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originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
You got a better theory?
originally posted by: continuousThunder
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
You got a better theory?
a better theory than "i hate 5g and am mistrustful of technology so let's blame a pandemic on it without actually linking the two in any way, meaningful, casual, or otherwise"?
i mean you know what a big ask that is, right?
but i did see someone blaming Nibiru the other day off the back of nothing more than a photo with a lens flare and i think that just sneaks in to take the crown if only for the position that some mysterious star could be present in our solar system with no gravitational effects whatsoever but can totally control viruses remotely.
Second favourite is direct energy weapons in order to push through a proposed highwa--- wait no that was the fires nvm
originally posted by: continuousThunder
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
You got a better theory?
a better theory than "i hate 5g and am mistrustful of technology so let's blame a pandemic on it without actually linking the two in any way, meaningful, casual, or otherwise"?
originally posted by: 1947boomer
That means that if 50% of the population has been infected already, the epidemic curve should have already reached its peak and started back down. But Worldometers shows that the UK outbreak is very definitely still on the exponential rise, with no slowing in sight. The UK couldn't possibly have 50% of its population already infected.
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: ConfusedBrit
This is why we need those antibody tests which they're trying to work towards, so that we can find out for sure instead of having estimates.
I can't wait til they get those out. The disappointment among some folks around here and in the media when they find out millions of people have already had the damn virus and didn't die is gonna be palpable.
originally posted by: ComebackLogic
Imagine how these stories would have been reported today, in light of the current Coronavirus situation:
Teenager needed EMCO following “fever, dry cough and difficulty breathing” - Doctor says caused by vaping. (Nov ‘19)
www.nottinghampost.com...
Former Blue Peter star Richard Bacon “Fighting for life” with pneumonia after returning from US (July ‘18)
www.nottinghampost.com...
Healthy 35 year old dies from sepsis after visiting hospital for suspected chest infection (August ‘19)
www.nottinghampost.com...
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
What concerns me is that a 13 year old boy, who had no recent previous or underlying health conditions, has died after contracting the virus in the UK.
BBC News confirms previously healthy 13 yr old died of coronavirus
This is worrying, because by rights that boy should have been the perfect example of a candidate for someone catching the virus, recovering, and gaining an immunity... To say that it's NOT good news to hear of this incident is an understatement.
Given that Icelandic research has evidenced over forty different strains of the virus in Iceland alone, it seems likely that this boy was killed by a somewhat more nasty strain of the virus? Therefore we all should absolutely continue with the social distancing for the time being, even if the curve is flattening, because otherwise we could see the rapid spread of more aggressive & unpleasant strains of the virus.
Icelandic research identifies 40 strains of coronavirus in Iceland alone
originally posted by: Petra137
a reply to: ConfusedBrit
I just do not believe that 50% of the population "have" had it. I know a fair few people in the UK (but not everyone) and not one has had any symptoms that are exactly as the COVID-19 appears as discussed, many have had mild colds as is the case for most of western Europe in Jan,Feb but none thankfully have had the breathing issues and fever.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
What concerns me is that a 13 year old boy, who had no recent previous or underlying health conditions, has died after contracting the virus in the UK.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
What concerns me is that a 13 year old boy, who had no recent previous or underlying health conditions, has died after contracting the virus in the UK.
BBC News confirms previously healthy 13 yr old died of coronavirus
This is worrying, because by rights that boy should have been the perfect example of a candidate for someone catching the virus, recovering, and gaining an immunity... To say that it's NOT good news to hear of this incident is an understatement.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Snarl
If someone who had a underlying condition dies because coronavirus exacerbated it, so what? Perhaps coronavirus didn't kill them, but they died because of coronavirus.
originally posted by: ConfusedBrit
In other news, out of all the people tested in the UK so far, nearly a QUARTER have contracted Covid-19. Considering the time that has elapsed since testing began, it would not surprise me if the Oxford estimate in the thread title has been considerably eclipsed by now.
Considering the sheer speed of the pandemic, are we potentially at 80%?
Again, good news, but we need to verify it CATEGORICALLY, and up the ante on secondary antibody tests to determine how many have already contracted it and recovered. Without that information, we are flailing helplessly.
But the testing process is an embarrassingly slow disgrace in the UK whilst the lockdown slowly kills us all economically.
Madness.