CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) *Read OP*

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Look we are all going to die of some day most of us catching a bug with at least a 94% survival rate is only a minor bump in the road.

Spook_ie wrote: »

Unless you're locking yourself in a room with en suite and food is being delivered to you then you're probably going to catch it anyway, and unless who ever is prepping the meals is fastidiously hygienic then you'll still likely catch it, so enjoy the company!

efanton wrote: »

I'm going to throw something mad out there, but I'm wondering has this been considered by the experts.


We know this virus is going to shut down the country for many months. I understand the strategy is to slow the infection rate so that the health services do not get inundated or over loaded. But slowing down the infection rate obviously make the crisis last longer.
Eventually everyone, or at least the vast majority, will have been infected most not requiring any medical attention but for those who do the health services will be able to manage as the demand on the health service will be spread over a longer time period.


Here the mad idea
This is based on the premise that once someone has fully recovered from the virus and been quarantined for two weeks they can no longer pass the infection on, nor get the virus a second time. As far as what I have read this appears to be the case.

Surely the smart thing to do is for those that live alone, or can safely self isolate, and are perfectly healthy and also have almost no risk of the virus killing them be deliberately infected. Yes, DELIBERATELY INFECTED but isolated for two weeks so that they cannot pass on the virus unintentionally.
Once that's done those people can carry on normally, return to their jobs and businesses.

Surely the more people who get through having the virus and recovering the quicker life can get back to normal.

Now I do not profess to have any medical qualification. I'm sure there's a few here that do have the necessary background to shoot this down in flames because I have misunderstood something. If that's the case, then please do so.

But it has always baffled me why in any other type of crisis the aim is to get through it by any means as quickly as possible.
but then when dealing with a virus do we do the complete opposite and drag it out as long as possible. I get that we have to prevent hospital and health service overload, but if you can get perfectly healthy people through it surely a recovery would be much quicker.

TheCitizen wrote: »

No I'm not. I wasn't talking about British people, I'm talking about eejits (some in the media) in this country that fawn over things British. There's nothing xenophobic about what I said. Don't be using big words you don't understand unless you're capable of placing them in the correct context.

MD1990 wrote: »

full lockdown before the end of the week

Shn99 wrote: »

191?!! WHAT

What was the prediction for today?

wakka12 wrote: »

About 80 or so