CliveWalkerWingWizard
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Italy has jumped from 350 cases to 900 cases in a day.
Going shopping first thing in the morning ?
Just to put things in perspective, this is what we were worrying about 40 years ago.
7. (Seven).
Meanwhile, in the same time period (last 6 weeks)...
115.3 people have died from falling down the stairs.
27,692.3 people have been struck by lightning. Of which between 2,769 and 8,307 will have died.
51.9 have died (in the US alone!) from falling out of bed in the last 6 weeks.
6.2 people killed by DOGS in the US in that time. Dogs are about as dangerous as coronavirus.
Not having a go. Appreciate that's it not nice to think of elderly relatives who could be at risk (of all sorts of things, of course).
Just bringing some perspective.
Look, all it is is flu - a slightly more unpleasant version than what we usually have visiting us in the winter months. Some old and infirm people will die. Some old and infirm people die of flu every winter. Maybe it will be a few more this winter. It will certainly help solve our problem with care for the elderly if a few more of them don't make it through to the spring. People love to have something to panic about.
Interested to hear how the .3 of a person who died falling down the stairs is doing?
I thought we were all going to die of mad cow disease, oh well - maybe it will be corona virus instead. Roll on the next one.
0.3 of them died. That arm and those legs aren't in plaster, they've been amputated.Both legs and one arm in plaster.
The best we'll ever get is an estimate, and that won't be confirmed until the end of the cycle for the virus. The mortality rate for normal flu is something like 0.1%. The indications are that Coronavirus kills many more than that. Doctors in their 30s don't usually die from the normal flu.What I haven't seen yet is actual facts on the mortality rate for Corona virus as opposed to the mortality rate for 'normal' 'flu. Anybody?
The best we'll ever get is an estimate, and that won't be confirmed until the end of the cycle for the virus. The mortality rate for normal flu is something like 0.1%. The indications are that Coronavirus kills many more than that. Doctors in their 30s don't usually die from the normal flu.
Doctors are often exhausted, and since they're dealing with sick people all the time, and similarly secondary infections.exhaustion and secondary infection might have some affect there
Look, all it is is flu - a slightly more unpleasant version than what we usually have visiting us in the winter months. Some old and infirm people will die. Some old and infirm people die of flu every winter. Maybe it will be a few more this winter. It will certainly help solve our problem with care for the elderly if a few more of them don't make it through to the spring. People love to have something to panic about.
If your grandmother or any other member of the family should die whilst in the shelter put them outside but remember to tag them first for identification purposes.
Just to put things in perspective, this is what we were worrying about 40 years ago.
Over 1000 tested positive for Coronavirus in Italy now, so it's jumped over 200 in 24 hours
It's not looking good now.
Sounds like the virus has been bouncing around in Northern Italy AND mutating since late January. Not good, the Genie may be out bottle now, stock markets in free-fall too.... economic catastrophe too.