Coronavirus

[emmie]

first British death from this virus.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51677846

[DTCwordfan]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/25/three-times-more-people-dying-from-flu-in-uk-than-last-winter

[pixie374]

Maybe, dt. He obviously has enough to compare it with flu, anyway.

[pixie374]

My question really, is how many more times dangerous is it, than flu... rather than just the basic numbers?

[DTCwordfan]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/854816/Weekly_national_influenza_report_week_52_2019.pdf

Helps put things in perspective

[DTCwordfan]

and the latest report... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868935/Weekly_national_influenza_report_week_9_2020.pdf

[ichkeria]

It makes sense to try to contain this before we get an outbreak.
It’ll be interesting to see what judgments are made regarding the consequences and costs of the precautions versus those of a possible outbreak though.

[pixie374]

Thanks dt xx but I'm blonde... I have scanned through both links, but still can't see the comparison? Xx

[DTCwordfan]

stats in the states - In total, the CDC estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That's fairly on par with a typical season, and well below the CDC's 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.20 Jun 2019 (ref Time Mag)
That's under .2%

[pixie374]

Thanks x and coronavirus is higher, percentage-wise?

[Khandro]

I posted this on another thread a couple of days ago, contains some interesting stats, apologies to those who've seen it;

[pixie374]

Thanks khandro x have to go to work, but will watch it after. Have only got as far as him plugging himself and a bit of biasedess so far.

[youngmafbog]

At the moment the death rate from covid-19 is relatively low, as others hve written.

Alot of the problem is the media whipping up a story as they often do to get clickbait. Add to this the traders hopping on the bandwagon to make a buck and we have near hysteria.

It's not good, I dont want to get it as I am a severe asthmatic. But I do look further than the end of my nose and currently there are many other things that could help me shuffle off my mortal coil before convid-19.

So if I get it aand die feel free to start a thread in my honour titled 'Told you so YNB'

[jno]

latest patient may be a Surrey GP

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/fears-that-surrey-gp-is-uks-latest-coronavirus-victim

[DTCwordfan]

3% on corona here, if the stats can be believed. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

John Hopkins reports:
Infections
COVID-19: Approximately 82,555 cases worldwide; 60 cases in the U.S. as of Feb. 27, 2020.

Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.

Deaths
COVID-19: Approximately 2,810 deaths reported worldwide; 0 deaths in the U.S., as of Feb. 27, 2020.

Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.

=

[youngmafbog]

It is feared.

So not confirmed. This is exactly what I mean by the mdia whipping it up.

Report it where confirmed but stop whipping up hysteria on rumour.

[jno]

they're already checking out his patients. If you were one of them, would you insist on waiting till it was confirmed?

[youngmafbog]

I am clearly talking about the media, not his patients.

M E D I A. Got it?

[jno]

and suppose patients find out through the media? That's what media are for.

[Spicerack]

Just come from Doctor's. They switched off the touch-screen sign in for obvious reasons.
All the patients queuing to sign in with the receptionist were grumbling about modern technology and 'stuff' breaking down.
|Thick *@@*@s.

[Spicerack]

A lot of sites now, you can't get in without touching print scanner. Handy, innit.