coronavirus

[Graziano]

3 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

I believe it is man made and somehow it escaped from a laboratory, which creates germ warfare. The city that it escaped, which is Wuhan as we all know is in China. So you know who I blame.

Yep 

[jdm]

40 minutes ago, Graziano said:

, some segments of society and behaviors of groups are not affected yet .

So easy to be misunderstood here!. I should have written clearly: I don't think that allowing the tube crowding linked above was good at all. Now I read that the UK is in lockdown also, better late than never.

14 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

I believe it is man made and somehow it escaped from a laboratory, which creates germ warfare.

Actually scientific censuses is actually telling otherwise https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab

I will starting volunteering tomorrow and hope to be of some help to my community.

 

[Marc]

2 hours ago, jdm said:

that it is is generally benign to youth is something that can't be denied

UK statistics released today show that 5% of the patients in critical care (on ventilators or in high dependency units) are under 30 years old. Not a big percentage, but hugely significant to anyone who finds themselves in that 5%.

2 hours ago, jdm said:

average age of the deceased is above 75 yrs

The same statistics show that the average age of those in critical care is 62 years old.

Granted these are figures for people in critical care, not fatalities, but that is still a place that nobody wants to go.

Thankfully we seem to have finally put the right measures in place. I just hope that it's not too little too late.

[oldhippy]

Don't believe all you hear or read in the media. We will never find out are hear the truth to this terrible time.  

[nichod]

"Scientific consensus", by it's very nature is a total oxymoron.

[yankeedog]

Quite  curiously  half the Iranian government  came down  with it. Say what you want this is a really  bad virus, however  or wherever  it emerged.