Good luck mate. Keep in mind, probability still says any individual will be fine.
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Good luck mate. Keep in mind, probability still says any individual will be fine.
I was thinking in terms of the amount of testing and thus the reliability of the data. We, like the U.S. haven't been testing widely enough to produce accurate numbers on the infection rate I don't think. Could today's spike in cases in the U.S. be an artifact of the increased testing?
Common cold is caused by a range of different viruses, many of which are corona viruses, so Covid 19 is actually closer to the common cold than influenza.
It's actually inefficient for a virus to kill its host. Over time it should evolve into milder strains so over time COVID19 should be a milder virus that kills even fewer people.
So then the Coroner should over time turn into a fluffy poodle instead of a rabid pit bull. Is it actually the virus that evolves into a milder form or is there more a herd immunity built up in humans that lessens the impact of the virus, until of course it mutates into another strain altogether.
CoburgTiger is probably much better on this than me... but these kind of viruses tend to mutate to milder strains through a process of natural selection I assume - if you kill the host, you can't reproduce. At the same time we develop more natural immunity through exposure. So it's both.
Disclaimer - I don't really know what I'm talking about here
and another cruise ship on the way. Thankfully the WA mob have better control of this than Sydney did.
Cruise ship with 250 ill patients wants to dock in WA
Cruise ship with 250 ill patients wants to dock in WA
Talk about having the nuts caught between a rock n a hard place.
Let the ship dock n try to isolate / control everyone on board while pushing the *smile* out of the health system by throwing in a massive extra amount of sick people.
Or tell them to *smile* off elsewhere n put the already sick at high risk of croaking plus possibly infecting the rest of the passengers n crew.
One for the Fed Govt. to pull the finger out on n chuck in a heap of extra assistance.
The figures will always trail reality but I reckon ours are a lot closer than the US. Yeah the increased testing is no doubt partly responsible for the US increase which is frightening at around 40% a day and indicates how big a head start the virus has.
The president of the US Federal Reserve has spoken of a 50% reduction in GDP for the quarter, with 30% unemployment. Going to get real bad, real quick.
Well said antman. Posted something similar at the start of this thread.
It was kinda duscussed previously by Lee and TOO - but why aren't governments implementing measures to completely isolate the elderly and health compromised until a vaccine is developed and let the rest go on as usual? The impact of total shut down is gonna be enormous.
What I don't understand are the half measures. It's got me completely confused & I'm sure many are feeling the same way.
How are they going to measure this thing? How long are they intending us to live this way?
Ardern has got it right. Shut life down properly for a month & then have a look at it to see if it's making a genuine difference to the curve.
How are they going to measure this thing? How long are they intending us to live this way?
Ardern has got it right. Shut life down properly for a month & then have a look at it to see if it's making a genuine difference to the curve.
