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Old 09-09-2020, 10:07   #5366
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Kushan View Post
That doesn't explain anything. The idea that Corona only kills the old and weak has long since been disproved, there's plenty of cases of young, fit people also dying from it.

Furthermore, you're comparing the death/hospitalisation rate to the infection rate. Just because a bunch of people died the first time around doesn't stop the virus spreading the second time around. This kind of attitude is going to cause further spread because you don't think it'a as serious as last time.

The virus hasn't eased off, it's just as virulent and deadly as before. We've got better at treating it but that's all.

We had 30 deaths yesterday, jumping from single-digits and the highest we've had in a month. That's not a coincidence.



It's what we're supposed to be doing now, but as I said far too many people aren't taking it seriously. You only have to look around as you go to the shops, or visit a pub to see people who just don't care. If everyone did it properly, we wouldn't be having these peaks again.
The virus does kill mainly the old and those with underlying medical conditions. Nobody said no-one else would succumb to it, but the percentage is extremely low - look at the statistics.

I don't think you understood my point about the infection rate. My point was that nobody knows at this stage whether or not that is increasing. Obviously, the number of positive tests are increasing, simply because we are carrying out more tests. If we stopped testing, the number would fall again, wouldn't it? Even Trumpy understood that.

I am one of those who has been pointing out for a long time now that this virus has not gone anywhere. That's why herd immunity is so important for us to achieve.
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