For those that still peddle that this is not much different than the flu (cough NSS cough)
Lets do a mini simulation of 10 active forum members and give the covid-19 to each of them
John Davis
Space Cowgirl
boydster
crouton
Bom Tishop
Lorddave
wise
Pezevenk
Shifter
rabinoz
Ok. Each one of us gets infected
8 of us will have symptoms ranging from a mild to a bad 'cold'
1 of us will require a stay in hospital. Provided the hospital is not over capacity, we should recover in a few weeks
rabinoz is dead
That is the reality. And before we all recover we will likely pass on the virus to
at least 2-3 others.
If this was the seasonal flu, you could give it to every active member on this site and it would be unsurprising that we would all recover in a matter of days. There are still people in a serious condition
weeks after catching this covid-19 virus
The level of panic is stupid. The fighting over dunny paper is pathetic. The stock market crashing is based on hyperbolic fear. Still, we shouldn't just piss caution in the wind. We should actively take measures to 'flatten the curve'. We shouldn't horde any potential vaccines and we should stop posting dangerous advice that drinking disinfectant can kill the virus or promote the Fox and Friends myth that this is no more dangerous than the seasonal flu. The only reason why this virus hasn't killed as many is because we have actively tried to mitigate the spread and contain it. If China 'let her rip' you can be sure the death toll would be enormous. Imagine if none of the countries bothered to slow the spread. We wouldn;t be dealing with a slow trickle of cases - we'd be caught unprepared with a massive influx of people clogging up hospitals and taking time of work. The funeral business might boom though
Flattening the curve also ensures that the people who get it, should they require hospital care to live, can get it. If everyone gets it at once, many more people than otherwise would die
It's mind boggling people thought this would work in the first place. Darwinism award to those that dont survive this idiocy