There are some BIG questions to ask ourselves...

Firstly let me preface this by saying I have a mother in her 80s so clearly I'm very worried.

But we have to deal in facts and science.
If we look at the breakdown of deaths in Italy by age group.
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Of the 26,049 deaths only 293 are people under 50
And of those virtually ALL had some kind of high risk pre-existing condition.

The question is how does the vast majority protect the vulnerable?
Knowing that a vaccine is probably a long way off.

Do we shut ourselves in for a greater extended period of time but running the huge risk of destroying the economy which could lead to social breakdowns?
or...
Do we use the herd immunity model which might spike at first but would drop off pretty quickly over time.

As I mentioned lat week, nothing is black and white.
Everything has risks and costs (in terms of human lives)

Posted By: usacanary on May 4th 2020 at 15:31:17

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vaguely comforting thought (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 14:01:40
- There are some BIG questions to ask ourselves... (Coronavirus) - usacanary, May 4, 15:31:17
- Comforting if your only concerns are your own mortality and not the impact your actions (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 14:52:52
  - no that's not true (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 15:02:24
    - Have to agree to disagree on that one (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 15:16:06
      - why is that disagreeing with me? (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 15:22:14
        
        Exactly. (Coronavirus) - usacanary, May 4, 15:34:57
        
        *maths (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 15:41:50
        
        Stop with the math/maths, its fucking interchangeable. (Coronavirus) - usacanary, May 4, 16:05:39
        
        Apologies for the math/maths things, wasn't expecting you to tilt so massively about it (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 16:19:23
        
        your first line.... (Coronavirus) - usacanary, May 4, 16:22:34
        
        I might not like uptick, but I actually agree with you on this one (Coronavirus) - camcan, May 4, 16:10:50
        
        I like parsley (Coronavirus) - Tombs, May 4, 16:40:56
        
        Do you know I actually like curly too? (Coronavirus) - camcan, May 4, 17:25:57
        
        Yeah, like how to spell "realise" dammit. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 16:14:17
        
        There's a reason they are not leaving it up to people to make their own personal risk (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 15:29:06
        
        Well unsuprisingly, that's not quite what I was suggesting (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 15:39:44
- Isn’t it largely dependent on your age and health? (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 4, 14:16:04
  - So yeah if you weren’t worried before (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 4, 14:17:58
    - I think it gives quite a good sense (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 14:42:46
      - Yes definitely many people are unnecessarily worried (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 4, 14:49:52
        
        Yes, it must increase, because there's an additional hazard (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 4, 15:01:06

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