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Old 04-11-2020, 10:23   #746
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Re: Coronavirus

There is too much FUD flying around and it's making the public allow too much power to be wielded too easily by those in charge.

Covid is a threat and needs to be dealt with and the public do have their part to play which if they had done we may not have needed a second lockdown.

But very little is promoted about the risks to the healthy population. The NHS England figures for death within 28 days of positive Covid test with no (known) underlying condition is low.

Total deaths no pre-existing condition = 1,491, if below 60 it's 315.
With pre-existing condition it's 30,993, if below 60 it's 2,391.

The big jumps are in the older population above 60 (nearly there) but that group could be skewed to the upper end more than other groups.

So while we do need to take action we must be careful not to allow government to ride over our freedoms easily or set precedent to allow erosion of those freedoms for "future threats".
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