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Rexz · 28-03-2020, 21:54

I think all of you should read this article from The Spectator.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...ar-as-we-think

According to the article, the death rate may not be the best thing to compare countries. In the article they explain how normally anyone who dies with a respiratory infection in the UK is recorded as "bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, old age or a similar designation". If the patient dies from a respiratory infection but has an underlying condition like cancer, that is what is written on the death certificate. So flu's are not normally recorded.

I think this particular strain of flu is more deadly than others but it is still a 'flu'. I think the death figures are just frightening people. It is estimated (as no flu is recorded as the cause of death) that in 2013-2014, 11,000 people died from flu related causes yet I don't remember anything like this daily recording of deaths being used. Even using Sephiroth's previous figures shows that it is exactly like any other flu, affecting those that are older or at higher risk.
I think the lockdown was necessary to slow the rate of people needing the NHS so it can cope. Coronvirus will spread like any other flu (as can be seen in Italy even after lockdown) but the management of the influx of patients using the NHS is where everything lies not the death rate.

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Rexz cf.addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 37 Services: VM 152mbit + TV + Phone Posts: 125	Re: Coronavirus I think all of you should read this article from The Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...ar-as-we-think According to the article, the death rate may not be the best thing to compare countries. In the article they explain how normally anyone who dies with a respiratory infection in the UK is recorded as "bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, old age or a similar designation". If the patient dies from a respiratory infection but has an underlying condition like cancer, that is what is written on the death certificate. So flu's are not normally recorded. I think this particular strain of flu is more deadly than others but it is still a 'flu'. I think the death figures are just frightening people. It is estimated (as no flu is recorded as the cause of death) that in 2013-2014, 11,000 people died from flu related causes yet I don't remember anything like this daily recording of deaths being used. Even using Sephiroth's previous figures shows that it is exactly like any other flu, affecting those that are older or at higher risk. I think the lockdown was necessary to slow the rate of people needing the NHS so it can cope. Coronvirus will spread like any other flu (as can be seen in Italy even after lockdown) but the management of the influx of patients using the NHS is where everything lies not the death rate.