BWitcher

No they shouldn't have.. It's only the indoctrinated panic merchants that have caused the entire thing. Too late now, the indoctrinated have done the damage.

I know 17000 is more than 35. People dismissing 17000 dead as nothing are sick.

I foresee vigilante groups in masks forcing infected.. or suspected infected.. out of there streets before long.

You were mocking me for pointing out 17,000 die annually from a virus some are saying is 'nothing'. Interesting. I'll mock you for thinking 35 lives are more important than 17,000. The answer is, they're all important.

That's when things will start to get scary.. With the idiots in the world already stealing from hospitals, who knows what will happen.

Sick? Are you for real? You're the one who has said the 'blummin flu'. You are the one mocking something that kills 17,000 on average annually. Get a grip of yourself.

I must have missed you banging on about it in previous years. Got any quotes to share? "The blummin flu" doesn't seem the words of someone who takes it seriously personally.

I'm asking why you didn't take 28,000 people dying from a virus seriously.. But you do take 35... are lives taken by the flu unimportant? Besides, I was replying to a poster sharing something that was mocking the flu. Personally an average of 17,000 deaths annually is not something to be mocked, but each to their own.

Well you didn't did you?

I understand. Nobody died previously. Everyone lived infinite lives. Thank god it is NOT taking as many lives as the flu yet. The world is losing its '****' already. Public Health England told ITV News: "The number of flu cases and deaths due to flu-related complications varies each flu season. "The average number of deaths in England for the last five seasons, 2014/15 to 2018/19, was 17,000 deaths annually. "This ranged from 1,692 deaths last season, 2018/19, to 28,330 deaths in 2014/15." God forbid, in the current sensationalist climate, this virus approaches anything remotely close to those figures.

A ridiculously high death rate compared to most of the rest of the world. They also get a far higher death rate for normal flu as well. South Korea appear to have it right. The major key though is more testing... The more people are tested, the more the death rate goes down... the less scary figures can be used by the media... the less panic.

The Italian model is the absolute worst to follow.

Personally, I still think its just a constant case of appeasement.

For many Iris, they wouldn't have any other choice. What's the point of closing schools, then just sticking the children in another location, all together still anyway? Not an attack, just wondering what the rationale is.

What are you talking about?

and THIS is precisely the problem. "We are not safe". Give it a rest.

You've never had the media screaming about it either. And that's the point.. it's not the virus that is scary... its the panic caused by the media.. that panic causes places organisations to act.. Then politics comes into play and the opposition in countries uses it to their advantage and whips up people and criticises governments for inaction... so they're forced to act. The UK has actually been the strongest government in trying not to bow to this pressure... but as organisations around them such as the Premier League cave in, it leaves them out on their own and will soon be forced to do the same. The collateral damage from all of this panic is going to be massive... the damage from the virus, very very minor indeed (on a world scale).

If that really were the case, there'd never be winter sport or events again.

However, Italy is the country that traditionally 'stays inside' the most at this time of year. And they have the highest death rate from flu every year.. And the same with Covid-19.

Interested to read that on 23rd January it was stated that half a million people had contracted the flu in Italy..... in one week. Now that is a virus that spreads quickly... It could also be another reason for higher death rates in Italy.. if elderly people have been hit with the flu.. followed by this in a short space, they're going to be weaker. It continues to be the lack of testing that means a true clear picture is extremely difficult to form. It will be interesting how the US testing goes as they're offering it free to all. A larger sample may provide a better picture. Germany continues to test to a higher degree than most countries... death rate 0.19% at the moment.

So you don't think it will get worse then eh?

Iris.. has Germany got a more efficient testing service at the moment? I note the death rate there is 0.2%... far lower than most other places, this suggests those with mild symptoms are being tested more.. is that so? The rate including those in serious condition is 0.29%.. Worlwide figures at the moment: Italy 7.17% China 3.93% Iran 4.52% South Korea 0.89% Germany 0.20% Spain 2.54% France 2.16% USA 2.14% UK 1.38% Switzerland 0.97% Netherlands 1.24% Japan 2.86% Overall 3.72%

It isn't bad now in the slightest. Yes it will get worse, but to suggest its bad right now is just nonsense. 400,000 to 700,000 die every year from influenza for example. This particularly virus has taken 5000 lives so far worldwide, barely a blip. This is what's scary when people are so panicked over such small figures (compared to what happens every year)... christ knows what they'll be like if and when it shoots up.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51878050 Who'd have thought it.... As said, your average guy on the street is never going to be tested with the mild symptoms Arteta and indeed Hudson-Odoi had.

Remember Drop a Cog constantly trying to drop Wolves speedway in it over this?