The Virus Could Be Over In Two Years

[Manforallseasons]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53870798

[AdamKY]

The Virus Could Be Over In Two Years after the mistake in the White House is corrected.

[goji]

The Virus Could Be Over In Two Years after the mistake in the White House is corrected.
That's a very American view on matters.
Outside of the US, the Trump virus is having little effect on the coronavirus. It's more down to government policy in each nation.
For the rest of the world, the worse than useless guidance from the WHO has done much more damage.

In two years time, we will be back to something nearer normal, either with a vaccine or without one.

[gerefan2]

I don’t know about your particular country but here in the UK none of my acquaintances knows anybody who has been ill with it. I know nobody who has caught it, not one person.

Some people can remotely name one person who has been infected. Most cannot name anyone.

Strange for a country that has such an awful record.

Obviously no one in Thailand will be aware of anyone who has been infected.

Is it the same where you are?

[colmx]

Obviously no one in Thailand will be aware of anyone who has been infected.

Is it the same where you are?
I know of 2 work colleagues (1 in US, 1 here in Ireland) that have been infected.
And 1 of mothers friends (in Ireland)

The work colleague is 40s and caught it on a trip to the US in mid March, they are really still struggling to completely recover and look like death warmed up when I see them in Zoom sessions...

[colmx]

On a side note, I have seen posts on FB/Twitter which state that a Thai Twitter porn star (aka Net Idol) died of Covid…
But I cant help but feel that Covid was used as a convenient excuse to cover up more stigmatic death

[Manforallseasons]

Covid took my brother.

[arsenal]

My condolences. PM sent.

[Dodger]

I don’t know about your particular country but here in the UK none of my acquaintances knows anybody who has been ill with it. I know nobody who has caught it, not one person.

Some people can remotely name one person who has been infected. Most cannot name anyone.

Strange for a country that has such an awful record.

Obviously no one in Thailand will be aware of anyone who has been infected.

Is it the same where you are?

Yes, exactly the same...which has actually caused me to scratch my head a few times.

I have not talked to a single person, not here in Thailand, friends in Ireland, England, Scotland, Australia, or the USA, who knows a single person who's been infected with the virus to date. If the world reacted to car accidents the same way they've reacted to this virus we'd be living back in the Flintstone Age using our feet to peddle our cars around and crushing rocks for a living. Go figure!

[Zebedee]

Covid took my brother.

Very sorry to hear that MFAS.

RIP

[a447]

Terrible news, mfas. So sad. Take care.

[Andaman!]

I don’t know about your particular country but here in the UK none of my acquaintances knows anybody who has been ill with it. I know nobody who has caught it, not one person.
I don’t know what part of UK you live in. I live in London where about 20% of population is thought to have had Covid. I have had it (confirmed test) and directly know 9 other people who have been confirmed as infected (only one hospitalised). I have also heard second hand of various friends of friends and business acquaintances who caught it. A very different story to Gerefan2.

[Keith]

I live North of London, and also know few people who have had Covid. It is odd. My assistant had it badly, but avoided hospital. His partner only had it mildly. An ex client, quite fit, died of it, age 74. Kidney failure. He had no underlying medical issues. My sister in law, a consultant in geriatric medicine has been in the middle of it. She has not caught it. She said that in Derby, where she works, they coped quite well, apart from the care homes, which were a disaster. She also pointed out the that most of the deaths of elderly people are with Covid, not of Covid. Ie a patient tests positive, Covid has to go on the death certificate. She says only about 10% die 'of' Covid, though every death is still tragic.

[Dodger]

Covid took my brother.

See PM.

[francois]

Covid took my brother.

RIP

[francois]

Although my contacts at home are limited, a friend who, is incarcerated, contacted Covid but did survive after hospitalization and is now suffering from breathing difficulties. Those living in Thailand are fortunate.

[Dodger]

Although my contacts at home are limited, a friend who, is incarcerated, contacted Covid but did survive after hospitalization and is now suffering from breathing difficulties. Those living in Thailand are fortunate.

Not being incarcerated is rather nice as well.

[gerefan2]

I don’t know what part of UK you live in. I live in London where about 20% of population is thought to have had Covid. I have had it (confirmed test) and directly know 9 other people who have been confirmed as infected (only one hospitalised). I have also heard second hand of various friends of friends and business acquaintances who caught it. A very different story to Gerefan2.

A very different story indeed. Of course London probably has a higher infection rate than most places in the UK. However there is no way it is 20 % of the population. That would make 1.8 million cases in London alone! Current tables show the total number of UK cases to be 325,000.

I’m in Essex, only about 20 miles from London.

[latintopxxx]

dont think anyone knows how many people are infected as some show no or very minor symptoms....u would have to test everyone to know for sure

[siscu58]

dont think anyone knows how many people are infected as some show no or very minor symptoms....u would have to test everyone to know for sure

In Spain now they are doing massive tests in some areas/cities to know how the whole population is affected. The results show about 2-6% of positives, depending on the area and, of these positives, about 70% have no symptoms at all. Most young people (below 40 years old) have no symptoms at all (but still can infect others).

[Andaman!]

A very different story indeed. Of course London probably has a higher infection rate than most places in the UK. However there is no way it is 20 % of the population. That would make 1.8 million cases in London alone! Current tables show the total number of UK cases to be 325,000.

I’m in Essex, only about 20 miles from London.

Gerefan2. The 325,000 are people who have actually been tested with a positive result. Most people are asymptomatic or only have mild symptoms. At the peak, you couldn’t get a test unless you were hospitalised. The following article talks about estimates of numbers who have had the virus:

Public Health England says it is carrying out a range of seroprevalence studies - where they measure antibodies in the blood of healthy people - to better understand past rates of infection across the population.

In this case, they took 1,000 samples between mid-April and early May from each region.

From this, they say they could make a crude estimate that between 4.5% and 13% of the population have coronavirus antibodies.

With further statistical adjustments, they found about 17% of London adults had been infected; this compares to only 4.3% in the north-east of England.

As antibodies can take up to four weeks to develop, it is likely that the level outside London will increase as more samples are tested in the coming weeks.

Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said: “Early surveillance suggests that rates of infection were higher in London than the rest of the country – which is consistent with data collected through our other systems.

"London was affected earlier and our data suggests that more of the London population became infected before the lockdown took effect."