O/T Coronavirus Thread (3)

[John2]

The herd immunity thing is overrated. I have yet to see any evidence that it was a government policy. It was seen as an outcome of slowing spread to a level that was manageable without a vaccine being available

Really?

Of all the things you'd be willing to defend, I'm really surprised by this revisionist history.

12 March press conference:
"Our aim is not to stop everyone getting it, you can’t do that. And it’s not desirable, because you want to get some immunity in the population. We need to have immunity to protect ourselves from this in the future."
13th March:
https://twitter.com/bbcr4today/statu...90547783528448
15 March:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...unity-11956793

This was very much a serious prospect until 'new data' on 23 March showed the death rate that would result and it was finally ruled out.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Hmmm.......interesting

Is replying to your own threads an early symptom ?

[Exiletyke]

Hmmm.......interesting

Is replying to your own threads an early symptom ?

Spell it out Grist, what do you mean?

[WanChaiMiller]

There seems like a split developing. We either trust the WHO or we go along with Trump who says the WHO are complicit with China in a cover up.

If you trust the WHO there is enough information to discredit the Australia report.

[John2]

Spell it out Grist, what do you mean?

He thinks I have the time, desire and intellect to create a persona of KerrAvon and then argue with myself.

It always makes me giggle, its very flattering he obviously thinks I'm smarter than I do.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

stop watching the news its making you all poorly

[great_fire]

Neil Ferguson has resigned after being caught with a married left-wing activist, probably for the best, he's never been right about anything.

[great_fire]

stop watching the news its making you all poorly

You're probably right.

Been watching New Wave 25 on Now 70s instead.

[animallittle3]

It would be surprising if there wasn’t some spread at Cheltenham and via the Champions League game played at Anfield . I would be surprised if the government doesn’t either agree or is forced to publish the minutes of the SAGE meetings at which decisions upon them were taken so that we can get to see the science and policy behind them.

I don’t envy the government for the task they have at the moment. The fact is that this is a new disease and we don’t know much about it. Another fact is that the government has to balance its actions on the virus against the need to keep the economy running. I know that sort of comment leads to the ‘profits not people’ drivel, that is popular from the Left on Twitter at the moment, but the fact is that people die when the economy tanks.

We heard a lot about confirmation bias on here at the weekend. Other examples of bias are hindsight bias and outcome bias.

When you analyse an event like Cheltenham it becomes even more disturbing .

What you have is thousands upon thousands of people coming in from all corners of the UK and the Irish Republic .

Thousands of whom either come for the full 4 days or do a couple but are staying in hotels within a 30 to 40 mile radius of the circuit .

I'm not much of a racing guy but even I know that .

As far as the economy goes then yes I take the point it's a difficult one and certainly not a decision I'd like to make .

My own personal view is that the economy is fecked anyway and even if this thing disappeared tonight and we all went back to work tomorrow morning we are still going to be hit with depression the size none of us have ever seen before .

A bit of this and a bit of that opening up is simply sticking plasters on a huge gaping wound , is it really worth the risk of a second wave coming and putting ourselves back to square one ? .

Even if our incomes drop by 50% or less its definitely beats death or seriously ill or even infecting someone else .

Just my opinion and people's circumstances obviously aren't the same .

[the_idiotb_stardson]

You're probably right.

Been watching New Wave 25 on Now 70s instead.

It is true GF.

Just switch it all off. You will feel better with in one day.


Can't believe the faith people have in the Beeb, Sky, Piers Morgan etc.


Mind-blowing.