Higher than the Spanish flu. I'd say mortality rate is terrifying at this stage. I'd imagine it will spike further still when the health system will get completely overwhelmed.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Higher than the Spanish flu. I'd say mortality rate is terrifying at this stage. I'd imagine it will spike further still when the health system will get completely overwhelmed.
It's annoying being right
Also people not having to go to the job centre to receive benefits show what utter horse shit benefits sanctions were in the first place. And the sick pay stuff isn't great
Also people not having to go to the job centre to receive benefits show what utter horse shit benefits sanctions were in the first place. And the sick pay stuff isn't great
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I’m unemployed as of December so no worries on that score
I’m sure you’ll make it, Old Yeller.
It killed a lot of young people because a disproportionate amount were infected whilst coming back from war irrc. Presumably there would have been a lot of malnutrition, compromised immune systems?
Spain up to 2115 cases and 48 deaths according to
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/
In the Joe Rogan podcast with Michael Osterholm something that hasn't been really talked about came up is how obese people could be extremely vulnerable to this. With the numbers rapidly increasing across the USA now and a high rate of obesity it could be a lot more dangerous in the states.
Their cases are accelerating even faster than Italy's did, as is the US.
Although Italy may have a huge spike today as yesterday's numbers were not complete.
It's likely that Spain's increases are more dramatic as they're being pretty proactive with regard to testing - to the point that as far as I am aware, they mail you a testing kit once you've spoken to the helpline about your symptoms. That said, I haven't seen any concrete numbers as to how many tests are being carried out daily.
At the moment, in the south, life appears to be continuing as normal but it will not be long I fear before more drastic measures are brought into play. Luckily I don't need to go out for the foreseeable, having got a big shop delivered last week and others bits and pieces sorted yesterday.
At the moment, in the south, life appears to be continuing as normal but it will not be long I fear before more drastic measures are brought into play. Luckily I don't need to go out for the foreseeable, having got a big shop delivered last week and others bits and pieces sorted yesterday.
China has high obesity rates - comparable to the US - in the cities, of which Wuhan is one.
Morbidly obese, that's another story.
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Only 57 new cases for Germany today - wonder what measures they have in place.
I’ve got diarrhea today and the sweats (but not feverish). No other symptoms other than a dryish mouth and occasional sneeze.
My wife is at work and texted to say she feels dizzy and nauseous
Is dizziness a symptom? I was dizzy on Monday along with a fever but I didn’t know if I was imagining it.
Edit: Can see now it’s not. Going to ring 111 now. 3 hospitals local to me have a confirmed case(s) I believe.
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It's still very early.
Not so sure, they rose fast into the 1000s but a value under 100 is surely good news?
I shared a blog earlier on in this thread from an American ITU physician who said obesity is the main comorbidity they're seeing in all their critical cases.
He obviously isn't aware of the UK Tory Government's discovery that it's actually dangerous to implement swift proactive measures to save people's lives...
Yes, it benefits them financially to do as little as possible as late as possible, but that's just a coincidence
He must also not be aware of the 'wash your hands while merrily singing 'Happy Birthday' twice' as the World crumbles rule, like you're following advice from an Orwellian dystopian state.
The expert on Joe Rogan's podcast Michael Osterholm talked about the Spanish Flu reasons of young people, it's a cytokine storm that the young strong can have, an overproduction of the immune system.
Because they're fecking fat.
Be well fella
Fair enough. I'm not a scientist nor a medical professional of any sort, just a geek who likes watching too many documentaries so anything I say is at best parroted from some documentary and at worst a figment of my imagination as I can't remember the correct information. In any case, I wouldn't dare spread false information intentionally.
Probably because obesity itself causes a number of knock on/crossover health issues like high blood pressure, higher risk of inflammation and it's more taxing on the immune system.
IMO of the top 20 countries with cases..
Countries who are fecked = S.Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain
Countries on their way to being fecked = France, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Bahrain, Austria
Countries who have it under control (so far) = China, Japan, UK, Singapore, Malaysia
Countries who are fecked = S.Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain
Countries on their way to being fecked = France, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Bahrain, Austria
Countries who have it under control (so far) = China, Japan, UK, Singapore, Malaysia
Early in the day. The main provider of data hasn't published anything yet today.
Simplified explanation:
The fat isn't just 'in your gut' or 'moobs' etc.
All your trillions of little cells on their way to do a job, to make a delivery, etc, have to do extra work to get around something they are not really designed to have to get around.
Some don't get to where they're trying to go or get the job done right. Errors accumulate and compound. Huff puff, gotta go back and fix that now. Oh God still didn't get it right. Okay one more shot...
It's basically literally extra work.
Especially on certain systems and really especially on the heart.
Then if one gets sick, which demands even more work...
Fat people have to work harder, physically, to breathe. More meat to shift with each breath in and out. So they're going to tip into resp failure quicker than skinny people.
Plus being obese is mixed up with all the other important comorbidities, heart disease, diabetes etc
There's another German update in the evening, usually.
S.K. Thought they had this beat, with new cases halfing daily then boom 242 new cases yesterday. The varying incubation time for the virus is making it impossible to see whats going on.
Still not one death in the 0-9 age group, its remarkable.
So fat feckers, old cnuts, smokers, and bat-eaters are for the chop?
Downsides?
Downsides?
You'll be missed
You'll be missed
I'm alright, I did two hours of badminton last night and again this morning. My respiratory system is fecking fantastic.
Oh Man, I've been holding off going to the gym since this escalated because it seems like a prime spot for superspreaders but now i'm thinking I should go...not that im obese but being fit and active seems like a good state to be in.
I'll go for a swim and a sauna that seems like a safer option
I'll go for a swim and a sauna that seems like a safer option
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making it hard to get tested
That makes no sense. South Korea has handled it better than anyone.
What is it with people and their need to put everything in a tier list?
Decrease in total tests once more but increase in numbers in UK...
456 cases now in uk
Hungary declared a state of emergency: https://index.hu/english/2020/03/11/hungary_state_of_danger_coronavirus_special_legal_order/