Coronavirus compendium thread



Market Where? said:
Because if you wait until the death rate starts going up rapidly in other areas it’s too late to do anything. There will in all likelihood be two milestones passed by the morning - 100 dead in a day and a 1000 in total.
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You do understand that the total number of dead can’t be decreased and bearing in mind that the % of dying is falling it’s actually not as bad as you think

And yet we are pretty much 2 weeks out after banning flights and taking precautions and are yet to see any major outbreak/increase in deaths

You are correct in what you state but early evidence points to that not happening

I could say that the evidence is starting to show it’s contained but you will just say it went up by 2000, or x number of people died, as I said in pretty much my first comment, I’d start to worry if/when their is a major outbreak outside China or a major increase in deaths outside China

Has that happened yet bearing in mind (the accepted) infectious period is 2 weeks
 
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Vore said:
Why? What the fuck would that have to do with your making it to page 44 on this virus still thinking it's "most avoidable if dirty bastards just washed their f***ing hands [sic]"
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Wash your hands frequently
Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty.

Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub eliminates the virus if it is on your hands.

Guess the source
 
Vore said:
Why? What the fuck would that have to do with your making it to page 44 on this virus still thinking it's "most avoidable if dirty bastards just washed their f***ing hands [sic]"
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Taken from NHS web site

“How to avoid catching and spreading germs

There are things you can do to help stop germs like coronavirus spreading:

Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Then bin the tissue, and wash your hands, or use a sanitiser gel.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using public transport. Use a sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with people who are unwell.
If you have arrived back from China or specified areas in the last 14 days, follow the advice on this page for returning travellers.“
 
bahtat said:
Taken from NHS web site

“How to avoid catching and spreading germs

There are things you can do to help stop germs like coronavirus spreading:

Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Then bin the tissue, and wash your hands, or use a sanitiser gel.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using public transport. Use a sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with people who are unwell.
If you have arrived back from China or specified areas in the last 14 days, follow the advice on this page for returning travellers.“
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monkeytassle said:
Wash your hands frequently
Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty.

Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub eliminates the virus if it is on your hands.

Guess the source
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No, it's OK, I get basic hygiene advice. It's just incredibly disconcerting that you'd confuse "things you can do to help" (your link) with "this would have been sufficient to stop an air-borne virus spreading and everything would be find if "those dirty fuckers would have washed their hands."

There's hundreds quarantined on a cruise ship, how has no-one thought to just wash their hands?! Easy.
 
When do our media outlets call bullshit on the numbers. Its something that piers Morgan would love to sink his teeth into, no idea why they don't
The chinese people are saying the numbers are 10-15x higher than reported in the media and China
 
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DH1 said:
When do our media outlets call bullshit on the numbers. Its something that piers Morgan would love to sink his teeth into, no idea why they don't
The chinese people are saying the numbers are 10-15x higher than reported in the media and China
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Maybe just maybe cos a scare story creates more interest (sales or viewers) in their product than an inquiry into Chinese statistics
 
Hongkongphooey said:
The media are really trying their best to instil mass hysteria across the country. You’ve more chance of being killed by the flu than this virus.
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This new virus really highlights the general publics failure to distinguish the difference between historical statistics and future probability. Let me try and explain for you:

Whilst more people to date have died from regular influenza, the mortality rate is around 0.1%, whereas the mortality rate of this novel coronavirus is about 2%. As things stand of course, this may increase or decrease as more stats are collated.

Therefore should you catch one or other disease, the probability of the flu killing you is 1 in 1000 whereas the probability of the 2019-nCoV killing you is 1 in 50.

No doubt you will probably be thinking that the chance of catching flu is greater than catching 2019-nCoV. Statistically speaking that could be true at this moment in time, but try doing some reading up on exponential growth. The new virus is currently going through a sharp incline, regular influenza isnt.
 
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Swine flu a few years back had a mortality rate of 1% didn't it?, and the world survived. As the majority of cases and fatalities have occurred in China can we believe the figures they are releasing anyhow?
 
Northern_chappy said:
This new virus really highlights the general publics failure to distinguish the difference between historical statistics and future probability. Let me try and explain for you:

Whilst more people to date have died from regular influenza, the mortality rate is around 0.1%, whereas the mortality rate of this novel coronavirus is about 2%. As things stand of course, this may increase or decrease as more stats are collated.

Therefore should you catch one or other disease, the probability of the flu killing you is 1 in 1000 whereas the probability of the 2019-nCoV killing you is 1 in 50.

No doubt you will probably be thinking that the chance of catching flu is greater than catching 2019-nCoV. Statistically speaking that could be true at this moment in time, but try doing some reading up on exponential growth. The new virus is currently going through a sharp incline, regular influenza isnt.
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You’re one of the problems in this snowflake society
 

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