CV and mad panic behaviour

[PaulP]

You'll be the butt of jokes if you keep that up LP.

[LP]

You'll be the butt of jokes if you keep that up LP.

 
They can laugh, but I've got all the corn I need!

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[DJC]

We were down to two rolls of dunny paper but Mrs DJC managed to track some down at a local servo.  That should tide us over until the panic subsides and supplies get back to normal.  Apart from toilet paper, the supermarket shelves were being cleared of canned pet food.  It’s good to see that panic-struck folk are thinking of their pets ... unless they’re buying it for themselves ?

Meanwhile, Scotty from marketing was on the box beating up COVID-19 again.  I guess he’s in a no win situation; if he presented a positive, non-alarmist message no-one would believe him  :

[ElwoodBlues1]

We were down to two rolls of dunny paper but Mrs DJC managed to track some down at a local servo.  That should tide us over until the panic subsides and supplies get back to normal.  Apart from toilet paper, the supermarket shelves were being cleared of canned pet food.  It’s good to see that panic-struck folk are thinking of their pets ... unless they’re buying it for themselves ?

Meanwhile, Scotty from marketing was on the box beating up COVID-19 again.  I guess he’s in a no win situation; if he presented a positive, non-alarmist message no-one would believe him  :

DJ...You could probably turn those two toilet rolls into a new Holden if you bargained hard..?
Rumour that a restaurant in NSW is offering a free toilet roll with every meal over $50....some idiot got himself tasered by the plods in Tamworth after starting a fight over a pack of toilet rolls in a bigW..?.
Some local entrepreneurs in Thailand were re-ironing used surgical masks and selling them to their fellow locals.....thats the community spirit you need.?

[capcom]

Mortality rate corona = 3.4%.  Influenza = 1.0%.  Spanish flu = 10 to 20%

[Jack Burton]

Mortality rate corona = 3.4%.  Influenza = 1.0%.  Spanish flu = 10 to 20%

COVID19 0.4-1.0%, figures unreliable because of many asymptomatic and unreported cases

[DJC]

COVID19 0.4-1.0%, figures unreliable because of many asymptomatic and unreported cases

There's an interesting WHO report on the interweb.

It seems that a significant number of COVID-19 fatalities have other illnesses including the latest flu virus.  It also seems to be more serious for males.

For some reason "Spill the Wine" springs to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0DMbCK...dio=1&t=49

[LP]

Mortality rate corona = 3.4%.  Influenza = 1.0%.  Spanish flu = 10 to 20%

Interesting, there was some discussion on one of the science podcasts talking about the H1N1 and how that historical situation could be very similar to now, in that they had identified H1N1(Maybe H5N1 as well, apparently now there is some doubt it was a single strain acting) but the sample set is relatively low and they were looking for an Influenza specifically. So now they think they should go back and check for an additional factor like coronavirus. But apparently there were other circumstances which affected the epidemiology surrounding the Spanish Flu, not sure what they were.

btw., The real figures for Spanish Flu were probably also about 2%, the infection rates were only in the 20% range. Still that is many times normal Flu which is typically 0.1% SDR. There were higher rates in Polynesia and other previous isolated places, up to 20% SDR, primarily due to the low resistance in those communities and their recent exposure to Western civilisation. Similar to when the Spanish introduced measles to South America.

A great book to read, a bit heavy on the reading but still worthwhile, is Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel.

[Gointocarlton]

A great book to read, a bit heavy on the reading but still worthwhile, is Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel.

My brother in law gave that to me years ago, couldnt get into it. Reading is not a favourite pass time of mine, maybe I should have another crack.

[Professer E]

His book "collapse" proposes better researched case studies to support the discussion he raises,  through I did enjoy his earlier tome,  GG+S.