bannedfromHandV Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Seat68 said: 11,000 people in hospital with sniffles. 67.2Million not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: 67.2Million not. 67 million have Covid? I am talking of the people who have Covid 11,000 are in hospital. You said that of the people most have sniffles, aside from the 11,000 on hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Out of a population of 65,110,000? Its drastically come down to where it was it seems It's not of the population, it's of the people that have Covid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: So do i, as fundamentally we are testing ourselves for a cold which is what this latest variant has been. How many people die of a cold in a year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Genie said: True, it’ll be a pointless statistic. People going into hospital will be the main barometer of things getting better/worse. I think (personally) that's been the case from my perspective for a while now. It's around a thousand a day, currently, but improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, bickster said: How many people die of a cold in a year? It’s a truer representation to evaluate it against common flu isn’t it? According to the BBC today the mortality rate for COVID so far this year (small sample size admittedly) is now less than that of flu (something like 0.011 for covid vs 0.02 for flu (historical average), I don’t recall the exact %’s but the comparison between the two is something like that). Whatever the weather, I just hope we can all largely put this well behind us in the coming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Not gonna lie, this virus has totally rewired my brain. Sat down after dinner last night about 7ish and felt really, really tired. Ended up falling asleep on the sofa which isn't like me that early. Woke up feeling fine but as the mornings gone on I've felt really tired again. Found out I was sat next to someone in the office the other day who's tested positive. Straight away I'm putting down a bit of tiredness to contracting covid. Just done a test and it's come back negative anyway. I've also convientenly now perked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: It’s a truer representation to evaluate it against common flu isn’t it? My point is that it isn't "just a cold" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: My point is that it isn't "just a cold" For some (many) folks, it isn’t even a cold to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: For some (many) folks, it isn’t even a cold to be fair. That also isn't the point My daughter has it right now, she just has a sore throat but she can still infect someone else and they might die. And the deaths don't all fall into the old underlying conditions types either Some apparently normal fit and healthy younger people can die from the virus I just think testing and self-isolation is still required because it isn't just a cold, it isn't just the flu. For the vast majority as you say, its less than that but for others its deadly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: How many people die of a cold in a year? How many people die from bee stings a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Is this ‘young and fit people dying from covid’ happening with any kind of significant regularity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Its not causing as many deaths as when it first hit either. I know varous vulnerable people that have caught this strain and their symptoms have been mild. Cold like symptoms. This variant is more of a cold (sore throat, headache) Edited February 18, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 49 minutes ago, bickster said: That also isn't the point My daughter has it right now, she just has a sore throat but she can still infect someone else and they might die. And the deaths don't all fall into the old underlying conditions types either Some apparently normal fit and healthy younger people can die from the virus I just think testing and self-isolation is still required because it isn't just a cold, it isn't just the flu. For the vast majority as you say, its less than that but for others its deadly Couldn't this be said about the flu pre covid (and even now)? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: How many people die from bee stings a year? About 5 in the UK. I'm sure you're making a point, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Davkaus said: About 5 in the UK. I'm sure you're making a point, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. You cant measure how many people in UK die of bee stings a year just like you cant on a cold as its not reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 26 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Its not causing as many deaths as when it first hit either. I know varous vulnerable people that have caught this strain and their symptoms have been mild. Cold like symptoms. Great news, everyone, I know a handful of people that survived cancer. Quote This variant is more of a cold (sore throat, headache) We're still at about 150 deaths a day over the last 7 days. At these numbers it's on track to kill about twice as many people as the flu season in the UK. I'm not saying it's anywhere near severe enough we should be thinking about lockdowns, or anything, but no, the the national level, it's absolutely nothing like an outbreak of the common cold. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, Demitri_C said: You cant measure how many people in UK die of bee stings a year just like you cant on a cold as its not reported. I'm going to make a habit of asking you this. Are you sure of this? Have you done any research? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Just now, Davkaus said: I'm going to make a habit of asking you this. Are you sure of this? Have you done any research? Try find a accurate source of how many people die of a cold. My other point is and this i might be wrong with but i dont think they have been reporting flu deaths like they were pre covid? Edited February 18, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2022 I can't find any accurate stats of how many people die of a broken fingernail, they just don't record it (Every cause of death is recorded) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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