Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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I’d suggest the people who keep comparing it to flu listen to an actual expert on pandemics explain why it’s considered a big deal relative to common flu, It’s only 20 odd minutes long,

 
I’d suggest the people who keep comparing it to flu listen to an actual expert on pandemics explain why it’s considered a big deal relative to common flu, It’s only 20 odd minutes long,

Now America have woken up to it I feel sure that Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves will kick this virus's ass.
 
I’d suggest the people who keep comparing it to flu listen to an actual expert on pandemics explain why it’s considered a big deal relative to common flu, It’s only 20 odd minutes long,

His comparison with the Spanish Flu is bogus. Three years that lasted for to get that death total. A vaccine will take months here, many/most presume.
 
It’ll be absolutely criminal of the government to let thousands of people congregate every weekend while this thing spreads. Need football cancelled ASAP.

Yeah all sporting events should have been played behind closed doors weeks ago. Due to the long incubation period it was blindingly obvious that it was going to spread like it has. Johnson doesn't give a toss.
 
His comparison with the Spanish Flu is bogus. Three years that lasted for to get that death total. A vaccine will take months here, many/most presume.

A comparison is iffy given modern medicine.
That said....
If by months you mean 9-12 then you are correct. A few are just moving into animal trials. There's a lot of steps after that before they can move to mass production.
 
A comparison is iffy given modern medicine.
That said....
If by months you mean 9-12 then you are correct. A few are just moving into animal trials. There's a lot of steps after that before they can move to mass production.
I listened to the NY Times podcast @longers linked and the expert, Donald G McNeil, was asked what his worst and best case scenarios. What you suggest was best case scenario, which I thought was alarmist.

I do think there's now an element of scaring populations to go along with isolation measures and basic hygiene and that projections are designed to hammer that p.o.v. home.
 
I listened to the NY Times podcast @longers linked and the expert, Donald G McNeil, was asked what his worst and best case scenarios. What you suggest was best case scenario, which I thought was alarmist.

I do think there's now an element of scaring populations to go along with isolation measures and basic hygiene and that projections are designed to hammer that p.o.v. home.
Anything is possible Dave - they could be erring on worse case scenario to reinforce compliance or they could be erring on best case to try and calm stock markets or the reality could that the timeframe purely depends on luck and how similar it is to other viruses that they have vaccines for.

Personally, especially since I have an 80 year old dad who is about to have heart surgery, I am going to keep washing my bloody hands!
 
I listened to the NY Times podcast @longers linked and the expert, Donald G McNeil, was asked what his worst and best case scenarios. What you suggest was best case scenario, which I thought was alarmist.

I do think there's now an element of scaring populations to go along with isolation measures and basic hygiene and that projections are designed to hammer that p.o.v. home.
Tbh you shouldn't need to scare populations to go along with basic hygiene
 
Anything is possible Dave - they could be erring on worse case scenario to reinforce compliance or they could be erring on best case to try and calm stock markets or the reality could that the timeframe purely depends on luck and how similar it is to other viruses that they have vaccines for.

Personally, especially since I have an 80 year old dad who is about to have heart surgery, I am going to keep washing my bloody hands!
You need to understand what the worse case scenario is so that you know where to pitch your planning arrangements and what you can reasonably expect to deliver.

It's just sensible activity to prepare for the worse.
 
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