O/T Coronavirus Thread (2)

[CAMiller]

Interesting America figures. I watched trump speach last night and he says they are on top of the virus and it won't be long before they are out of the danger zone. And all the extra field hospitals they built won't be needed. At the time I was a bit confused as to why he would say this. As even yesterday there new cases/death figures were the highest in the world.
Today I checked the latest figures for america.
USA have tested 2.5 million people total. From these tested, 500k are confirmed cases. 18.700 have died.
Over night the figures read 314 new cases with 14 dead! These figures can't be right. Am I missing sumat my fellow American miller's? Or have the USA found a miracle cure over the past 24 hours?

No miracle cure Cayton so not sure where those figures for new cases came from. The main statistic they seem to be using to profess hope is that the rate of increase in cases/deaths is slowing down. I think most people don't realise this means it's still getting worse, just at a slower rate.

If 1,000 people a day die, the rate of increase in deaths would reduce every day but there would still be 365,000 people dead at the end of the year (366,000 as it's a leap year)

[caytonmiller]

Just realised can. The figures are reset at 12 midnight UK time so maybe the figures is not all USA.

Figure is from the worldometer site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?

[caytonmiller]

USA figures has now increased to 2360 new cases and 103 death's

[animallittle3]

Whilst I appreciate this is a long read but that said for many of us time is most definitely something we have right now .

It's informative content suggests where we are right now in the UK and why we are .

I'll let the reader themselves decide on the authenticity of the article and form their own view of the Tory Government and their handling of this crisis .

As I say it's a long read but if we are to form decent opinions then it needs to be done .


https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/11/a...avirus-crisis/

[CAMiller]

USA figures has now increased to 2360 new cases and 103 death's

The deaths are over 2,000 per day so I'm not sure where those numbers are coming from.

[CAMiller]

Whilst I appreciate this is a long read but that said for many of us time is most definitely something we have right now .

It's informative content suggests where we are right now in the UK and why we are .

I'll let the reader themselves decide on the authenticity of the article and form their own view of the Tory Government and their handling of this crisis .

As I say it's a long read but if we are to form decent opinions then it needs to be done .


https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/11/a...avirus-crisis/

It is an interesting read animal. However, cast your mind back to say Saturday February 8th when Barnsley were play the Owls (the Millers played at Lincoln the night before). I know you don't go to games but what would have been your reaction if that game had been cancelled due to worries over a looming catastrophe. Slap bang in the middle of a global pandemic with deaths occurring at an alarming rate you're having problems keeping people indoors, how do you think it would have gone down two months ago when it probably made sense based on what was happening in China?

Virtually nobody alive has any experience of the likes of what we are seeing. The only hope is, if it happens again we'll all be better prepared and informed, unless of course it's another 100 years and by then everyone will have forgotten again.

[flourbasher]

It's a concern that this will indeed happen again but instigated by a country , individual or an organisation
We've already experienced how Putin did it in the Salisbury area and I'm sure there are many people around the world who have observed how effective it's been in locking down a country and crippling an economy.

Who needs nuclear weapons and tanks when all someone needs is some bioweapons in a few test tubes
Worrying times

Happy Easter

[animallittle3]

It is an interesting read animal. However, cast your mind back to say Saturday February 8th when Barnsley were play the Owls (the Millers played at Lincoln the night before). I know you don't go to games but what would have been your reaction if that game had been cancelled due to worries over a looming catastrophe. Slap bang in the middle of a global pandemic with deaths occurring at an alarming rate you're having problems keeping people indoors, how do you think it would have gone down two months ago when it probably made sense based on what was happening in China?

Virtually nobody alive has any experience of the likes of what we are seeing. The only hope is, if it happens again we'll all be better prepared and informed, unless of course it's another 100 years and by then everyone will have forgotten again.

My first thoughts when I heard about the outbreak of the virus and listening to the Jeremy Vine show on radio 2 at work was what a load of hypochondriacs I'm sad to say .

The thing is CA I'm not a scientist with expertise in pandemics whose job it is to advise governments .

I haven't a position in government whose job it is to act in the interests of the people's health and the country's economy .

I take your point that Harry Hindsight is the smartest person in the room but none the less the article certainly alleges some pretty damming failures given the warnings were given weeks and possibly years before the virus arrived here .

[KerrAvon]

BylineTime is slightly less bonkers than Skawkbox or The Canary, but has a clear political bias. I stopped reading the article when I got to the bit where it misrepresented what Johnson said about ‘taking it on the chin’ on March 5th. The selective quoting of that interview that has gone on does no credit to those on the the Left who claim to be concerned about media bias.

[caytonmiller]

The deaths are over 2,000 per day so I'm not sure where those numbers are coming from.

Figures are reset at midnight
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/