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Coronavirus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) outbreak discussion

Will the "Corona Virus" turn into a worldwide epidemic or fizzle out?

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 49.3%

  • No

    Votes: 9 12.0%

  • Bigger than SARS, but not worldwide epidemic (Black Death/bubonic plague)

    Votes: 25 33.3%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 4 5.3%
  • Total voters
    75
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Dona Ferentes said:
um. No you are distorting and so flawed

3 months. Ha. when was the first case in Australia?
Its a virus. for some its deadly (2%)
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Elon Musk is right. A huge number of people have not been tested as they're asymptomatic (the denominator in your calculation).
I would hazard a guess the real death rate is much closer to South Korea's numbers (~0.7%), possibly lower.
 
Really smart arse, read the question, nothing about distorting, or flawed.
Nothing relating to the current virus, again read the question.
Has anyone ever contracted a deadly virus leaving you in ICU for 3months?
Try google Encephalitis and meningitis.

Just another keyboard warrior.
 
Klogg said:
Elon Musk is right. A huge number of people have not been tested as they're asymptomatic (the denominator in your calculation).
I would hazard a guess the real death rate is much closer to South Korea's numbers (~0.7%), possibly lower.
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This is exactly what I have been saying all along.
Infection rate is possibly x100 what is reported and death rate is x10, but the mortality rate is <1%. So what, people still eat fatty foods, eat sugar, do not exercise, drink and smoke. We do not strip shelves of tp over these things.
 
Klogg said:
Elon Musk is right. A huge number of people have not been tested as they're asymptomatic (the denominator in your calculation).
I would hazard a guess the real death rate is much closer to South Korea's numbers (~0.7%), possibly lower.
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Countering that, a lot of people who have died without being tested may have had their deaths attributed to other causes, such as influenza, and are not being counted as COVID-19 deaths. I think it will be a while before a reliable ratio can be worked out.
 
satanoperca said:
Has anyone on this site ever contracted a deadly virus, spent 3 months in ICU, recovered, only to face the same situation again?
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Personally no.

I do however have a family member who would otherwise be expected to live a few more years who'd be at extreme high risk should they contract this virus.

I also have no reason to think that China decided to trash their economy for a bit of fun and that everyone from the BBC to the Federal Reserve have just gone along with it fully aware that it's all a big hoax.

When conservative governments are ramping up welfare and CEO's are cutting their own pay, when oil loses half its value, when we see developed countries like Italy struggling to cope and so on well then it all looks rather real yes. :2twocents
 
Latest global coronavirus infection statistics.

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From what I've heard they've cancelled the entire event.

Not sure about the V8's though.
 
bellenuit said:
Countering that, a lot of people who have died without being tested may have had their deaths attributed to other causes, such as influenza, and are not being counted as COVID-19 deaths. I think it will be a while before a reliable ratio can be worked out.
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Source?
I've heard the opposite to be true.
 
This is scary. One wonders how well Centrelink follows reality as distinct from protocol

Sydney family trapped in Wuhan amid coronavirus lockdown sees their Centrelink payments cut
A Sydney family trapped in China for almost two months due to a coronavirus lockdown says they are struggling to afford food after Centrelink cut off their welfare payments.
Key points:
  • The family were caught in the Wuhan lockdown after visiting the children's sick grandmother
  • They weren't able to get a medical certificate that Centrelink requested as they couldn't leave their apartment
  • Some Centrelink payments can be automatically suspended after 28 days overseas

Joanne Bao and her three teenage daughters flew to Wuhan in January to spend time with the girls' sick grandmother during their school holidays.

The city was placed into lockdown soon after and, while the family tried to evacuate on the final flight to Christmas Island, they were turned back at a military checkpoint.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/centrelink-cuts-payments-to-family-trapped-in-wuhan/12048808
 
sptrawler said:
Peter Dutton tests positive for corona virus.
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Saw the list of people Peter Dutton has visited recently as part of his official duties. Scary. A lot of significant people who could either have infected him or have been infected.

Earlier on Friday, Mr Morrison met with state and territory leaders to assess Australia's response to the spread of coronavirus. On Monday, he opened a new Moreton Bay campus for the University of the Sunshine Coast, alongside Education Minister Dan Tehan and former defence chief Angus Houston.

Mr Dutton met with United States Attorney-General William Barr and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka while in Washington DC last week.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/peter-dutton-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/12055104
 
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