That's all fine, Booj, but just a couple of things. Firstly, the 7% daily growth rate would indicate that roughly half of the UK population will eventually get infected. Plus, the collapse of world stock markets would seem say prices are appropriate for an aggregate infection curve that will not stay flattened long enough for care to all critical patients.
It's 130 days until August, and 1.07^130 doesn't look pretty. Of course, the spread will slow after more of the infected population has recovered, and consequently cannot get reinfected.
We basically have a decision to make right now. Do we buy a 50 kg bag of flour today, or contract an almost certain infection buying it this summer? The answer for a 70 year old is different than it is for a 20 year old. Hopefully, you know a 20 year old who can go to the store for you when the worst has arrived. (I'm hoping for a counter-response here. Your intelligence and deeper awareness of general situations is a positive influence on all of us.)
People avoiding talk about Corona virus because scared?
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That's all fine, Booj, but just a couple of things. Firstly, the 7% daily growth rate would indicate that roughly half of the UK population will eventually get infected. Plus, the collapse of world stock markets would seem say prices are appropriate for an aggregate infection curve that will not stay flattened long enough for care to all critical patients.
It's 130 days until August, and 1.07^130 doesn't look pretty. Of course, the spread will slow after more of the infected population has recovered, and consequently cannot get reinfected.
We basically have a decision to make right now. Do we buy a 50 kg bag of flour today, or contract an almost certain infection buying it this summer? The answer for a 70 year old is different than it is for a 20 year old. Hopefully, you know a 20 year old who can go to the store for you when the worst has arrived. (I'm hoping for a counter-response here. Your intelligence and deeper awareness of general situations is a positive influence on all of us.)