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As we are all aware times are changing and our lives are becoming different.
The coronavirus or Covid19 is impacting hugely on all our lives, not just in the UK but globally.
Predicted mortality rates, infection rates, times of duration are all being considered and changed on a daily basis.
Everyone’s sole focus currently is on the “ virus “ and reducing its spread.
The experts are trying to find treatment methods to help those who become infected. Treatment with assisted breathing machines is a top priority in hospitals is a driving factor in the 12 week isolation period, enabling machines to be hopefully produced and installed. In 12 weeks we’ll be no safer from the virus than we are today, but the nhs will hopefully be in a better place to treat us should we need it.
Vaccines and medication are being developed but will always take time to reach a point of usability and availability. These will be long term drugs going forward.
With all the measures being put and now in place we are hoping to create the best case scenario regarding the virus. Ultimately minimum mortality numbers. One day last week an estimate was 0.5 % of the uk population and the next day it was 0.02% of the uk population ( approx figures ).
I think we have to accept that people are going to die from the virus. How many? No one really knows but everything indicates fewer deaths if we adopt the govt lockdown measures.
Over what period of time will the virus kill people? Expectations are that current lockdown measures will stop peaks in the viruses spread and ultimate death rate. The virus isn’t going away in 12 weeks. The virus will still be around in 12 months and more. At some point we will have to start getting back to normal and living our lives. Hopefully in time we will be able to deal with the virus better. Unfortunately like many other diseases and infections that kill us it will still be there. We will have to accept and live with this.
So the thread title. Moving numbers.
We all want to see smaller numbers, fewer deaths from the virus and it would appear we will see lower numbers not only short term but hopefully long term as well. The governments actions are, in the battle between us and the virus, stacking the odds in our favour.
But are we now creating something more dangerous to our lives, something far more difficult to detect and treat. Something with far wider reaching power than a virus that attacks the respiratory system?
How many of us are becoming stressed? We are all aware of things that are currently happening around us and I suspect a large majority are finding these times challenging at best and extremely stressful for a lot.
Stress alone will not kill you but it’s impact on other aspects of your physical and emotional life can lead to very serious, ongoing problems and sadly ultimate death.
Are we taking into consideration how much our desire to control and master the virus will ultimately impact on other aspects of our well being?
Yes we may stop x amount of people dying from the virus. In performing and succeeding with x we need to be wary of creating a y number in society in years to come.
Let’s be careful we don’t just move the numbers from the virus and off load them on stress related deaths.
Ultimately people we’ve got to stay positive, happy and accept that none of us own time.
We just borrow it from from Mother Nature and perhaps this Sunday we should thank her for being our Mother.
The coronavirus or Covid19 is impacting hugely on all our lives, not just in the UK but globally.
Predicted mortality rates, infection rates, times of duration are all being considered and changed on a daily basis.
Everyone’s sole focus currently is on the “ virus “ and reducing its spread.
The experts are trying to find treatment methods to help those who become infected. Treatment with assisted breathing machines is a top priority in hospitals is a driving factor in the 12 week isolation period, enabling machines to be hopefully produced and installed. In 12 weeks we’ll be no safer from the virus than we are today, but the nhs will hopefully be in a better place to treat us should we need it.
Vaccines and medication are being developed but will always take time to reach a point of usability and availability. These will be long term drugs going forward.
With all the measures being put and now in place we are hoping to create the best case scenario regarding the virus. Ultimately minimum mortality numbers. One day last week an estimate was 0.5 % of the uk population and the next day it was 0.02% of the uk population ( approx figures ).
I think we have to accept that people are going to die from the virus. How many? No one really knows but everything indicates fewer deaths if we adopt the govt lockdown measures.
Over what period of time will the virus kill people? Expectations are that current lockdown measures will stop peaks in the viruses spread and ultimate death rate. The virus isn’t going away in 12 weeks. The virus will still be around in 12 months and more. At some point we will have to start getting back to normal and living our lives. Hopefully in time we will be able to deal with the virus better. Unfortunately like many other diseases and infections that kill us it will still be there. We will have to accept and live with this.
So the thread title. Moving numbers.
We all want to see smaller numbers, fewer deaths from the virus and it would appear we will see lower numbers not only short term but hopefully long term as well. The governments actions are, in the battle between us and the virus, stacking the odds in our favour.
But are we now creating something more dangerous to our lives, something far more difficult to detect and treat. Something with far wider reaching power than a virus that attacks the respiratory system?
How many of us are becoming stressed? We are all aware of things that are currently happening around us and I suspect a large majority are finding these times challenging at best and extremely stressful for a lot.
Stress alone will not kill you but it’s impact on other aspects of your physical and emotional life can lead to very serious, ongoing problems and sadly ultimate death.
Are we taking into consideration how much our desire to control and master the virus will ultimately impact on other aspects of our well being?
Yes we may stop x amount of people dying from the virus. In performing and succeeding with x we need to be wary of creating a y number in society in years to come.
Let’s be careful we don’t just move the numbers from the virus and off load them on stress related deaths.
Ultimately people we’ve got to stay positive, happy and accept that none of us own time.
We just borrow it from from Mother Nature and perhaps this Sunday we should thank her for being our Mother.
