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Old 30th Mar 2020, 00:57
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junior.VH-LFA
 
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Originally Posted by -41
I understand your scared, and want to lash out. Have a look at what epidemiologist Neil Ferguson has done with his updated modelling. 2.2 million deaths was predicated in USA (which was not plausible) it’s been dropped by a factor of 20 so perhaps 90000 deaths in USA, perhaps 20,000 deaths in the UK and could be substantially lower.

It will pass, relax. Be positive.
How is it possible with so much peer reviewed academic information out there that you are able to be so ill informed?

The death rate from the virus, while not irrelevant, is certainly not the biggest issue governments are dealing with. What will happen to the car crash victim when every single ICU bed in the country is dealing with COVID-19 patients because we didn't flatten the curve? That's the problem.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imp...5HGdLRjJbRge7A

Herre's a good paper from the Imperial College London. Go have a read.
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