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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostIrrelevant - what is relevant is the NHS about to collapse (as per Italy) and the deaths becoming blindingly obvious (as per Italy).
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostAre you totally blind to what is happening in Italy?
Italy has the 2nd highest number of old age of any country in the world. As the older generation are most at risk, it's not that surprising that there are more deaths there than other countries.
How many people die at this time of year in Italy of Flu? How does that compare against this virus? What is the 'uplift'? We don't know any of this, so none of us KNOW the answer, but (as with the 2016 vote) we are all starting to get our entranched views and refuse to budge from this.
Panic is not healthy. Stay safe, be careful, but stop panicking!I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostYou say that, but that is not what the NHS Chief Exec Simon Stevens is saying. How do you know more than him?
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostWhat none of us know, is how many of these people would have died anyway this year either of natural causes or Flu etc. As the article says (and is backed up by the experts) we don't know how many of these who died with Covid-19 in their system actually died of the virus, rather than their underlying illness.
Italy has the 2nd highest number of old age of any country in the world. As the older generation are most at risk, it's not that surprising that there are more deaths there than other countries.
How many people die at this time of year in Italy of Flu? How does that compare against this virus? What is the 'uplift'? We don't know any of this, so none of us KNOW the answer, but (as with the 2016 vote) we are all starting to get our entranched views and refuse to budge from this.
Panic is not healthy. Stay safe, be careful, but stop panicking!
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostGenerally, people who die of flu have chosen not to be vaccinated. I have have known a few people in their early 20s who died of flu.
Many people confuse flu with a cold, it is not the same.
I get vaccinated every year but I have no choice with Convid-19.
There will be flu deaths in addition to Convid-19 deaths.
What we don't know, and again we won't know until the dust settles, is how many will die this year due to Flu (i.e. the current 8000) and if this number is lower because those who would have died of Flu actually die of this virus instead.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostI’m not panicking - I’m being realistic - and listening what the doctors in Italy are saying.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostWe don't live in Italy. We live in the UK. Our society and social norms differ a lot to Italy.Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostI'll in a flap and scared of my own shadow
When you do have something to offer that contradicts the NHS Chief Exec, do let me knowI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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