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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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basilio said:
Absolutely. And your welcome to make up any figure you want about how many people were infected at the demo....100, 500, 1000 ?
Having said that... If in fact there was any significant infections by now these people would have passed it along to family and friends. It would be spreading rapidly. One would think these would eventually be picked up as illnesses or random testing.

But that hasn't happened.

The causes of the current community spread outbreaks have been identified. If you read the story you would be alarmed at how quickly and easily it seems to move through the extended family groups and into schools etc. There has been no suggestion that any of these outbreaks had anything to do with the rally.
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Ok so let's all gather into groups of a thousand because apparently that's safe:rolleyes:
 
I saw an article saying that the virus was weakening in Italy. It was now less likely to kill you.
 
qldfrog said:
Vit D
Not a coincidence that they have had such a terrible time with Vit D in Northern Hemisphere
Especially in winter
Question: how much money is there in asking people to get some sun and buy 20$ worth of supplement for the next 6 month?

Not much, better lock them down in the south under rain and clouds
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If everyone who is "at risk" in the flu season was given a large bottle of Vit D at the autumn solstice we would stop a lot of deaths every year.

Nothing is infallible because there are people who are going to die from other causes and their death is brought forward by CV19 and or the flu, sad but true.

I agree it would be nice if we could have a vaccine but one test in USA showed a 20% bad reaction in Healthy young people, bit of a worry when we are going to start with at risk people first.

Any vaccine is an unknown quantity, Vitamin D and exhalation masks are a known, proven defence against nasty bugs from Asia, all we have to do is just DO it.................
 
Not sure what to make of this. Doesn’t sit well with me.

Did Government action at the time prevent deaths from rising further?
Should we have locked down earlier?

or ...

We now have mortality data for the first few months of 2020 for many countries.

Surprisingly, however, these increases did not begin before the lockdowns were imposed, but after. Moreover, in almost every case, they began immediately after. Often, mortality numbers were on a downward trend before suddenly reversing course after lockdowns were decreed.
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SirRumpole said:
When you have people like these ignoring all the warnings and risks, then you wonder if we will ever get rid of this thing.
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The US has just recorded its largest daily increase in cases ever. 36k in a single day. The hot spots are no longer in the NE, but in the South where the risks have been downplayed by religious leaders, mainly republican governors and of course the super spreader in chief himself.
 
moXJO said:
How did The Lancet's now-retracted study on hydroxychloroquine make it through peer review?

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12324118

We all know how it did. Cancel culture....
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Talked to the daughter the other day about peer reviewed research (has presented papers and reads zillions of papers) about how it worked .

Answer was (my interpretation) is mug punters taken them at face value.

For any to be worthy for her is 1st review and know the reviewers.

The discussion has to add up against the papers findings / data apparently a large percentage fail this basic step.

Check the data and how its obtained, method etc bla bla against the discussion.

And much much more technical stuff.

I don't honestly think its cultural.
 
IFocus said:
Talked to the daughter the other day about peer reviewed research (has presented papers and reads zillions of papers) about how it worked .

Answer was (my interpretation) is mug punters taken them at face value.

For any to be worthy for her is 1st review and know the reviewers.

The discussion has to add up against the papers findings / data apparently a large percentage fail this basic step.

Check the data and how its obtained, method etc bla bla against the discussion.

And much much more technical stuff.

I don't honestly think its cultural.
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In this instance it was an issue as Trump had mentioned it. So it was all about politics as one side said it was dangerous while the other were having a bath in it.
 
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