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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago
Masked and Distant |
Seen a table in one of the tabloids with all the stats in.
Best one was no of cases per million of population. UK currently close to bottom with only 4 cases per million of population.
Not quite time to panic yet. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
~118,101 total confirmed cases
~64,391 total confirmed recovered
~4,262 total confirmed deaths
Reporting recovered goes against the high impact scare tactics that the media love to use. They have barely mentioned anything about recovered and when they have its usually the small print. Any quotes they have from experts are generally misquoted or taken out of context in the name of giving more impact to their high impact reporting if "death".
Not that they shouldn't report of the deaths it is causing but to neglqct the fact that recovery is as high as it is just goes to show the true nature of the media. They provide facts, but only the facts that benefit their agenda. |
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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago
'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks |
"How strange.
No one who recovered on news programs.
And not being hounded by tabloids
You think would do this to counteract the panic "
...but then they wouldnt sell their rags or get their precious clicks likes and views  |
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"Question.
Has anyone really recovered.
Where is the proof??
And why is Facebook and Twitter not full of this .
These people who have this also have families.
And still nothing "
I've seen quite a few accounts, including on the BBC News website. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As the mortality rate is currently claimed to be around 3.4% it seems rather obvious that the majority of people who catch it are going to recover. It therefore makes far more sense to report the number of fatalities.
For those of you who think that governments are overreacting here's some simple arithmetic:
The population of the UK is around 65 million. If only 20% of the population contract the virus that's 13 million people, and with a mortality rate of 3.4 % we would be looking at a possible 442,000 deaths.
Official predictions put the possible infection rate far higher than 20%, with some quoting 80% of the population being at risk of contracting the virus. That figure would mean 1,768,000 dead people, likely including your mum or dad, brother or sister, or possibly even you.
This is why containment is necessary and why Italy has taken the draconian measure of locking down the entire country.
Still, more people are dying on the roads, eh?  |
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