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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It’s not that appropriate to measure excess deaths and attribute all of them to Covid infections, much as some people would love to do that. A proportion of those deaths - heaven knows how many - can be attributed to lack of medical attention for other conditions that were ignored as all the stops were pulled out to tackle people with Covid.
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According to some of your previous statements, surely "they were going to die anyway"?
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We will not avoid deaths by the measures being taken. We can only delay them.
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While we’re on your previous statements..
13/4/20
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Yes, it is. The difference being that currently there is no way we can treat it, because it is new. That was the government's concern, and that of governments around the world. The sudden heavy demand for hospital services, concentrated over a few short weeks, was the problem.
There is no doubt that the emergency measures have reduced numbers. I didn't claim that this was not the case. What I am saying is that so far at least, the number of recorded deaths is nowhere near those recorded for seasonal flu. Of course, they are still going up, but we appear to be reaching the peak now. It's a stretch to believe the final figure will be five times what we have now. Double, sure, maybe three times. But five times? Yeah, right!
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8/4/20
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The infection rate has stabalised in the last few days, so now is not the time to be overly pessimistic, Mr K. This suggests that deathbrates will stabalise as well in about three weeks or so.
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Last edited by Hugh; 19-01-2021 at 20:20.
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