene and food markets as well who I have no doubt have never visited China. It’s a huge country with huge diversity but it’s being lumped together with these lazy assertions and generalisations. One of the most minging and polluted places I’ve visited was downtown LA but I wouldn’t say California was a rotten cesspit.
Anyways.... sorry about that. carry on everyone.
 
davek said:
This is the new Devil Dog story isn't it?

7.5 billion people and about 2,800 have died. The vast majority of people recover after contracting it.

Dont listen to the media. Dont listen to the people in charge. They just want docile, frightened populations.
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I agree that you don't want anyone to panic and we'll no doubt find out more as further testing is done.

But following guildlines such as wash your hands a bit more often, stay home if you have a fever and cough into a tissue that you discard rather than someone's face is fairly sensible advice to listen to.
 
LinekersLegs said:
I agree that you don't want anyone to panic and we'll no doubt find out more as further testing is done.

But following guildlines such as wash your hands a bit more often, stay home if you have a fever and cough into your sleeve rather than someone's face is fairly sensible advice to listen to.
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It's pure hysteria being generated. The virus is a danger to the extreme elderly and people with chronic underlying health conditions - those people usually at risk from the common flu.

I dont want to suggest it should be treated blithely, but the scale and tone of this reporting is appalling.
 
Adam-GOTTV said:
And have poor hygiene standards by comparison. It's not even a controversial point, or at least it shouldn't be.
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Tbh there are people in this country that have pretty poor standards too and we are collectively only as strong as the weakest link. If one family on a street are dirt bags they could easily pass whatever they have on. Similar I expect to the Chinese where most people aren't licking diseased bats or snakes or whatever caused it in the first place.
 
davek said:
It's pure hysteria being generated. The virus is a danger to the extreme elderly and people with chronic underlying health conditions - those people usually at risk from the common flu.

I dont want to suggest it should be treated blithely, but the scale and tone of this reporting is appalling.
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You've said it is a risk to the elderly and people with underlying health issues, I'd say it is a pretty big deal to those people wouldn't you? You can't just divide up a portion of the population and say oh well you've had your chips. The rest of us don't care.

If your loved ones were old or susceptible I guess you would want other people not to take chances, such as swan off to an infected part of China and then come back and start breathing on everybody they know? That of course is me over exaggerating (hopefully) atypical behaviour. In reality I'm talking about washing their hands, self quarrenting at any sign of issues to hopefully reduce the spread. Everyone has a duty of care whether they think it's a big deal or not.
 
The binman chronicles said:
Tbh there are people in this country that have pretty poor standards too and we are collectively only as strong as the weakest link. If one family on a street are dirt bags they could easily pass whatever they have on. Similar I expect to the Chinese where most people aren't licking diseased bats or snakes or whatever caused it in the first place.
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lack of regulation in animal welfare is a major issue there, if the moral side of the argument isn't loud enough hopefully this will be an eye opener to the practical side
 
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