This flu is Armageddon on our doorstep!

[Tom68]

I'm aware of the Covid-cluster @Batemans Bay wazza & I see you-online:
Do you have anything to say-contribute atm? I'll delete this post B4 9PM.

Bus drivers aren't fairing well (we won't mention France) in the UK, locked in a room with randoms gets to be a worry as numbers climb, not forgetting the asymptomatic are quietly moving this virus all through the whole country.

[pk]

It is getting worse - perhaps people are expected to live forever ?

A woman in her 100s,
A woman in her 90s
- and a woman in her 80s have all died with coronavirus

[BigE]

that is a cluster of 3. sweet Jesus where all F-cked.

i am thinking the virus is already spread far and wide and will be impossible to contain

[380EXCQLD]

that is a cluster of 3. sweet Jesus where all F-cked.

i am thinking the virus is already spread far and wide and will be impossible to contain

Absolutely. We were all going to die eventually, even before the rona.
Anyone who was making big plans for their 80’s and beyond, might need to get back in touch with reality.
Likewise, anyone who believed that the government could protect them from viruses forever should probably self administer a hefty uppercut.

[OldManRiver]

Absolutely. We were all going to die eventually, even before the rona.
Anyone who was making big plans for their 80’s and beyond, might need to get back in touch with reality.
Likewise, anyone who believed that the government could protect them from viruses forever should probably self administer a hefty uppercut.

I agree 100%. Not any excuse or reason for open slather though (and I'm not suggesting that you said so).

[Tom68]

[Tom68]

That's very ordinary if true. Have you a reference site?

[poper]

It is getting worse - perhaps people are expected to live forever ?

Dont forget the old inheritance thing, most cretins want to get their hands on it as soon as possible. i can not believe what lengths people go to kill their parents just to get the house and the bank account .

[Von]

Friend of ours died from the flu a few years ago. According to the medical staff he was one of many. It was a bad year for influenza.

What did the Government do about this flu problem....NOTHING!

Consider this article. Note the Government did NOTHING.

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...enza-this-year

[JJW]

That article indicates risk of possibly losing up to 0.00016% of the population.

COVID is taking down about 3.6% of known infections in the US (140K deaths and about 3.8M known infections).

In the UK, they have recorded 45K death from a known 296K infections - 15% death rate!

Italy 35K deaths from a known 245K infections - 14%.

Spain 28K death from a known 265K infections - 10.5%.

All of these countries have gone to lockdown, so we haven't seen the infection run through the population yet.

No doubt there are some statistical errors in all of the data sets, but to compare COVID to the flu is flat out stupid.

[JJW]

Friend of ours died from the flu a few years ago. According to the medical staff he was one of many. It was a bad year for influenza.

What did the Government do about this flu problem....NOTHING!

Consider this article. Note the Government did NOTHING.

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...enza-this-year

Nothing? Govt supplied about 13M flu vaccinations.

[JJW]

Nothing? Govt supplied about 13M flu vaccinations.

Free doctors, xrays, blood tests, hospital treatment.......some people are hard to please eh??

[380EXCQLD]

That article indicates risk of possibly losing up to 0.00016% of the population.

COVID is taking down about 3.6% of known infections in the US (140K deaths and about 3.8M known infections).

In the UK, they have recorded 45K death from a known 296K infections - 15% death rate!

Italy 35K deaths from a known 245K infections - 14%.

Spain 28K death from a known 265K infections - 10.5%.

All of these countries have gone to lockdown, so we haven't seen the infection run through the population yet.

No doubt there are some statistical errors in all of the data sets, but to compare COVID to the flu is flat out stupid.

I see your point, but 4000 out of 25M is 0.016% and to compare more accurately to the covid stats you posted, 4000 out of the predicted 2M cases(as per the article) is 0.2%.

Your point still stands though. Covid is not the flu.

I'm still on the fence as to just how proportional our response has been.
Victoria is the perfect example of how heavy handed restrictions are worthless when the premier then turns around and allows particular groups to willfully breach those restrictions because it suits his political agenda

Edit:...almost forgot to mention comrade Dan's other great accomplishment, the complete botching of the quarantining of covid cases

[JJW]

Argh ok, my maths failed miserably there!!!

[poper]

Nothing? Govt supplied about 13M flu vaccinations.

Not around here, only for select few .