I’m astonished that still some folk appear to believe this is a hoax and that governments want to and perhaps enjoy controlling the population. Isn’t there enough evidence that this super flu strain is a killer and therefore has to be taken seriously. Lockdowns are awful yes, but better that than more premature deaths and hospitals full to capacity and beyond.
It's not a hoax. It is a very serious virus for a very small minority. We can pinpoint the large majority of those with underlying conditions who may be particularly vulnerable.
Why have we not made any effort to increase NHS capacity? We've spent a fortune on track and trace. We have student nurses etc. Why send all those with covid symptoms to the general hospital a and e for diagnosis and assistance?
The scaremongering is off the scale. Yes we all need to careful and cautious and yes as many as want to need to have a vaccine to help them. It's just so ott.
Well done - good post which everyone should read before dismissing the vaccine / masks, etc as scaremongering.If you want to increase NHS capacity quickly, getting vaccinated would currently seem to be the answer.
This is quite a sobering read:
It won’t change their minds. They ‘know better’. You see it plainly here in this very topic, in posts above. They will not be told.Well done - good post which everyone should read before dismissing the vaccine / masks, etc as scaremongering.
Well done - good post which everyone should read before dismissing the vaccine / masks, etc as scaremongering.
I do hope we are not heading back to square one
It won’t change their minds. They ‘know better’. You see it plainly here in this very topic, in posts above. They will not be told.
It’s all about incremental gains. Like when they started to analyse sport to see what’s possible. The best Nike trainers won’t make me an Olympic athlete, but they will take a microsecond off the time for someone who is. As one of our best customers says “every little helps”. So we should all (unless there are compelling and genuine medical reasons not to):Masks and vaccines are different things are they not? Or do we have to blob think everything and pretend everyone is equally got a chance of getting very ill or dying?
Slam-Dunk! Case proven me-Lud.You need to question things a bit more when you get off the farm and see the world a bit
Don't need to, when we got nut jobs like you to report the reasons why things are chaotic "out there".You need to question things a bit more when you get off the farm and see the world a bit
Avian flu H9 N1 is a current case in point. All birds to be housed to isolate them from all outside avian contact and if one gets infected the flock is all slaughtered. That is done not only to protect the domestic bird population but to protect humans that may get infected by the birds and spread it around people, (as if we don’t have enough problems already).Don't need to, when we got nut jobs like you to report the reasons why things are chaotic "out there".
Maybe you should look at the examples, both successful and failed, of controlling disease in the farmyard.
Population is only growing significantly in a few regions of the worlds. Which has no relevance whatsoever on the great excess of deaths due to covid or the long term life-changing illness that is even more common but not generally reflected in any figures quoted in the media.Omicron symptoms mild so far - South African doctor
The South African doctor who found the new variant says patients are showing very mild symptoms so far.www.bbc.co.uk
Knee jerk reaction. Sooner I get it, the sooner I'm over it.
Worldwide covid death 5m
World population increase 2021 100m
Migration and population control. Few affluent western biddies dead. Not even dented world population growth. What a fuss.
BBC and Government’s remit is to both avoid panic and protect the population. They don’t want to tell you the truth about human susceptibility to outside malevolent influences, and mortality, which is actually no different to any other animal’s, is that anything could potentially wipe out great swathes of us at any time. The probability at any given time is low but increases as severity decreases. The line between everyone's life and death is a very fine one indeed and one you should not take so lightly. That you dismiss the deaths of so many people so lightly, as you explicitly stated in your recent post, is quite disgusting. Not an attitude we would expect from a civilised, decent and rational person.There's not going to be a variant with 75 to 90 percent mortality. That's drastically higher than the ebola death rate with African medical assistance. You think there could be? Diet of too much BBC fear and panic.