Originally Posted by
Sunfish
Spare a thought for RAAF ground crew. They can’t do distancing either.
As for death rates - the definitive figures wont be known for years. Hopefully not worse than seasonal flu. I think I understand that the figure will come from serology - antibody studies from large samples.
- The death rate is (currently) far worse than the flu. 0.1% vs 3% - and 800000+ is a good enough sample size - saying that too many wouldn’t have been tested and many would be recovered not knowing they had it.
- it’s much worse if you’re old (over 12 times more likely to die than normal flu of over 85)
its R0 number is higher (people infected per person)
but mostly we don’t have a vaccine nor do we understand how it will behave if it inevitably mutates (all viruses mutate - sometimes it’s a good thing , sometimes not) either way it makes it harder to creates vaccine.
I think lining up and doing what we’re told (cooperating) isn’t always a bad thing - and I still say a cockpit environment is ripe for the spread..