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Quote from: Filo on March 15, 2020, 08:56:13 pmQuote from: drfchound on March 15, 2020, 04:09:14 pmQuote from: Filo on March 15, 2020, 03:56:20 pmQuote from: IDM on March 15, 2020, 12:46:23 pmQuote from: SydneyRover on March 15, 2020, 12:20:39 pmGood news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274The published figures cannot show the true extent of the virus as only hospitalised cases are getting tested.I know of one case self isolating at homeIs that the one that you mentioned the other day, in Dunscroft.YesHas he/she actually contracted the disease or is it precautionary?
Quote from: drfchound on March 15, 2020, 04:09:14 pmQuote from: Filo on March 15, 2020, 03:56:20 pmQuote from: IDM on March 15, 2020, 12:46:23 pmQuote from: SydneyRover on March 15, 2020, 12:20:39 pmGood news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274The published figures cannot show the true extent of the virus as only hospitalised cases are getting tested.I know of one case self isolating at homeIs that the one that you mentioned the other day, in Dunscroft.Yes
Quote from: Filo on March 15, 2020, 03:56:20 pmQuote from: IDM on March 15, 2020, 12:46:23 pmQuote from: SydneyRover on March 15, 2020, 12:20:39 pmGood news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274The published figures cannot show the true extent of the virus as only hospitalised cases are getting tested.I know of one case self isolating at homeIs that the one that you mentioned the other day, in Dunscroft.
Quote from: IDM on March 15, 2020, 12:46:23 pmQuote from: SydneyRover on March 15, 2020, 12:20:39 pmGood news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274The published figures cannot show the true extent of the virus as only hospitalised cases are getting tested.I know of one case self isolating at home
Quote from: SydneyRover on March 15, 2020, 12:20:39 pmGood news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274The published figures cannot show the true extent of the virus as only hospitalised cases are getting tested.
Good news and bad newsGood news when I looked a couple of hours ago there wee no cases in Doncaster but now there are 2.How many confirmed cases are in your area?Enter a postcode, English council or Scottish NHS area to find out. Wales and Northern Ireland are not currently providing localised figuresThere are 2 cases in Doncaster, out of a local population of 310,542Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 Marchhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51768274
There's one kid at a school in Moorends.
For those who like numbers, the (pre coronavirus) average number of people who die daily in the UK is around 1,400
Our local news tonight had a medical expert explain why they are not testing widely.He said that all people who had returned from affected areas have been tested so that for the remainder of us they can use modelling.I can see how using statistics and modelling may give a reasonable assessment of quantifying the outbreak, but it is bugger all use to individuals knowing whether they have the virus or have been exposed to it.
BST It was a fact presented without comment. Stop putting words in peoples mouths. You are not the authority on everything, you're nothing more than a condescending t**t at the moment.
Quote from: IDM on March 15, 2020, 10:57:25 pmOur local news tonight had a medical expert explain why they are not testing widely.He said that all people who had returned from affected areas have been tested so that for the remainder of us they can use modelling.I can see how using statistics and modelling may give a reasonable assessment of quantifying the outbreak, but it is bugger all use to individuals knowing whether they have the virus or have been exposed to it.IDM.I take your point, but we are in a situation were improving our understanding now might allow us to make decisions in a few weeks that could save 100,000 lives.In that context, using limited resources in a way that aids that decision, even at the cost of hurting a few individuals now, is entirely the right thing to do.
This is the big problem BST.Plenty of doctors are lining up to say the UK must follow suit and lockdown early to save lives.They are right, in the short term but what then? The plan seems to be put everything on hold until vaccines and treatments are available. That could be twelve months away, eightteen months away. The vaccine when it comes might not be so effective.I can tell you now, trying to shut the global economy down for any length of time is folly. It doesn't slow down, it collapses. That will do far greater damage to public health than the virus.A very difficult choice must be made here, and I actually think Whitty and Vallance are trying to make it.One thing I think they are getting wrong though is dropping testing and tracing. South Korea and Singapore have had a lot of success slowing the thing down through thorough testing and meticulous tracing.