COVID19 Something they're not telling us

[Bruce Stephens]

Hard to say since the evidence behind that policy hasn't been released.

I think I've heard a plausible reason for the change: the earlier modelling was assuming half as many infected people would need ventilation. After experience from Italy they realised that and recalculated.

 

[Austin Mini]

Please correct me if I am wrong or misunderstanding the issue, but, all the guidance being given out about self isolation, social distancing, avoiding people, places, work, travel, old people, the list goes on.....fails to mention a critical piece of information. That is, all this advice only applies if you haven't already had the coronavirus?

Why would you distance yourself, isolate, avoid travel, avoid busy places if you have already had the virus?

Everyone is most welcome to give their view on this?

Why? Because everybody must be seen to that’s why. If our NHS is put under pressure like Italy, Spain etc and it collapses under the pressure or shortage of staff then people will die in huge numbers not just from the virus that’s why. The virus doesn’t move people move it. We stop moving the virus stops moving, the virus dies it’s that simple.

 

[mikeyB]

You would struggle to destroy cold viruses. There are at least a hundred different viruses that cause the common cold, some of which are coronaviruses. They tend to vary geographically, so if you stay in the same area your immunity to the local viruses builds up. Move to a new area, new viruses and you catch every cold that’s doing the rounds.

For sure, you can eliminate single viruses like measles, smallpox (now extinct in the wild), polio (virtually extinct ). It all depends on immunisation and herd immunity.

This only works in Scotland, where childhood immunisation rates are consistently above the level where herd immunity works. In England, the immunisation rates never reach that level. That’s probably because there is a greater proportion of gullible fools in England.

 

[Eddy Edson]

FWIW, the virologists I follow on Twitter believe that post-infection immunity will last for a while, probably similar to seasonal flu.

Eg:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1242628564324761606

And a NYT piece with input from some of those virologists: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/health/coronavirus-immunity-antibodies.html

 

[Bruce Stephens]

That’s probably because there is a greater proportion of gullible fools in England.

I'm sure that's part of it, but part of it's apparently organisational (which is likely less of an issue in Scotland).

Don’t blame parents for low vaccination take-up | Letter

Letter: As cases of measles continue to rise, access to health services is a greater problem than online conspiracy theories, writes Prof Roger Penn

www.theguardian.com

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

That’s probably because there is a greater proportion of gullible fools in England.

Nah! Reckon it’s cos you Scots are all so rugged and hardy. Puny viruses don’t stand a chance! 😛