The COVID-19 virus in the UK

[killingeve]

I call it the " woke " 'flu.

What do you mean?

[David1819]

Please blind me with your equations.

I suspect nutnuts maths is on the same level as his spelling. That of a five year old.

[lookout]

What do you mean?

Each 'flu epidemic has been named from whence it came and it's now not PC to single out a particular country.

Spanish 'flu.
Asian 'flu.
Hong Kong 'flu.
Wuhan ( Chinese ) 'flu.

The latest from South Africa is now known as Omnicron.

[Bubo bubo]

Hi folks  a musical statement of the current situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9htLZr7DcU

[killingeve]

Each 'flu epidemic has been named from whence it came and it's now not PC to single out a particular country.

Spanish 'flu.
Asian 'flu.
Hong Kong 'flu.
Wuhan ( Chinese ) 'flu.

The latest from South Africa is now known as Omnicron.

Oh right yes I see what you mean but I agree about the names.  There's often no concrete evidence of where these things originate from and if you single out a country it can be damaging to its economy and its people can experience discrimination.  The Alpha variant was first identified in Kent, UK.

[killingeve]

Hi folks  a musical statement of the current situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9htLZr7DcU

Might be Christmas number 1! 

But is it true things are getting harder on planet Earth?  Compared with what and when? 

[Jane]

Each 'flu epidemic has been named from whence it came and it's now not PC to single out a particular country.

Spanish 'flu.
Asian 'flu.
Hong Kong 'flu.
Wuhan ( Chinese ) 'flu.

The latest from South Africa is now known as Omnicron.

I bit like the "Pox"!!! Every country blaming a different one for it's origin and naming it as being such!!!

[nugnug]

Based on what I've read I don't believe Spanish flu killed anything like 10% of the world's population.  Where are you getting 10% from? 

In any event as an anti-vaxxer can you not see the folly with your argument?  The main reasons deaths have been kept low during this pandemic is down to government interventions ie lockdowns etc and more importantly vaccines which provide high levels of protection against the virus.

Why would the authorities want to fiddle about with the data?

What's in it for the government to play up the pandemic?

the worlds population in 1918 was 1 billon the spanish flue cliamed 100 millon victems worldwide

most vitems of it were healthy before the they. cought it.

unlike covid were most people who cought it were at deaths door in the first place.

[killingeve]

Perhaps Covid is nature's way of bringing back some sort of equilibrium ie protecting the planet by lowering greehouse gases through reduced transportation, industrial output etc. 

[nugnug]

Each 'flu epidemic has been named from whence it came and it's now not PC to single out a particular country.

Spanish 'flu.
Asian 'flu.
Hong Kong 'flu.
Wuhan ( Chinese ) 'flu.

The latest from South Africa is now known as Omnicron.

witch is an anagram of moronic

[lookout]

witch is an anagram of moronic

That's a good one nugs. 

[killingeve]

the worlds population in 1918 was 1 billon the spanish flue liamed 100 millon victems worldwide

most vitems of it were healthy beore the cthe cought it.

unlike covid were most people who cought it were at deaths door in the first place.

I think the population in 1918 was more like 1.8 billion.  Estimates of deaths vary with 100 million at the top end.  About 3% of the world's population.

Again can you not see the folly with your argument above?  Most might well have been healthy before they caught Spanish flu but that's because many other diseases that have been either totally eradicated or are treatable today would have killed them before Spanish flu so you were left with the 'fighting fit'.   

The reason the elderly and immunosupressed are vulnerable to covid is that other diseases they would have been susceptible to in 1918 would have killed them off before Spanish flu had a chance.

How many of the world's population do you think survived heart attacks, strokes and cancer in 1918 not forgetting all the other diseases?

[killingeve]

witch is an anagram of moronic

Seems the only moronic thing around here are your ill thought out posts.

[killingeve]

That's a good one nugs. 

I thought you were an advocate for the vaccine and think those refusing should not be treated on the NHS if they fall ill?

[lookout]

I thought you were an advocate for the vaccine and think those refusing should not be treated on the NHS if they fall ill?

I do agree with the vaccine but there's nothing wrong with complementing nugs's post is there ?
It just goes to prove how things can be taken out of context  And twisted to boot !