In cities, maybe

No real need outside

I’ve started drinking tea.
So save on my dwindling soft drink supply

I have tons of squash, it's bread i'm short of

Apparently beauty spots on the coast were so busy over the weekend there were long queues at fish and chip shops there

People, it seems, are retarded, and for some reasons I was momentarily surprised by this

There is always that desire to enjoy the things before they are taken away.

Also it’s the first sunny weekend after a long period of overcast and rain

yeah I was at the coast... it was packed, didnt go to any restaurants or anything

I could see some fish n chip shops tho from a distance and there were queues... but people were keeping a distance from each other

I went a mates to make sure he's ok as he's also self-isolating

We watched "Threads" for context

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5351640/pneumonia-deadly-infection-flu-trigger/amp/

yeah the "mild response" to corona is getting pneumonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

or whatever they said... not mild... er... "moderate"

30000 people killed by pneumonia in uk 2018.. no one bats an eye

apparently we did something to halve that number in 2019

pneuomonia is a old person dying of natural causes type thing

Work are making me go in though, the fucktards

also seems to kill more men than women.... "so its affecting women most..."

Lol we heartbroken our men are dying😉

dont worry tho... we're closing the gap

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051438/mortality-rate-from-pneumonia-england-and-wales/

Funniest take I saw was "Men are being affected more by this virus because they are losing $1 in income for every $0.79 a woman is

Pneumonia was known as the “captain of the men of death” and “old man’s friend”
So it’s really something that we have had for a long time

So Italy have been in lock down for more that two weeks, and their cases are still rising hugely, can anyone explain to me how this lock down business is actually working because I'm dumb and struggling to understand?

1. It's imperfect (people ignore it, or still go out for food)
2. People infect others in their home
3. Incubation period

You'll see cases rising for 7-14 days after a lockdown

It's been longer than that so 3 I can't accept..unless the incubation period is wrong...1 and 2 ok

What you want to see, is if cases are plotted against time, you want the steepness of the graph to decline and level out

Also, reporting lag

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2804670/80-people-die-Britain-DAY-flu-pneumonia-Europe.html

2014 article

How many of these covid 19 deaths are above and beyond the norm?

That is important if we introducing draconian measures.

Some doctors are saying the test doesn't differentiate between the different coronavirus'

well what they class as "moderate symptoms" is putting people in hospital.. so its a pretty harsh virus

Mag, missing the point. The draconian measures are not based on the number of deaths *now* but what the deaths *will be* if the measures are not taken

the flu is a different beast

0.5-1% of UK people get pneumonia every year. How are we differentiating between usual cases and this new virus?