Hedgecutter Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, The Moonster said: The death rates coming out of different countries seem to vary though, someone earlier saying Italy's was around 8% which seems to be higher than what we've been hearing previously. This is where we find out that the Mediterranean diet that we're told to aspire to is futile against it, and that high salt & cholesterol levels stop it in its tracks. If I was a CEO of a major fast-food chain, I'd subtly spread this rumour and watch the Dow Jones miraculously recover overnight. Edited March 12, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Its already too late to completely end it, so an outbreak will become a yearly event now. But hopefully with vaccines, antivirals and some acquired immunity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, charon said: It's not 'millions of deaths'. It really isn't. It very well may be. Heard a couple of podcasts and radio shows recently focussing on the USA where epidblahblahologists have made the case that 50% of the US public getting this is a perfectly reasonable scenario. So let's call that 150m people for argument's sake. Let's say the kill-rate is 0.6%, which seems to be becoming the fashionable number. That's a lot of dead people in the USA alone. Add in what's happening in Europe, then when this takes off in India, South America etc. Millions of deaths globally is a perfectly reasonable proposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Up to 10 deaths, 590 (confirmed) cases in the UK. Edited March 12, 2020 by Miguel Sanchez 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Seemingly the rates in Italy are far higher than what's being disclosed, not sure why they'd do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, welshbairn said: But hopefully with vaccines, antivirals and some acquired immunity. You'd hope so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Love that you're proudly announcing you're in your 50s and managed to get yourself banned from twitter. A complete roaster.This thread is fairly bringing the Dunning-Kruger victims to the forefront. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, tree house tam said: Seemingly the rates in Italy are far higher than what's being disclosed, not sure why they'd do that. The official figures have 25% more people recovering from it then dying from it, in Italy. The UK has 80% more people who've recovered than died from it. 94% of worldwide cases have ended in recovery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, dundeefc1783 said: Surely mass gatherings of over 500 would include most high schools Just the Kafflick ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: I can't believe how much he teed you up for a cheap joke and you took the high road. Respect. This place is going to the dogs. Hold my hands up and apologise. For the first time in a while, I'm actually having to work while I am at work. Clearly having a negative effect on my comprehension skills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ross. said: This place is going to the dogs. Hold my hands up and apologise. For the first time in a while, I'm actually having to work while I am at work. Clearly having a negative effect on my comprehension skills. Pregnant lady brain is contagious and I still haven't shaken it nearly 6 years on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, RossDee01 said: All public gatherings of more than 500 people to be cancelled from Monday onwards. Deary fucking me. I'm intrigued by this. I take it all (or certainly most) nightclubs will be closed? What about shopping centres, like the Overgate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Rudy Gobert, NBA player for the Utah Jazz, has tested positive. He's a high profile player, NBA all star this season. When he wsa asked about it in a press conference the other day he joked about and touched all the journalists microphones. #banter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, JTS98 said: It very well may be. Heard a couple of podcasts and radio shows recently focussing on the USA where epidblahblahologists have made the case that 50% of the US public getting this is a perfectly reasonable scenario. So let's call that 150m people for argument's sake. Let's say the kill-rate is 0.6%, which seems to be becoming the fashionable number. That's a lot of dead people in the USA alone. Add in what's happening in Europe, then when this takes off in India, South America etc. Millions of deaths globally is a perfectly reasonable proposition. You could have worded that more diplomatically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dele said: I'm intrigued by this. I take it all (or certainly most) nightclubs will be closed? What about shopping centres, like the Overgate? It's an interesting question. Nightclubs shutting makes sense for obvious reasons. Shops being shut, as mentioned by someone else above, would just probably cause greater social disorder so might be counter-productive. It may be that we see measures like staggered entry or something like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Rudy Gobert, NBA player for the Utah Jazz, has tested positive. He's a high profile player, NBA all star this season. When he wsa asked about it in a press conference the other day he joked about and touched all the journalists microphones. #banter Whole season's on hiatus now. We were meant to be going up to Milwaukee on Monday for the Heat game. Big rumors NHL will suspend ops today also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Krakatoa, a bar in Aberdeen has said they'll be shut until the end of the pandemic and will be self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. They also recommend that everyone isolates themselves for the next 2 to 3 months(!), no idea how a country is meant to function if we all did that tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, NorthernLights said: Krakatoa, a bar in Aberdeen has said they'll be shut until the end of the pandemic and will be self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. They also recommend that everyone isolates themselves for the next 2 to 3 months(!), no idea how a country is meant to function if we all did that tbh. Especially now that you can't get bog roll for love nor money. Pornhub stocks could go either way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: Pregnant lady brain is contagious and I still haven't shaken it nearly 6 years on. Not even sure I have caught that from her. 3 weeks to go and she has just started maternity leave. Had to happen exactly as it took a turn for the mental in here. Easy for her to try and catch up with her kip while she swans about the house all day. I on the other hand might have to start investigating the finer points of the Zürich stimulants market. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, NorthernLights said: Krakatoa, a bar in Aberdeen has said they'll be shut until the end of the pandemic and will be self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. They also recommend that everyone isolates themselves for the next 2 to 3 months(!), no idea how a country is meant to function if we all did that tbh. It can't function, clearly. The question is where do we draw the line between trying to slow the speed of infection and avoiding other problems like people dying of other health concerns because they can't access treatment or drugs, or people not having access to food, or the mental health effects of long-term social distancing. Not to mention the economic impact of millions of people being off their work and either not getting paid or their employers going bust. Nobody really knows how that balance will or should work. Edited March 12, 2020 by JTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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