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Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
Location
Inside my skull
Look at the data from China and Italy. There is a very strong correlation between age and likelihood of severe illness. Exactly why this is so is at present unknown.

There is a greater likelihood but it is not zero in younger adults, far from it.
 

MarkF

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
First cycle ride of the year (I know😶), me and my daughter cycled Shipley to Bingley, we were going to Skipton but changed out minds, turned around and headed to Leeds. Nice afternoon out, maybe 35 miles. As usual, once I (eventually) start there is no stopping me so my goal after we returned was a to cycle out for a loaf of bread, I went to Sainsburys, then B & M Home Stores (next door), then Aldi, then Morrisons, then the Co-op, not one loaf of bread of any description, not even a cack manky store baked thing. I am breadless and knackered.
 

Mugshot

Cracking a solo.
What ever Boris did or not say or how little you rate him. The over all message was clear we can get over this but we all need to start playing by the rules. To look out for others and yes the age old message whether you like it or not is wash your hands.
Or state will get heavy and some emergency powers are known not to go once you get them.
In simple words it will get worse a lot worse the NHS will just get over whelmed and many will more will die some of whom need not.
That maybe one for your family , close friend or even you.
In the end the stats and the big details don't matter to most they won't help us day to day. Playing by the rules however will.
Like Arnie says.


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Just been to Tesco, usual story of no chicken, bog roll, cereals, canned goods, sliced bread, soap, eggs, pet food, tea, coffee, fruit, veg and so on.
But what a delightful ballet it was, people sauntering around with their very best "I'm not panic buying, just picking something up for tea" faces on (me included let me assure you) and politely nodding with a jovial "Excuse me", "No, after you", terrified to offend as we practised our social distancing while we pirouetted our trollies round one another.
I had to go into Haverfordwest this afternoon Mugshot, and I've never seen it so quiet. Looking in the pubs and cafes as I passed they were all nearly empty, as were the buses I saw on the road. And Fishguard is like a ghost town.
 

AuroraSaab

Veteran
Very few of the under 20s have been hospitalised in any country. I suspect the 20 to 54 range represents those who are most likely to have health insurance from their employers.
I think the point about insurance is probably true. I once read a book on obesity though (might have been on the China Study data) which said that there was a study of autopsy results in a county in Texas in a particular given year in which every single autopsy of people over 16 had evidence of heart disease that was visible to the naked eye. Bearing in mind that most deaths of young people will have been accident, murder, or suicide related, not from disease, that is a pretty scary insight into US health.
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
What ever Boris did or not say or how little you rate him. The over all message was clear we can get over this but we all need to start playing by the rules. To look out for others and yes the age old message whether you like it or not is wash your hands.
Or state will get heavy and some emergency powers are known not to go once you get them.
In simple words it will get worse a lot worse the NHS will just get over whelmed and many will more will die some of whom need not.
That maybe one for your family , close friend or even you.
In the end the stats and the big details don't matter to most they won't help us day to day. Playing by the rules however will.

I thought it was pretty straight forward - please do what we are asking, or we may change the rules. Better we do this or it will get messy like in Italy/Spain.
 
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