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Cruise ships will be banned from entering Australian waters until at least September, after Australian Border Force announced the prohibition on ships over 100 would be extended by another three months.

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Global Cases 5,306,158
Global Deaths 340,040

Australia
Cases 7,108
Deaths 102
Critical 5
Cases per Million 279

UK
Cases 254,195
Deaths 36,393
Critical 1,559
Cases per Million 3,747

USA
Cases 1,645,094
Deaths 97,647
Critical 17,109
Cases per Million 4,973

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

• The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 338,000. There are more than 5.2 million known cases of infection but more than 2 million people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
• Australia's death toll stands at 102 and there were 14 new cases on Friday
• The federal government is being urged to extend the JobKeeper program following the embarrassing revelation that its usage was overestimated by $60 billion
• A major study has found that the drug favoured by US President Donald Trump to treat the virus increases the risk of the death significantly
• The UK has announced international travellers will have to quarantine for 14 days from June 8
  

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That's bugger all really, I don't think civilisation has anything to worry about.
I bet more than 340,000 people die each day in the world.
If I was good at maths I reckon it would represent 0.00000000000001% of the population. But when I went to school there was no such number as 7 Billion...
The snowball effect of global panic caused by the media and the internet and the damage to our comfortable lives far outweighs anything the virus has inflicted.

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You might well think that it is bugger all but it 340000 extra dead people and you might think a bit differently if it was your wife who died from Covid19.

340000 is just the number of deaths so far this is not over yet it might only have begun.

There might also be long term effects on the 5 million people who have had the disease we just don't know.

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How did I know you would make it personal Bruce...
We are all going eventually, it doesn't mean we can't discuss it.....Life is such a bitch sometimes...

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It has to be personal, death as a number has no relevance to anybody. It is only when you think of Covid19 killing someone you love that it makes any sense.

This is discussing it

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l agree with wha you say totally OGF,
We are just suffering from a natural reaction to over population
that every species on this planet is subject to imo?
All the economic crap that is happening is due to the way we
eventually over reacted to what is after all a very small adjustment
to human numbers as you so rightly say!

Donkeyman! 👍👍

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Could you post the total births alongside the total deaths Brucy?
It may give you a bit of context??

Donkeyman! 🤔🤔

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O dear must not be talked about it because are thought police.

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Numbers can only be understood if you have something to compare them to, and I compared them to the probable numbers of deaths that occur in the world each day. In which case the numbers on Covid19 deaths are very small in comparison.....If you are going to dissect those numbers into individuals, then every number represents someones Wife, Husband, Father, Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister etc...But that would be making it personal and leading the discussion away from the original statement Bruce.