| Corona Virus 22:39 - Mar 7 with 506554 views | SgorioFruit |
Sorry for new thread,
But how bad do you lot reckon it’s going to get here in the UK?
I just been watching the news. Looking nasty in Italy. | |
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| Corona Virus on 07:45 - Mar 8 with 4090 views | pikeypaul |
100%
It’s crazy how this is allowed to be taking place.But the bookmakers have people in very high places, just look how MPs from all sides tried to delay the limit stakes on FOBTs in the scummy bookmakers shops.
Anyone who’s been to Cheltenham meeting will know how messy it gets and everyone is only inches away from each other’s faces whilst drinking and talking given the cramped conditions , if 1 person walks in there with it 100 will walk out with it.
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| Corona Virus on 08:33 - Mar 8 with 4048 views | bennytheblue |
We are two months behind Italy | | | |
| Corona Virus on 08:46 - Mar 8 with 4036 views | Lohengrin |
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| Corona Virus on 09:08 - Mar 8 with 4010 views | Cooperman |
Who in turn are a month to six weeks behind China. Even though the Italians are now heading for mass lockdown their statistics will inevitably get worse before they get better as people now start to show symptoms of the virus that they picked up a week or two back. The rate of climb in other countries will now determine the pace at which they follow the path of the Italian authorities. | |
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| Corona Virus on 09:46 - Mar 8 with 3974 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Mix them all up for a week and then disperse them all around the UK and Eire, it does not seem to make any sense when Italy has 16 million in lockdown. [Post edited 8 Mar 2020 9:46]
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| Corona Virus on 10:21 - Mar 8 with 3936 views | sainthelens |
I love my racing, most of all Cheltenham, but the decision to let this go ahead in its form smacks of money coming before anything else. | | | |
| Corona Virus on 10:21 - Mar 8 with 3937 views | Professor |
I am aware of projections which suggest we are looking around 80,000 cases with 8000 deaths in the U.K. . This is the most likely scenario. Best case is a 1000 deaths with around 10k cases. Worst
Is the one mentioned in the press which is around
10-20 million cases and 80000 to 300000 deaths. We need to be concerned, to be aware and potentially take actions to reduce risk. But panic buying and wearing masks in the absence of cases is just daft | | | |
| Corona Virus on 11:03 - Mar 8 with 3900 views | Catullus |
I said on the other thread that I felt it was already too little too late and thngs will get worse. I also said we need to take personal responsibility and apply common sense. Take the sensible precautions like following official advice then all we can do is accept what's coming, we have to just ride it out however long it takes.
Panicking won't help.
However I'm no expert and that is just an opinion that many may disagree with. Myself, when the Professor offers advice, that's when I'd take notice.
For nyone who is interested,
ttps://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200306-sitrep-46-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=96b04adf_2 | |
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| Corona Virus on 11:10 - Mar 8 with 3890 views | Thebus |
Concerned my arse. More people will die of flu than the corona virus. | | | |
| Corona Virus on 11:25 - Mar 8 with 3869 views | NotLoyal |
Too many thick cnts in the U.K. too worried about themselves and what they can have is the issue. Those masks should come with a free first aid kit to clean up the blood from the smack in the mouth they should get.
Any scaremongering in the press which is inaccurate should mean severe sanctions and maybe even public flogging.
Long live Brexit 😂 | |
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| Corona Virus on 11:43 - Mar 8 with 3849 views | Professor |
But they will still die of flu too. At least 1100 around the world die from foodborne illness every day. This does not change. Flu is also (largely) vaccine preventable. CoVid19 is not. I get a flu vaccine each year as I have asthma. If I get CoVid 19 I have a 1 in 7 chance of dying. More like 1 in 500 in the general population. I am in my early fifties. I have two teenage children, one with autism who needs much help. That is why I am concerned | | | |
| Corona Virus on 11:51 - Mar 8 with 3835 views | bennytheblue |
The masks don’t do any good anyway. You would have to throw them away everyday at the very least, and if you touched an infected area and then touched your mask you could just be infecting oneself more than usual. Old people or people will health issues should just stay at home I reckon worst case scenario. Everyone else can just keep the country running as usual and if they get it they probably no different to the common cold. | | | |
| Corona Virus on 11:54 - Mar 8 with 3832 views | Professor |
It’s a fair degree nastier than a cold my friend. Not a runny nose and groggy and most effects on respiratory system. If you had asthma then that is a good comparison on how it will feel. Along with a dry cough | | | |
| Corona Virus on 12:00 - Mar 8 with 3817 views | Cooperman |
You don't get it. | |
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| Corona Virus on 12:05 - Mar 8 with 3809 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
The Health system in Lombardy is on the brink of being over-run. This is as much about the capacity in the system to deal with a sudden spike in the infection rate.
The health care system in the Italian region of Lombardy is on the brink of collapse, the head of its crisis response unit has said.
"We're now being forced to set up intensive care treatment in corridors, in operating theatres, in recovery rooms. We've emptied entire hospital sections to make space for seriously sick people," Antonio Pesenti told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
"One of the best health systems in the world, in Lombardy, is a step away from collapse," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-51789355 [Post edited 8 Mar 2020 12:06]
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| Corona Virus on 12:39 - Mar 8 with 3762 views | Professor |
I have also heard, via an Italian source, that the announcement of the quarantine was leaked. Thousands have headed south, where there were no cases but also poorer healthcare. Shows the ‘I’m alright Jack’ attitude is not just here | | | |
| Corona Virus on 12:40 - Mar 8 with 3758 views | Neath_Jack |
In regards to your 1 in 7 chance for asthmatics, if someone in their 40’s who has had pneumonia twice before gets it, what does that ratio look like? | |
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| Corona Virus on 12:45 - Mar 8 with 3747 views | ExiledJack |
I take it you’ll be off to Lombardy then to give a good pasting to all the drama queens over there?
Whilst you’re at it someone should tell the WHO that the cure for the Coronavirus is a smack in the mouth, problem solved. | | | |
| Corona Virus on 12:49 - Mar 8 with 3734 views | Professor |
Hard to say. That rate is what have been quoted for 75plus and those with underlying respiratory or immunosuppressive disorders | | | |
| Corona Virus on 13:41 - Mar 8 with 3671 views | NotLoyal |
I'm talking about all the freaks in Britain, read the text. Just because you don't get it, not my fault.
Hope your mask fits. Don't forget what the purpose of them is, read the instructions before applying to any wounds 🙄 [Post edited 8 Mar 2020 13:43]
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| Corona Virus on 14:16 - Mar 8 with 3644 views | ExiledJack |
So you’re advocating violence against those in Britain who are taking preventative measures to help avoid the spread of the virus to the benefit of all (and most notably the heath service)?
I hope you’re right in underplaying the risk faced here. Do you have any information that gives you confidence in that viewpoint? | | | |
| Corona Virus on 14:18 - Mar 8 with 3638 views | Neath_Jack |
I think he’s talking about the people panic buying mate. That’s how it reads to me anyway. | |
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| Corona Virus on 14:20 - Mar 8 with 3630 views | Neath_Jack |
I see the supermarkets are now going to be rationing certain products.
Why can’t people just behave themselves instead of being horrible, self centred greedy bastards?
And 67 new confirmed cases the last 24 hours too. | |
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| Corona Virus on 14:28 - Mar 8 with 3615 views | Thebus |
Get what exactly. I’ll be flying out to the USA week tomorrow and certainly won’t be changing my plans. | | | |
| Corona Virus on 14:54 - Mar 8 with 3589 views | ExiledJack |
Panic certainly won’t help the situation. Perfectly sensible though to make larger purchases than normal to limit the number of trips to the shops i.e. social distancing.
The epidemic has already hit supply chains so it’s rational for people to “buy whilst stocks last”. | | | |
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