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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Virus pain easing in Spain, Italia; UK braces for bleak days
2020-04-07
[AlAhram] A week ago, emergency rooms and intensive care wards in Spain and Italia were overflowing with woozy, coughing coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 patients and literally buzzing with breathing machines.

So many died that Barcelona crematories have a waiting list of up to two years, forcing some people to bury loved ones temporarily in cemeteries with the expectation of exhuming them for cremation later on.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  We've been told/sold that the purpose of lockdowns was to slow the spread so as to not overload the healthcare system.

If it burns out in the summer, like other viruses, the governments and media can pat themselves on the back.

If it is as deadly as originally said, it'll come back as soon as the restrictions are lifted, until everybody gets it. Or herd immunity takes hold, currently estimated to be 29-74% of the population.

Herd Immunity
Posted by: Bobby   2020-04-07 14:04  

#2  Yes, the countries like Italy & UK - and now Sweden - who didn't go into quarantine have/will have a lot of mortality*. Countries like Israel, and East Europeans - who imitated Israel, that imposed quarantine early ...

*And their uber alles economies** will suffer damage 10 times that of the more careful lands.
**Think of it as group evolution in action.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-07 05:20  

#1  Is there any evidence the social distancing actually worked rather than the virus ran out of people to harm?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-04-07 05:13  

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