Coronavirus (Covid 19)

[AB1]

herd immunity theory, my ass
a healthy 47 yr old dies
Coronavirus: Paramedic, 47, one of Italy's youngest victims after dying in family home - World News - Mirror Online

Exactly. I don't believe that the government know enough about Covid 19 (at least not yet) to implement this plan for herd immunity.

[AtW]

herd immunity theory, my ass
a healthy 47 yr old dies
Coronavirus: Paramedic, 47, one of Italy's youngest victims after dying in family home - World News - Mirror Online

He was on frontline getting massive doses of virus, most likely with those who had original strain from Wuhan which seems more deadly than 2nd hand transmissions, very sad but explainable

[CheeseSlice]

on irish tv
https://twitter.com/i/status/1238809040525889537

that reporter is a feckin eejit.. he's just multiplying the population by various probabilities of ending up in hospital or dying.

The point is that you isolate the at risk group so they don't die during the surge, then herd immunity is developed in everyone else and protects them afterwards.

[AB1]

He was on frontline getting massive doses of virus, most likely with those who had original strain from Wuhan which seems more deadly than 2nd hand transmissions, very sad but explainable

He wouldn't have been getting "massive doses" if he was taking the necessary precautions. Wearing PPE for example. He possibly just slipped up at some stage, or as the article states, he could have contracted the virus from elsewhere.

[AtW]

He wouldn't have been getting "massive doses" if he was taking the necessary precautions. Wearing PPE for example. He possibly just slipped up at some stage, or as the article states, he could have contracted the virus from elsewhere.

PPE isn’t magic armour - there is shortage of it too

[AtW]

Some of the "less developed" countries are actually better at dealing with viral outbreaks because they don't have a multi-billion pound pharmaceutical industry protecting them from every passing sniffle.

Yes, they are used to it

Coroanvirus Iran news: Huge mass graves photographed from space show the scale of Iran's coronavirus devastation - The Economic Times

[escapeUK]

541,589 deaths. That's the number for England and Wales from 2018. 45,132 per month on average. But we shut the country down for a handful, Sky says 35 now.

So either something else is going on, or many more are dying than we are being told. But whatever, the actions been taken does not match the information we are being given.

[BrilloPad]

541,589 deaths. That's the number for England and Wales from 2018. 45,132 per month on average. But we shut the country down for a handful, Sky says 35 now.

So either something else is going on, or many more are dying than we are being told. But whatever, the actions been taken does not match the information we are being given.

The issue is the huge numbers needing intensive care. The actions are to protect the NHS which is already at breaking point.

The alternative is to give all those needing intensive care enough morphine so they die peacefully. On many levels that might not be a bad thing. But no-one wants it to affect those close to them. And once you stop treating any section as just a bit less human, you open the flood gates. Its back to Hitler time.

[ladymuck]

Yes, they are used to it

Coroanvirus Iran news: Huge mass graves photographed from space show the scale of Iran's coronavirus devastation - The Economic Times

Iran dug them in preparation. Not because the 500 or so dead to date needed them.

[NotAllThere]

A useful information video from Australia. Rather sweary, so careful around the office... not that anyone is there anyway...