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Interesting thread on this.
Boris Johnson has tested positively for it apparently.
Weird the people who were saying last week we aren't testing everyone so the death rate isn't that bad are now saying the "attack rate" isn't that bad.
Which is it.
Also Boris now has it.
Excel is being used to alleviate current pressure on other hospitals...
There's a different between short term spikes and longer term issues.
It's a need I know the 2 hopsitals near me have already too many patients and the 2 near my parents' the same
We often hear about how the asymptomatic cases hide the true death rate but there is a good case to say that the same is true in balance for unidentified deaths. Interesting article from italy reporting that phenomenon
https://www.corriere.it/politica/20_...?refresh_ce-cp
Ultimately it's the death rates of those without serious underlying conditions that will give us a truer picture, but what we don't know is how many people would die if we destroyed the global economy? I don't envy the people who are trying to predict the future, as the consequences of getting it wrong could be horriffic.
Seems unreal to be reading things like this.
Birmingham Airport could become emergency mortuary
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Birmingham Airport could be used as a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies in a worst-case coronavirus scenario after talks with several local councils.
I'm not sure this penny has dropped. I'm close to the 70+ age group yet am far more worried for my children and grandchildrens' futures. There was already a period of reckoning coming for global economies. This could tip literally everything over the edge of a cliff..
Matt Hancock tests positive as well.