Sure, but so can the Flu.Well, to be pedantic, it is a 'deadly' disease in that it is capable of causing death,
Yes, but still very low.And there are indications that Delta variant is more likely to lead to hospitalisation than Alpha variant:
Coronavirus: Delta strain twice as likely to lead to hospitalisation as Alpha
Study looked at over 43,000 cases in the UK, most of which were in unvaccinated peoplewww.irishtimes.com
Exactly.But we are in a much better place now than at the outset with vaccines, low cost measures such as masks, and hopefully these anti-viral treatments will live up to their promise in terms of effectiveness and availability.
Once we know how it works and are capable of developing defensive drugs its just going to be something that will be controlled in the western world and that's allegedly more important....until.I think the normal flu season kills 500 people a year in Ireland, mainly frail older people and those with a compromised immune system such as cancer patients. But we are not afraid of the flu in the way we fear covid.
So what is different about COVID-19. It is present in very high levels in the population so the chances of catching it are much higher. It kills about 5000 a day minimum, every day since the start of the pandemic, worldwide which is pretty significant. And going out and about doing our regular lifestyle puts us at a higher risk of catching it. So yeah it is scary and I think people do not want to catch it in case they pass it on to others.
Until the daily numbers are much lower and we feel safe vaccinated the worry will not go away.
I agree with all of that but we've been destroying our environment for as long as we've existed. We hunted most large mammals to extinction and destroyed most of our forests before we ere even farmers.Once we know how it works and are capable of developing defensive drugs its just going to be something that will be controlled in the western world and that's allegedly more important....until.
My fear is that as humanity keeps destroying the planet it shares with billions of other species, the pandora box will open and it's not beyond the laws of probability point to another virus, or a virus that has linked to other viruses that will be beyond the scientific capability that we have.
But the bottom line is that we need to develop a strategy that doesn't destroy the ecosystem whereby poorer countries who only do it because they are hungry and we want stuff, that we don't need it, but we want it.
Try laying that down in our culture.
I'm working on finding that report from 1955 that stated categorically that the planet had enough resources then ,a mere 10 years after the end of WW2 to feed, educate and house the population of the human planet, and then extrapolate in basic ways to see if the analysis is still workable.
10 years later "Moore's law" was born, is that law applicable? given it was about computing ,and the challenges that face us? my view absolutely.
And could be reverse engineered to predict what is needed to prevent the savaging of our planet and ensure that everyone has enough, and the idea that " all economic growth lifts the fortunes of humanity " isn't working, but it wasn't designed to work.
Humanity is on the back foot here and nature will fight back, and it's more powerful that any gun, but theory and especially Thomas Malthus 1803 will be the narrative, and the viruses, the poverty, the mass migration will be the norm, and viruses not allowing to go to the pub or eat out or blah blah blah or be an infringement on your rights, even more blah blah blah......
Innovation by necessity isn't a long term solution to anything, but there is also a cohort that will continue to fight against it, and historically they weren't around to see or benefit from innovation of the longer term, a pint indoors gives them the "right " to undermine and potentially harm others, treason springs to mind.
This I don't agree with. Covid19 is a serious virus but with a better than 99% survival rate it's not deadly.Covid-19 is a deadly virus, but I fear its only the beginning of thousands that will pop up, and the planet and its people will simply recycle the same inane claptrap whist the underlying issues continue to write the agenda and narrative.
Covid 19 is only deadly from a humanity perspective, every living organism is probably hoping that it will kill that perspective, after all they've trived, humans not so much
If we didn't have vaccines or modern medicine including machines such as ventilators the death toll would huge, over 250m have been infected according to WHO, look at Russia poor vaccine uptake big daily deaths and infections.I agree with all of that but we've been destroying our environment for as long as we've existed. We hunted most large mammals to extinction and destroyed most of our forests before we ere even farmers.
This I don't agree with. Covid19 is a serious virus but with a better than 99% survival rate it's not deadly.
Every day 2195 children die of diarrhoea, an illness that is 100% curable with a treatment of some food and clean water. Covid19 is only a 'deadly disease' because rich white people are dying from it.
If we didn't have modern medicine there would be far fewer of us and lots of diseases we now regard as minor would be deadly.If we didn't have vaccines or modern medicine including machines such as ventilators the death toll would huge, over 250m have been infected according to WHO, look at Russia poor vaccine uptake big daily deaths and infections.
Exactly, all the viruses that are harmful have been rendered ineffective to a large degree, but they are still deadly and harmful and present in the environment.If we didn't have modern medicine there would be far fewer of us and lots of diseases we now regard as minor would be deadly.
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