O/T:- Are we over-reacting to COVD19?

[jackal2]

Swale, Sidn

May I suggest a change to the thread title, the rhetorical question has a clear answer!
It's already not reading too well IMO - 55 UK deaths and rising
Coronavirus pandemic?

Better start threads on social diseases like suicide, alcoholism and smoking too.

Still, population growth is a huge factor behind climate change, so maybe Mother Nature has come up with a way of defending herself.

[the_anticlough]

Better start threads on social diseases like suicide, alcoholism and smoking too.

Nobody's stopping you.

[BigFatPie]

Nobody's stopping you.

I doubt he will. He might have to talk about cuts to mental health services or the discussion could turn to the type of people who want to uphold ‘smokers rights’. (Clue; right wing ‘think tanks’ and Ukippers)

[ncfcog]

Now that the 'panic' appears to be at it's peak I have succumbed to pressure at home and accepted that maybe it is now time for us all to have our own toothbrushes.

[LaxtonLad]

Now that the 'panic' appears to be at it's peak I have succumbed to pressure at home and accepted that maybe it is now time for us all to have our own toothbrushes.

Own toothbrushes!! Soft southern pansy, when I were a lad we had one toothbrush per street AND we could only use it on Sundays AND it had no bristles but if it were good enough for me grandad it were good enough for the fourtean of us in our hovel.

[ncfcog]

own toothbrushes!! Soft southern pansy, when i were a lad we had one toothbrush per street and we could only use it on sundays and it had no bristles but if it were good enough for me grandad it were good enough for the fourtean of us in our hovel.

xd xd

[drillerpie]

Between October 2019 and January 2020 240 people died of flu in Italy. How many thousand has died there in only 6 weeks or so.

600 dead in Italy in the last 24 hours. The day before was 650, the day before that was almost 800.

Today is day 15 of the lockdown so that might be starting to kick in. I certainly can't remember two consecutive days with the number of deaths falling recently.

Hopefully the tide is turning.

[i961pie]

600 dead in Italy in the last 24 hours. The day before was 650, the day before that was almost 800.

Today is day 15 of the lockdown so that might be starting to kick in. I certainly can't remember two consecutive days with the number of deaths falling recently.

Hopefully the tide is turning.

Let's hope so.

[forwardmagpie]

600 dead in Italy in the last 24 hours. The day before was 650, the day before that was almost 800.

Today is day 15 of the lockdown so that might be starting to kick in. I certainly can't remember two consecutive days with the number of deaths falling recently.

Hopefully the tide is turning.

I hope and pray that the terrible scenes in Italy start to reduce and eventually end 🤞🤞🙏🙏

[Old_pie]

I'm not convinced we are being told the truth of how this spreads. The story was that it was from touching something then touching your face and it getting in your eyes, mouth or nose. That was why the mantra was "wash your hands". Now it's "stay 2m apart". ok, so if you cough, sneeze, the droplets can go 2m before hitting the ground, or so they say but with the rate this is spreading I suspect there's more of it hanging around in the air than is being admitted.

Our death rate curve is going to show the same rise next week as other countries. It is criminal that doctors and nurses are catching and dying from it yet there will still be a crowd at the supermarket when I next go to look at empty shelves.