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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostA bloke down the pub said we are all going to die from it.
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Originally posted by Lost It View PostIf he's right the meek will inherit the Dearth.I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).Comment
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Originally posted by Scruff View PostFTFYComment
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Nature "designs" viruses to self propagate and not actually kill the host. Because if it does terminate the host it cannot be spread. Hence Ebola outbreaks die off once proper isolation systems are put in place.
So the CoVID 19 virus version will by definition kill itself off. If it cannot spread it will die. If it cannot mutate so it doesn't kill the host it will also die.
Once it's taken out all the already vulnerable people the rest will have antibodies, and just like the common cold every year the "Flu Jab" will carry some dead virus to allow us to build up antibodies.
I still think the world is panicking over a bug that won't affect 99% of the population that has a good robust immune system. OK it will have a good go at taking out the already compromised population, drug takers who don't have any nasal hairs, people who take drugs that compromise their immune system, the old and sick, and the young and sick.
But it isn't the "Spanish Flu" type of attack that will kill millions. It isn't the "Black Death" kind of attack. Just a mutant strain.Comment
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Originally posted by Lost It View PostTa. Although it's generally agreed in motorbike circles that it will be Cockroaches riding Honda VFR's that will be left.I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostSo, as you're an agent, still zero?The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by SeededLoaf View PostDoes that mean UK house prices might come down a bit?
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostFFS sake, really? I expect oPM to believe every piece of crap on the internet, but I expected better from the rest of you!
We're 2-3 months in, and so far we have had 9 cases in the UK, 8 of whom are now clear. All these cases had links to China/SE Asia.
At a 2% mortality rate, with shall we say 75m people in the whole UK, we'd only get 1.5 million deaths if EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the UK was infected.
Let's think about that again ..... in 2-3 months we have 9 cases. And yet you're suggesting in the next 10 months this will jump to THE WHOLE UK POPULATION of (no more than) 75m.
I say it again ... FFS
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