Originally Posted by
pr00ne
ACW562,
All true, but those deaths were spread over a much longer time period, not one of them killed 29,000 in 8 weeks. Not one of them overwhelmed the NHS with so many hospital cases with one in three of those admitted dying.
Didnt exceed 29,000 in 8 weeks? are you sure? have you adjusted for the change in UK population, then to now?
Next, we didn't have lots and of people living well past their seventies with modern medicine managing multiple chronic conditions. This is a clear-out courtesy of mother nature as unpalatable as it may be. 92% of fatalities are over 70. 95% have single or multiple chronic conditions. You have more chance of dying of an RTA if you are under 10 and healthy this year and there have been only 1400 fatalities in the UK under 60. That includes under 60s with chronic conditions. The solution is very simple. Back to work for those that can, complete lock down (an army of volunteers are available for your shopping) for those who are elderly or vulnerable. Over-70s are 20 times more likely to require hospitalization than the under 60s too.
We also have never had a globalized pandemic of a coronavirus before, meaning this is novel to the human immune system, everyone is getting it. 0.3% mortality rate though is in a similar range to Flu.
All in though, this whole situation is out of proportion and by all accounts,of control by Western Governments. It's such a shame that only one nation, Sweden, has been able to have an adult to adult conversation, without the rabid screechings of mass media driven paranoia taking control.