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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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Just reading the headlines, seems that we are far from over it, in a World sense.
Now there are questions being asked as to if we will get a vaccine, which we talked about at the beginning of this thread, this is a virus on steroids no wonder the panic button was pushed.
Lucky they realised early, it was going to be this bad.:rolleyes:
 
basilio said:
The upside to social distancing measures...
Coronavirus isolation measures are reducing all flu-like diseases, not just COVID-19
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my brother's partner works in an age care facility, in the dementia section. The protocols are pretty strenuous, though the PPE situation is not the best. Some might say dire. All the staff report the incidence of flu and sniffles among the old bints is way down
 
Dona Ferentes said:
my brother's partner works in an age care facility, in the dementia section. The protocols are pretty strenuous, though the PPE situation is not the best. Some might say dire. All the staff report the incidence of flu and sniffles among the old bints is way down
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My wife worked in aged care, I asked years ago why not work in mainstream, heaps more money.
She said there is heaps more meetings, heaps more money, but far less satisfaction.
Making someones final time as pleasant as possible, is far more rewarding, I didnt argue just thought I would rather you were a DON in a major hospital.
But you do need people who are devoted to the calling, rather than the dollar.
Lucky for her I was devoted to the dollar, so I could endulge her.
Jeez anonymity is magic. :xyxthumbs
 
qldfrog said:
Potential war so scary..so wish it was just an accidental transmission from a bat in a remote province
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That this ends in conflict is my biggest fear regarding the whole thing.

A serious problem with an identified cause which just happens to be a foreign country already perceived as somewhat less than friendly. That's the classic setup for a war and it's falling into place right now.

Note that I'm trying to foresee the future there - I sure as hell don't want a war but I don't think the chance is zero. :2twocents
 
sptrawler said:
My wife worked in aged care, I asked years ago why not work in mainstream, heaps more money.

Making someones final time as pleasant as possible, is far more rewarding, I didnt argue just thought I would rather you were a DON in a major hospital.
But you do need people who are devoted to the calling..
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... She calls them her second family.
 
Smurf1976 said:
You kept the lights on which is rather useful to everyone. :D
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Best job ever, loved it, was like riding a motor bike, just add fuel wait for the pressure a wrap on the go button.
Pure magic, jeez I miss it.
The sadest day of my life, was when I had to leave my job, it was the job I wanted from when I was an apprentice.
When I had to give it up it broke my heart, really, I loved going to work.:(
Obviously there was a lot more to it, the permits the outages, the stress but that is what makes life exciting IMO.
 
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One of the many false claims that Trump has made relates to "testing," where he claims the USA is leading the world. While the USA has carried out the most tests, it is not in the top 40 nations in terms of the number carried out as a proportion of the population. It is good that the USA s ramping up, but the better countries started early and went in hard to get ahead ahead of the curve.
Another claim which was priceless television on Saturday was watching trump explain why China has the most dead from the virus. That was separate from him wanting to add currency to the conspiracy theories about where and how the virus originated, despite his key advisor Fauci already knocking those ideas on he head.

The saddest part of Trump's mismanagement, however, relates to the clear and present danger of dividing his nation. It's all good and well to promote civil liberties but, in times of crisis, everyone needs to be on the same page. We now have this craziness that Pastors are protected by God, young people can't die from it, and that it's just another flu, so "nothing to see here"... let's get back to business.
New York is an example of how bad things can get, so if the mentality of Trump's supporters rules over reality in coming weeks then the USA will far exceed 100k deaths from COVID-19. That's a metric unlikely to win him another term, and will be difficult to discount as "fake news."
 


Biden at last beginning to speak out. But he sounds terrible, slurring his words. I fear he may not have the stamina to go the course with Trump. If he sound like this in a pre-recored interview, he will have difficulty in a live debate. Not that Trump will be any better, but Biden needs to win the debates decisively
 
rederob said:
New York is an example of how bad things can get, so if the mentality of Trump's supporters rules over reality in coming weeks then the USA will far exceed 100k deaths from COVID-19. That's a metric unlikely to win him another term, and will be difficult to discount as "fake news."
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I do think there's a decent chance we're going to see something drastic happen in the US.

Death rate is far higher for closed cases in the US than it is in Australia, the number of cases is out of control and there's a definite "let it rip" mentality.

COVID-19 will almost certainly kill more Americans than the Vietnam war did and it's not out of the question that it will ultimately kill more Americans than WW2. There's no conspiracy theories there, just basic mathematics. :2twocents
 
qldfrog said:
And if we need to live with it, it means we need to ramp up mask factories here, make it mandatory wearing in public spaces and start relaxing lockdown.
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I see the point but the one thing you'll notice about anyone wearing a mask, a proper one that actually protects them and isn't just for show, is that they can't wait to get the damn thing off.

The one sure thing about masks is they make you rather hot especially if you're engaging in any form of physical exertion. Mask + physical work + warm weather = misery.

I can see some greater enthusiasm for being out and about at night if this becomes the norm.:2twocents
 
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