Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

Nope, you're not been paranoid.

I get it that for the greater good, in the longterm, a natural herd immunity is best .... but to achieve that it seems to mean that suffering is increased, the casualty list is increased and the toll on the most vulnerable members of society is .... you've guessed ...... increased.

I understand that for people with heart conditions the Chinese are claiming the death rate is as high at 10%.

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

I've just read an ITV News item about 'herd immunity'. I can see how it would be expected to work but how many older, vulnerable people would be expected to suffer as a result?

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-13/...t-coronavirus/

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

To suggest it's ideal for 40 million Brits to get infected sounds either Frankensteinian madness (is that a word?) or a rather cavalier attitude to people's welfare.

Do you ever feel that you're just a statistic.

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

I guess a lot of us will get it eventually, we can't not, as we have to carry on regardless, going out & doing things.

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

Oh well, HWMO made me laugh anyway. As I was waiting for him to get some 'Pink Poop Bags' out of the dog's cupboard to take the pooches for their evening walk, he put one of them over his chin and nose with the handles around his ears to look like a mask and handed me one to put on with the words, Ready old Girl? Bless him, I was in stitches.

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

The virus is highly infectious, so everybody will get it, in the end. The measures of the government(s) are intended to make the increase in numbers managable by the hospitals and the rest of the health care system.
That a number of casualties will occur is a sad fact. In this case it is the old, the flu of 2018/19 hit the young ones harder.

Re: When they say 'self-isolate'....

There are three reported cases of re-infection (in china). This is not uncommonly in viruses. The corona virus, just as the influenza and many other viruses, can mutate. The immunity against the mutated strain is (much) lower or non existent, so you can get reinfected.
That is why a form of influenza recurs every year. The returning virus is a mutated bug of one of the earlier forms of previous years.