the_engineer 1,415 Posted January 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, roaming_comrade said: "most of the ones dying are elderly or very young children" I'm sorry but have you looked at the ages of people on the death list Yea reads like Wayne Rooney's secret phone with all his fave escorts on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 26, 2020 Should it have it's own thread if it starts killing notables soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roaming_comrade 471 Posted January 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Should it have it's own thread if it starts killing notables soon. I think we'll cross that bridge when we get there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 27, 2020 I still haven’t a clue what this thread is about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I still haven’t a clue what this thread is about. It is the synergy of milking a vulgar metaphor for all it is worth combined with a timely prediction of how significant 2020 is likely to be! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted January 27, 2020 Agreed that most will survive this outbreak, even if it goes global. But of the <5% (likely <1%) who die, most will be the elderly, or those with pre-existing health conditions. All of the deathlist fall into one of those categories, and wealth is hardly complete protection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted January 27, 2020 7 hours ago, roaming_comrade said: I think we'll cross that bridge when we get there We won't if the Chinese have their way . Blocking them off as we speak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 27, 2020 On 26/01/2020 at 19:13, msc said: Remember when SARS was going to wipe us out? This is basically SARS. Actually I say that, but it is ACTUALLY basically SARS with a new name. This is going to wipe out millions in the UK and USA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted January 28, 2020 I hope this clears up soon I have flights booked to Hong Kong at the end of March Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,089 Posted January 28, 2020 31 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: I hope this clears up soon I have flights booked to Hong Kong at the end of March Look on the bright side. You will probably get an upgrade to first class and lots of free champagne. People would die for that opportunity. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted January 28, 2020 Peart + Kobe = Rickman + Bowie Is this a fair fame equation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted January 28, 2020 16 hours ago, The Old Crem said: This is going to wipe out millions in the UK and USA. It really isn’t. Already bored of the doom merchants and self appointed medical experts on Twitter telling us that this is going to kill millions worldwide. Most people who have been infected have recovered or are making a recovery. Of the 5000 or so cases there has only been 106 deaths as of today. All the deaths thus far have been in China, primarily in the elderly and those who were already sick/weak. You can add in the contributing factor of poor healthcare in mainland China to that equation. Everyone contracting the virus and being diagnosed overseas is surviving. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted January 28, 2020 Can't even be bothered editing, so here's my posts on the ebola outbreak from 2014, just change Ebola to coronavirus. (Although I'd put a correction in here - since 2014, I found out the guy in 1999 in Germany didn't have ebola, it was another hemorrhagic fever entirely. So European/US medicine remains undefeated against ebola cases which reach the West...) Exact same thing counts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: It really isn’t. Already bored of the doom merchants and self appointed medical experts on Twitter telling us that this is going to kill millions worldwide. Most people who have been infected have recovered or are making a recovery. Of the 5000 or so cases there has only been 106 deaths as of today. All the deaths thus far have been in China, primarily in the elderly and those who were already sick/weak. You can add in the contributing factor of poor healthcare in mainland China to that equation. Everyone contracting the virus and being diagnosed overseas is surviving. Many rumours China is hiding the true death and infection figures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom03 1 Posted January 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Peart + Kobe = Rickman + Bowie Is this a fair fame equation? Kobe = Bowie Peart = Glenn Frey Jones = Rickman Parsons = Wogan. I'd say that was a fair fame equation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted January 28, 2020 Huangshi former mayor Yang Xiaobo has died at 56, reportedly of coronavirus. You know it is serious when it begins to strike party officials... EDIT: Media report it as pneumonia, but it is very suspect... EDIT 2: Coronavirus confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 28, 2020 https://news.sky.com/story/thailand-not-able-to-stop-the-spread-of-new-coronavirus-11919860 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted January 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, drol said: Huangshi former mayor Yang Xiaobo has died at 56, reportedly of coronavirus. You know it is serious when it begins to strike party officials... EDIT: Media report it as pneumonia, but it is very suspect... EDIT 2: Coronavirus confirmed. Yeah but any Asian politician dying before the age of 150 is suspicious to you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, drol said: Huangshi former mayor Yang Xiaobo has died at 56, reportedly of coronavirus. You know it is serious when it begins to strike party officials... EDIT: Media report it as pneumonia, but it is very suspect... EDIT 2: Coronavirus confirmed. I fear this will make the Spanish flu benign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,441 Posted January 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: I fear this will make the Spanish flu benign. You're fucking nuts. Feel free to quote me when you turn out to be right...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted January 28, 2020 58 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: I fear this will make the Spanish flu benign. That's a bold statement. Spanish flu infected about 1/3 of the world's population, and killed something between 3 and 10% of those it infected. If this coronavirus strain did the same, in spite of a century of advances in medicine, it would kill about 1 to 3% of the world's population... i.e. 75 to 225 million people. To make such a toll "seem benign", it would have to kill over half a billion people. Personally, I expect, if this goes global, that there may well be millions of deaths. I would not expect hundreds of millions, however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: Fair enough, but that's not really evidence for your prediction. The Wuhan novel coronavirus seems much less deadly than the Spanish flu so far, and mainly the deaths have been among elderly people or those with pre-existing respiratory problems, whereas Spanish flu caused significant numbers of deaths among young adults who were apparently healthy previously. I'm not saying it won't be bad, just not nearly as bad as Spanish flu was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 28, 2020 1 minute ago, paddyfool said: Fair enough, but that's not really evidence for your prediction. The Wuhan novel coronavirus seems much less deadly than the Spanish flu so far, and mainly the deaths have been among elderly people or those with pre-existing respiratory problems, whereas Spanish flu caused significant numbers of deaths among young adults who were apparently healthy previously. I'm not saying it won't be bad, just not nearly as bad as Spanish flu was. More focus on enema talk please !! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted January 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: More focus on enema talk please !! Hey, ya just bumped off Terry Jones, Nicholas Parsons and that American guy folk liked in the one week span, ya maniac! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
