I feel like the XKCD extrapolation comic is the perfect foil to this.Originally Posted by Pepe
I feel like the XKCD extrapolation comic is the perfect foil to this.
It's serious Niko, but doesn't mean everyone who dies was got by it.
I think you're scaremongering with that one. :teacher:
I'm guessing from the number of famous people that have tested positive that the reported numbers are a massive under-estimation and we're all already absolutely swimming in it.
I think a celebrity death tally is the only way to really know if this is anything more to worry about than simple everyday life. Natural causes, long-standing conditions and the dreaded short-illness have left coronavirus in the starter's gates thus far.
This one?
Same here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51859548
Looks like it will be Euro 2021.
RIP the Utah Jazz.
Back to work today and three of us were off with the same thing.
There's also no way they close the office without being forced to, I wager we take zero preventative measures (beyond the box of screen wipes someone has optimistically put on the reception desk).
Same situation here. Muddling through right now and no plans to close or work from home.
I have heard a rumour that schools will be closed from Monday onwards till after Easter, in Wales at least. Now whether it is true or not waits to be seen.
The government are leaving it late to announce the outcome of their meeting. They're in a rock and a hard place, but I suspect they have no clue what to do for the best.
I'm thinking we'll be working from home next week onwards.
When do Italy normally update their daily numbers?
popcorngif
Did I mention we're pretty sure we have some in our hospital or nah
Looks like the F1 race in Australia this weekend is off.
The phrase "this is a virus that doesn't respect borders" is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard said.
At least Ebola hadn’t a visa to get out of Africa that time.
We've reached double figures. Board up your windows and doors.
When they manage to reverse the trend is when we can start to breathe a sigh of relief, ish.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51860669
No Champions League matches next Tuesday.
"I must level with you, more families, many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time"
It's quite stark hearing your PM say that.
Fucking hell, Johnson laying down some harsh realities. Time to batten down the hatches.
As if that's going to happen. Their ICU units are probably made of paper maché, care of The Mafia.
4 weeks behind Italy we are apparently.
Johnson said that closing schools could do more harm than good. I’m not saying he’s right or wrong, but what’s the theory behind that statement?
Medical personnel forced to stay home with kids is a common argument I've heard.
This scientist seems legit, so we might be about to find out.
Quite remarkable all this.
Isn't it that it stops key workers from being able to key work because they have to look after their kids?
Also they closed them in Italy and all everyone did was scoot off all around Europe visiting as many elderly relatives as possible.
The scientist geezer reckons our real number is 5000-10000.
Apparently you need to close schools for 13-16 weeks for it to have an effect. Why? I've no idea either.
Probably similar logic to the 72 hours to find your daughter in Taken.
The chief medical officer looks like he hasn’t slept in a week.
We're in it for the long haul too apparently. My interpretation of that would be no change from this side of Christmas.
No calling 111 for minor symptoms anymore.
They've already given up trying to track the numbers. Shit. Shit.
I think the policy is actually to get the virus through the population - yes, that will kill people - but then we build up immunity to it. Fucking hell it's brave and a tough stance.
Fucking hell.
Mamma mia!
6.7% fatality rate there. All that olive oil and still they can't beat one tiny bug.
I don't know where I stand on this approach yet, as these chaps are talking a good game, but we've basically put our elderly's lives in the hands of Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck's drill bits.
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Our Tesco here in Limavady was packed at 4.30 this afternoon (not normally that busy a time) and most non-fresh goods aisles were being emptied. That’s the first sign of proper panic buying I’ve seen.
When do ‘preppers’ start breaking into their stashes? Is that only after shops get shut and the dead start rising?
All our workers are being prepared to work from home where possible. I don’t have any work devices so I get off scott free if it comes to that.
If this proves to be the right approach, then CMO and the other scientist guy have balls of steel. I am really not convinced by 'behavioural science' though.
There's The Sun headline
"Government estimate 80% of population to be infected - 52m people will have virus!!"
The biggest thing to shock me here is BoJo sounding somewhat ministerial/serious. It's hard to fathom.
Yeah it's all good on paper until you end up like the guy on Mindhunter whining that your offender doesnt fit your profile.
That's the one.This one?
We have a labourer from Poland who is staying in the half finished downstairs flat and he has a temperature of 38 today.
Well that stinks. I was all set for a month off!
Not exactly sure what you are referring to, but if it is the same thing, then:
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1...010248194?s=20
My worry is that Johnson went with the unorthodox in Cummings and it proved a masterstroke. Not sure whether that will strike twice.
As it stands, we're still doing nothing and accepting that we're 4 weeks away from 200 people dying a from a pandemic is not how I imagined this decade would begin.
And on that. If the peak is May and we're only 4 weeks behind Italy, how bad is it going to get for them by April?
And the bit where this falls on its arse for me is bolded below (from a Beeb piece):
I don't know how what we're doing controls transmission.Other countries are closing schools, restricting movement and banning mass gatherings.
But health officials in the UK are taking a much more gradual, step-by-step approach. Why?
The obvious answer is that we have a relatively low number of confirmed cases so there is no need to take steps that will have profound social and economy consequences.
But we are also in this for the long haul. Countries taking drastic steps may well slow transmission. But how long can those steps be sustained?
At some point they have to be lifted and then the number of cases will rise.
If you can have some kind of controlled transmission, where the number of cases are kept low enough to allow the NHS to cope, is that a better way of managing it?
That’s certainly what the experts and ministers in the UK have decided. They believe it gives them the best chance of saving lives in the inevitable spread of the virus across the country.
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