BanditLuke wrote: » They are outliers because of the lockdown.
easypazz wrote: » We all hear of healthy younger people dying but they are outliers. We can't design the whole system around that, if we did we may as well ban motor cars as they kill more people. The reality is 90% of deaths are over 65, and when we start to relax the lockdown on May 5th this category, and others with underlying conditions will need to continue to be shielded from exposure to the virus.
skallywag wrote: » I would not let that statistic blind you too much. I learned today from a good friend that an old friend of hers has just died from the virus, he was 46 and completely fit.
Idbatterim wrote: » That last paragraph, that is all most of us want or expect in the short term. If they think we will will remain locked up unnecessarily, by varadkar, Harris a few quivering boy scounts and some unelected civil servants etc, lol! What would they do if a hundred thousand in Dublin decide enough is enough and started marching towards gpo etc?
Paddygreen wrote: » Agreed. Mr Gates and his associates have fantastic foresight. One month before the first reported cases in China he was involved in a simiulation of a corona virus pandemic, event 201 I believe it was called. He is a living legend.
Gael23 wrote: » Has a decision been made on the rose of Tralee festival yet?
road_high wrote: » What's the current R value here in Ireland?
AdamD wrote: » Scary how quickly people are advocating for a police state.
hmmm wrote: » Yes, that's how it works. The experts are the people in public health who've studied this for years and scientists working on the virus itself. Not some college student who has glanced at wikipedia and is now writing 42 page threads on Twitter about his hunches about the virus.
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » The people who are advising the people who are who are advising Bill Gates. He doesn't just wake up with the information downloaded into his brain.
Blueshoe wrote: » If you were sick and required hospital treatment would you prefer to be seen by the guy who went to medical school and passed his exams or the guy who paid for the hospital to be built
virginmediapls wrote: » Absolutely. To think anything else is pure delusion.
stephenjmcd wrote: » Iceland has joined other countries in announcing a relaxation of lockdown, while Denmark wants to reopen some services quicker than had been anticipated R value in Denmark is 0.6.
Idbatterim wrote: » 45% of deaths are in nursing homes!
citysights wrote: » Rhetorical question.
Tell me how wrote: » You could argue that in todays world, no one really does anything if to qualify for having done so they must have done every single thing from start to finish. Bill is obviously very intelligent, he has also spent a lot of time in funding and being involved in the conversation around infectious diseases. He is definitely capable of contributing to the conversation.
bladespin wrote: » Who are the actual 'experts'? The researchers actually working on the virus itself?
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » Informed, ok. I'll stick to the actual experts rather than the 'informed'.
citysights wrote: » It’s kind of a new term though in the way it’s now being used like online courses different levels up to expert user. Maybe professional is being replaced by the term expert. A professional will have qualifications and an expert may but not necessarily. We used to hear about ‘experts in the field of science, medicine etc’ Those would have both the qualifications as well as substantial experience under their belt. But as you say experts don’t know everything and can disagree amongst each other.
bladespin wrote: » He who pays gets the credit, it's in the terms and conditions An expert is just someone who knows more about something than the next joe soap, doesn't mean they know it all or that their opinions are even right, all you need to do is look at the history of scientific discovery every discovery there was an expert who said yes and another who said no.
