It's generally reckoned in Lombardy and ER that people are dying in their homes and not part of those figures - yet, or ever.
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It's generally reckoned in Lombardy and ER that people are dying in their homes and not part of those figures - yet, or ever.
Rocky
Hello decadence
This is far far worse and more infectious than flu. More people are dying and will dye. This has only just started. There’s a GP surgery down the road from me which is on the verge of closing as nearly 75% of their professional staff have Covid19. This does not happen with flu.
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
People will not be allowed to have loved ones around them when they are suffering badly and frightened. To any rational, caring person that is seen as being alone.
Your attitude, or, more likely, the attitude you like to put on to be different, sucks. It is not big and it is not clever.
Johnno260
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
I said wreck the efforts they're making as in producing ventilators, the inbred morons we have here carry on as normal overload the NHS and the efforts people have made will be for nothing.
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He did no such thing. He posed a question. Economics and life are intertwined, a global recession may cause more loss of life than the virus
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
When our very own @Fab Foodie is symptomatic, and at least one other forumite I know is self-isolating, then frankly that's bad enough for me. This thing will kill thousands, even in best case scenario. And it won't be that best case, because of all the government inaction, and more importantly the selfishness, stupidity & hypocrisy of too many people. Panic buying, absolutely unnecessary travel, refusal to comply with simple, reasonable instructions…kills people. Leaves more people with life-changing injury. Ruins the lives of those remaining. My mum is 79 in a month and a bit. I don't have the luxury of working from home or taking months off. One of these braindead *******s could infect her (or me, and I pass it on)…
We were booked to go self catering in the West Country in a week or two, but we've cancelled. I emailed the agents to take an option on the place as and when things improve. I don't want to add any stress onto an area which might struggle if things start to get worse and I certainly don't want to be associated with the herds heading out on what looks like a bank holiday
Besides, we'd be more able to contribute to the local economy later when things recover. Makes sense to me.
Anyway, the huge tub of paint which is lurking under the stairs won't fling itself at the living room walls...
Besides, we'd be more able to contribute to the local economy later when things recover. Makes sense to me.
Anyway, the huge tub of paint which is lurking under the stairs won't fling itself at the living room walls...
I doubt anything will change, my thoughts have always been the same, that the reaction to the virus threat (economically) might have a human cost more than the virus itself. I do hope that I am wrong. But the economic and subsequent future human cost is entirely ignored in this thread.
Rocky
Hello decadence
How much do you put on a human life?
You are likely to have 2000 to 5000 deaths in the UK by the end of April. These are old estimates. Based on newer madrid or italy data if the UK gets a nasty cluster it may go higher. And the great social mixing experiment this weekend.
Johnno260
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
No one is saying flu deaths each year are acceptable, and every winter the NHS struggles its massively under funded and mis managed.
But that won't fix the issues now, more members of the public being responsible will in the short term, we can talk about funding and management when this is over.
Until then we should all be doing the most to protect and support our key workers
But that won't fix the issues now, more members of the public being responsible will in the short term, we can talk about funding and management when this is over.
Until then we should all be doing the most to protect and support our key workers
Is a world recession worth one human life? Nope. A 100? Nope. 10,000? Nope. I dunno, what figure would you put on it?
Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
You seem to be the one who is constantly referring to the value of lives vs a recession. Why doesn't the oracle give us his opinion?
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Son no 2 just applied for a job at Lidl. He had to adapt his cv somewhat. It has a professional head shot of him with his instrument, a list of recent notable performances and under „other skills“ it says „magician, escape artist, singer and actor“
Perhaps not quite relevant for a shelf stacker!
Perhaps not quite relevant for a shelf stacker!
Completely relevant. Especially the magician and actor bit.
