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Topic History of: Try this Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
The virus is trivial. The over reaction provoked by media is lethal, damaging, harmful and absurd. Not trivial at all.
Barney
Trivial!
As only a third of the planet's population is in lockdown?
Just a few billion...
JK2006
But no Barney; infection statistics are NOT worrying. What is worrying is that people are ignoring the fact that the vast majority of infections simply clear up. In China 3,300 dead - total. That's no more serious than a sneeze. For God's sake do not fall for Media Hype; it's bad enough that Governments (and masses of stupid punters) do. The consequences of over reaction are FAR worse than the fatality caused by this trivial virus.
Barney
Yes - there will be many consequences of the virus, other than infection and death.
World Health Organisation says that over 190 countries are now affected - and the UN only has 195 members.
Infection statistics for the USA are particularly worrying. Hence a $2 trillion investment by them - the biggest in history!
$2,000,000,000,000
wyot
Yes I agree. The strain socially and economically the longer this goes on will lead to escalating suicides, mental health deterioration, alcohol abuse, domrstic violence etc etc.
The scales will tip at some point and Covid deaths will be accomodated into our collective narrative as we ease back to normal life out of sheer necessity, then a vaccine.