UK Covid death toll

[Derek Hardballs]

The virus of course is a new strain of Covid so the semantics don’t really amount to much. This new strain  is more contagious and more damaging to health. The symptoms are more varied and in a number of cases leave patients with long term conditions. How many Long Flu clinics are there? How many people who have the flu are still suffering 6-7mths after contracting the virus? 

You accuse me of sensationalising numbers when all I’ve used is some of the most most accurate figures we currently have. You are constantly playing things down and alluding to some conspiracy. So what is the reason for the U.K., most of Europe etc are putting such measures in place? What are they not telling us?

I've stayed out of this discussion really as I work with COVID but I don't think this is correct DH. The jury is still out but evidence is that while it's more contagious, it will almost certainly be less severe. In general mutations reduce the severity of viruses. It's very rare that it happens the other way around.

Slice, just for clarification are you saying that Covid 19 is currently less dangerous than your average flu virus? I appreciate over time virus’s mutate and usually become less harmful over time but at this point?

Is that the sound of a dropping penny I hear?

How many people died of Covid 19 compared to flu in the same time period? How many people are suffering from long term effects of flu compared to Covid 19? 

You still haven’t explained why governments across the world are plunging their economies into turmoil  and damaging their popularity (Brexit and Trumpian cultists are the exception obviously) for something less deadly than the flu?

You still haven’t explained how someone who has a family they live with and are vulnerable can be kept safe if other members of the family have to go to school and work etc?

It seems to me that we can all pick a scientist who shares our own opinion on the situation.