Quote Originally Posted by Taintedice View Post
It's not the flu, it's nothing like the flu, it is 10 times more contagious than the flu. 2000 people a day dying in America because of Trump doing nothing to stop it, including staff at care homes and hospitals. That happened here as well, strangely never because of flu. But you've gone full David Icke I see so I'll leave it there.
You can't leave it there because you've just shown how little you know about the whole thing. And just to be clear I said it's just like the flu then stated how it effects people in a very similar way to flu - at no point did I say it was as contagious as, more contagious than or less contagious than flu.

Is it really more contagious than flu or is it just finding more susceptible hosts because the population hasn't built up any immunity to it yet? I go for the latter.

There have been flu outbreaks in the past that have spread like wildfire until immunity was built up, that's how our biology works by the way, we build up biological immunity - in fact that's how a vaccine works, it gives people biological immunity. People with reduced capacity to build immunity or attack viruses are more susceptible to illness from any virus, Covid, SARS, flu or any other you care to mention. Clearly when a new mutation of any virus arises there is no immunity so more people get it, once natural and vaccinated immunity increases in the population its prevalence and effects will lessen considerably.

This virus, same as flu, effects the respiratory system so is proving serious to people with compromised respiratory systems and reduced biological ability to attack viruses. It's making otherwise healthy people a bit down for a few days. The way it's being painted by those idiots in Westminster and Holyrood though you'd think if you get it you've got a death sentence; fact is that if you're healthy you've got a bit of a cough and / or sniffle. Two days in bed, same as flu, and you're right as rain - if it even causes that level of inconvenience to you.

I invite you to watch the sob stories presented every night on BBC news just now, people giving it 'I had Covid, it was horrendous' or 'Covid nearly killed me, I thought I was gone'. All of them elderly or obese, most likely with other underlying health conditions. When they show the guy that got a positive test, isolated for 14 days and had no effects saying 'I can't see the issue, I was fine, bit of a cough bit otherwise no issues' then we'll be able to say they're getting nearer the reality.