I'm genuinely interested as to what lies behind such an approach. We have a handful of people on here who are still insisting "move along now, there's nothing to see" or it's no different to the flu. Yesterday a lad from town in his late 40s died from the virus. We currently have a lad in his early 50s on a ventilator too. I know both and i know that both would have expected to be on this earth for at least another 20 years. Yesterdays channel 4 news interviewed an ITU doctor and he explained that all the patients on there with corona were in their 50s and younger, the youngest being in her 20s. He further stated one was a fitness instructor. There are more from our town that are gravely ill and have indeed died. So what exactly is the motivation that lies behind people like Wakeyreds attitude? It's clearly a dangerous one.
There is a very strong correlation between people who think Coronavirus is a government conspiracy, and people who have been anally probed by aliens.
I think the select few I've seen playing it down- not necessarily on here- will probably need someone they know who is otherwise fit and well to get it and have a hard time before they start to see how serious this could be for them. Whilst it is naturally going to pick off older people easier for obvious reasons, what I have seen is that perfectly healthy people have struggled at times with it. I have no idea why to be honest, what makes them suffer when others get it and don't even realise. Natural immunity perhaps. Ps. Not sure I agree that wakeyred is a denier unless I have missed something.
There is a balance to be struck between paranoia, denial & being sensible, staying safe & taking advice. Hopefully most people are in the latter camp
Haven't seen anyone on here deny anything. Discussions seem more centred around the government response and what the end game actually is. Unless a vaccine comes along, most will probably get infected at some point. All these actions are doing, is slowing the virus down so we don't get it all at once and overwhelm the NHS For most people (in all categories) the infection isn't serious. Sadly with numbers who are getting infected that small percentage who are serious will add up to a very large number of untimely deaths. That's not to downplay the seriousness of this and the damage it is causing to society on so many levels. Of course the situation is worse than the usual seasonal flu. It is the situation though and i can't really see any way out that won't involve more deaths. On the bright side. A lot of research work is going into treatments. I should imagine once an effective one is found, this will make catching the virus not such a problem for people with health issues. Hopefully not long to wait. The speed and volume of research at the moment is unprecedented, as much as we are applauding our fantastic NHS spare a thought for our scientific community working 24hours 7 days a week on this one.