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It‘s always the poor that pay more.....sadly...
Yeah usually cos of bad credit and lack of assets to secure debts against. Brighthouse charge the rates they do cos they factor in the amount of people who will end up defaulting. Obviously, when cash becomes short they’re one of the first organisations that people will stop paying. Next will be gas, electric, TV license, council tax etc. The fall out from this will last years
Something I've been wondering a bit lately regarding the testing stats (the ratios seem broadly similar across countries so isn't directly related to any country's response or testing regime). It seems common for around 70-80% of all tests conducted to return a negative result. Now, presumably there's a reason why someone was tested in the first place, which seems in many instances to be developing coronavirus like symptoms, or being exposed to those who have them. In other words, they're not just testing any Boris, Matt, or Chris that asks for one. So my question is, if people are seemingly qualified to warrant a test, yet the test returns a negative result, what is it they do have?
I'm curious because there are obviously a great many people who are self-isolating with coronavirus like symptoms that have no idea if it was 'it' or not, so it would perhaps be useful to understand if x% of those who have been tested actually just had some other form of flu instead, or whatnot. @Sentinel. You're the man in the know with this stuff. Any ideas?
I'm curious because there are obviously a great many people who are self-isolating with coronavirus like symptoms that have no idea if it was 'it' or not, so it would perhaps be useful to understand if x% of those who have been tested actually just had some other form of flu instead, or whatnot. @Sentinel. You're the man in the know with this stuff. Any ideas?
My understanding of these matters is that first they test safety in animals, then safety in humans, then efficacy in humans. Presumably the September tests would be for safety rather than efficacy?
How can the whole world not produce enough tests?
Thats what I cant get my head around.
Because some world leaders put economy before lives.
But tests will save lives AND the economy.
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Someone in the news said around 6 weeks isolation then we slowly get back to normal should the trend stay the same and follow.other countries.
Is this right
Is this right
Everything is just guesswork.
That is my understanding as well but think they have even skipped the animal testing on one of the vaccine trials.
First Results From Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine May Take Two More Months
An experimental vaccine for the novel coronavirus developed by Moderna Inc. was dosed in the first patient earlier this month and it seems a first look at the results could come in a little over two months, at least according to Goldman Sachs.
www.bloomberg.com
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So, looking at the report, their best estimate for the UK is 2.7% ( on the 28th ), with a range of 1.2 to 5.4%.
If it's something like 2.7%, then that's a positive compared to previous estimates. That'd be something like 1.5 million people.
No idea really, but it's a new virus, so I'd imagine the test would be different to what went before, and would need to be rubber stamped that it's effective (many of those on the market have been shown to be dodgy), so it takes a bit of time. That's a guess like, I really have no idea.
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