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<blockquote data-quote="Jo_the_boat" data-source="post: 2231200" data-attributes="member: 436209"><p>I'm inclined to agree with you.</p><p>As far as I can ascertain the 'confirmed cases' is only important to work out the true number. Because of the incubation period people are infectious well before their symptoms show. At which point they may become an official statistic. The fact is they have been mixing (and infecting) for 5 - 12 (+) days already. If you extrapolate that out its where the Hubei province figures come from. (look at the graphs in the article above and see whether you interpret them differently. I hope you do) Again, as far as I can gather it's only after lockdown that the true figures start to slow and decline.</p><p>My worry is the scant regard some people pay to their and others' safety. If somebody wants to be reckless and infect themselves, that's up to them. But should that person, through their recklessness, infect others who may be vulnerable, then that's another matter. I'll admit to being blase a while ago, but not any longer.</p><p>Just to add that I'm a member of a local internet discussion group and the blase attitude of some, particularly younger, people is frankly sickening. They think the threat is overblown and they are indestructable but it's a virtual world where they play virtual games where success is judged by the number of like-minded idiots who press the like button. Very worrying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jo_the_boat, post: 2231200, member: 436209"] I'm inclined to agree with you. As far as I can ascertain the 'confirmed cases' is only important to work out the true number. Because of the incubation period people are infectious well before their symptoms show. At which point they may become an official statistic. The fact is they have been mixing (and infecting) for 5 - 12 (+) days already. If you extrapolate that out its where the Hubei province figures come from. (look at the graphs in the article above and see whether you interpret them differently. I hope you do) Again, as far as I can gather it's only after lockdown that the true figures start to slow and decline. My worry is the scant regard some people pay to their and others' safety. If somebody wants to be reckless and infect themselves, that's up to them. But should that person, through their recklessness, infect others who may be vulnerable, then that's another matter. I'll admit to being blase a while ago, but not any longer. Just to add that I'm a member of a local internet discussion group and the blase attitude of some, particularly younger, people is frankly sickening. They think the threat is overblown and they are indestructable but it's a virtual world where they play virtual games where success is judged by the number of like-minded idiots who press the like button. Very worrying. [/QUOTE]
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