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Is this really our plan?
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Originally posted by elsergiovolador View PostHow many countries will bend the knee and accept tulipcoins as their new currency?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI think they should pile the bodies of the 300,000 dead outside the houses of those that think it's just flu and money, tax and all that bollox matters. Money doesn't matter, we can print trillions per seconds. Money doesn't exist, it's an illusion, a number in a computer.
Millions are going to die, unless everyone minimises travel and contact.Last edited by Whorty; 14 May 2020, 11:30.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI think they should pile the bodies of the 300,000 dead outside the houses of those that think it's just flu and money, tax and all that bollox matters. Money doesn't matter, we can print trillions per seconds. Money doesn't exist, it's an illusion, a number in a computer.
Millions are going to die, unless everyone minimises travel and contact.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostI accept that, but we're only not he start of the journey with this virus, so we don't know how many strains of it there will be.
Also comparing to SARS or MERS isn't that reliable.
SARS lasted 2 years and globally there were about 8,000 cases with 800 deaths
MERS is still going after 8 years, but only 2,500 cases and 900 deaths globally.
CV-19 is 6 months old and already at 4.4million cases and 298,000 deaths
Now, black swans exist, so unlikely doesn't mean never, but our plans need to take this into account.
We therefore need to decide whether we think we can stop this virus completely by world lockdown (impossible), or accept that it will continue to spread and kill (pretty much a given). We then need to decide how many deaths are palatable - cost of deaths via this virus vs cost of killing the economy but saving 'some' lives.
There is no right answer unfortunately. Whatever route we go people will die. As I said from day 1, those in charge have an impossible job and will never get it 'right' in the eyes of everyone. I'm glad I'm not the one having to make these decisions and can sit at home, criticise and blame and play the keyboard warriorI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostDo you genuinely believe that millions are going to die in the UK because of Covid19?I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostDo you genuinely believe that millions are going to die in the UK because of Covid19?
He didn't specify "in the UK", that was your idea.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostHe didn't specify "in the UK", that was your idea.Comment
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