Alena Tangy Someone wrote: » You're assuming
IAMAMORON wrote: » It will cost him few million in PR fees to turn it around, but he will. Trump is simply the greatest survivor that modern politics has ever witnessed. It is almost admirable. He has an innate ability to make the most absurd decisions and yet still come out the right side of them from a public perception viewpoint. These are invaluable traits in a successful political career.
Cheerful Spring2 wrote: » Genuine stat based on the ongoing rates coming in from Italy. I don’t disagree, some cases are mild and possibly not counted? Based on 50,000+ cases reported and near 5,000 deaths- that 8, 9, 10 percent death figure, when you divide, the decimal point, and the actual number. If you collectively include the world death figure it probably 1 to 2 percent or a bit higher?
Alena Tangy Someone wrote: » That's likely a highly incorrect statement (1% or higher~) that you're (still) lazily throwing about the place. A conspiracy! You're assuming a bottom-end final vague fatality rate, when most cases still haven't even been resolved. China's numbers are not to be trusted (which forms the basis of your link), Even then, China still has 18k unresolved cases. Anyone with a bit of sense, realises it's going to be 'much, much' higher than just 1% when the final count comes in, and factoring in any contextual peak demands (the global epicurve hasn't started outside of China, weeks/months away). Germany have have placed it low, but they might also record cause to any an underlying issue (as some others do). And like France/Spain still at an early phase. Italy is the 2nd country on the major infection timeline, with a 8.3% fatality rate, which will likely only increase. 20/21st March: https://www.cebm.net/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/ E.g. The UK are just starting this week into the low thousands and already have a rate of 4.4%, and one hospital went to critical lockdown status for a while. We can only guess what this will be at peak curve of +10wks circa time. But one thing is for sure, it won't be lower than that current 4% as demand increases. The US have gone from close to nothing to 26k in a couple of weeks, any fatality rate there is too early to even be considered. As I said, this 'about 1%' nonsense, is silly dis-information.
Dohnjoe wrote: » Depends on the source and calculation technique, for example the UK's chief medical officer Chris Whitty believes it's around 1% because he maintains there are much milder cases not being counted. Other's say it is up to 5%. Which is why the estimates range from around 0.5% to 4% or 5%
Mic 1972 wrote: » The mere fact that a % figure is being reported based on personal believes speaks volumes about the reliability of it Unreported cases are hypothetical, there are no stats around them. Most of them could easily be people at the early stages of the infection who will eventually become more severe
Dohnjoe wrote: » Some people contract Covid19 and don't know they have it. Not every single person who gets the disease is tested. The rate also varies on the country infected, e.g. Germany seems to have a lower mortality rate than other countries
Mic 1972 wrote: » So how do you know they have it? Covid will give you interstitial pneumonia, that's what it does. A mild version of it will still affect your health. It was explained by WHO a while ago that no symptoms cases are very rare, the majority of infected people will show mild to sever symptoms. Not everyone get tested but a lot of testing has been carried out in Italy where the death rate is pretty high
Dohnjoe wrote: » Some people have mild or no symptoms, especially younger people. Testing has been quite limited (depending on the region) Have even seen interviews with doctors who have diagnosed themselves with Corona but haven't been able to receive testing kits because they e.g. didn't recently travel from an infected area However countries like S Korea focused heavily on testing anyone showing the symptoms, they produce a massive amount of test kits every day, their stats are probably more accurate than other countries with limited kits Currently they are 8.897 cases, 104 deaths
Dohnjoe wrote: » , e.g. Germany seems to have a lower mortality rate than other countries
Cheerful Spring2 wrote: » In Germany, 18,000 cases reported yesterday. I guess the majority of the people who got the virus so far in Germany are young people? Italy death rate is advancing because they're not enough care and hospital beds to meet the demand. They're is old people dying at home because the Italian doctors and nurses are overworked and can’t get to them. If a similar scenario happened in Germany, they’ll be seeing a high death rate too. It's way too early to tell if Germany is on better curve compared to everyone else
Dohnjoe wrote: » However countries like S Korea focused heavily on testing anyone showing the symptoms, they produce a massive amount of test kits every day, their stats are probably more accurate than other countries with limited kits Currently they are 8.897 cases, 104 deaths
Dohnjoe wrote: » Someone is reading the news for once All of this figures discussion reemerged because a poster was misunderstanding the fatality rate of Covid 19 in relation to seasonal flu (they seemed to be insinuating that all of this was overblown and also that it wasn't a pandemic). Most experts state it's at least 10x more fatal than the flu. Keywords: at least. And before someone deliberately tries to misunderstand that, that not a total, it's a percentage rate, and based on current estimates. Jaysus.
Dohnjoe wrote: The Guardian wrote: Many individuals who get coronavirus will experience nothing worse than seasonal flu symptoms,
The Guardian wrote: Many individuals who get coronavirus will experience nothing worse than seasonal flu symptoms,
Dohnjoe wrote: It's not the rate because those are only confirmed cases, there are mild cases not being tested because people either aren't reporting them or there aren't enough testing kits
eleventh wrote: » From what I've read, the symptoms for this illness are a high fever and dry cough. These are the stand-out symptoms and people who have had it have shared that it's noticably different than flu. Now in sources like this they're saying it can be similar to "seasonal flu symptoms". But with seasonal flu there is always nasal congestion and head cold type symptoms. A cough is congested, not a dry cough. If The Guardian wants to be accurate, they should not be leading people to believe that it's not much different than flu, as people who have flu then may think they have corona (and may test positive if tests are not accurate). As to what you're saying about the 1%, they state that as a rough estimate made by a "WHO expert". I don't see how anyone, expert or not, could come up with such an estimate based on such sparse and questionable data. How can we be sure as to accuracy of the figures of each country? How many in a population are getting tested? In most places it seems only those presenting with fairly serious symptoms are getting tested. Many will just rest at home treating symptoms themselves, especially when they realise that local doctors etc aren't available.
Mic 1972 wrote: » HSE has limited capacity, once beds are finished old people won't get access to treatment and that's when you start seeing the numbers rise. There is no reason to believe that Ireland isn't going to end up the same as Italy
Cheerful Spring2 wrote: » Social distancing will only work if you keep it up till to you defeat the spread. Ireland returns to normal on the March 29th, then everyone back, doing the same routine as before and virus will spread again. I don’t agree we are on the way to be like Italy yet? Right now there is a modest number of people testing positive. Most of the old people in Ireland are taking notice and keeping themselves isolated from others. They're obviously some who don’t care and will still meet people to have a chat, and they are reckless with other people's health. Italy had a complexity. Grandparents lived with young families under one roof. In Ireland that not a gigantic headache. In saying all that, I don’t think Ireland doing enough right now to stop the community spread. I think curfews need to be adopted to keep the kids off the street at night. Even 20 and 30 years olds are having house parties with large groups of people invited. Then you have the added problem of young people working with older people on production lines in factories, offices and other places. We have social distancing after work yet very little during work hours. I fear that's where most of the community spread will occur.
The Nal wrote: » This is worth a watch for giggles. Its the latest video from the smart dust halfwit.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » What a bellend
blacknight83 wrote: » Been listening too many Alex Jones podcasts
ohnonotgmail wrote: » One of these days LonesomeRhodes will post something that doesn't include a peronal remark about the people that disagree with him. today is not that day.
Lonesomerhodes wrote: » a paranoid/fearful populas