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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 991698" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>I think the UK will have to react soon. People who say it's just the flu are wrong. It has a higher mortality rate (though exact number hard to say right now) and is more infectious than the flu. The problem countries face is that if too many people get infected at once then their healthcare system cannot handle it on top of other health needs. This is the point most people miss when they say let it run it's course or it won't be too bad. Yes most people will recover, but the mortality rate of those who have more severe symptoms or underlying illnesses will be larger because the system can't cope with the numbers. On top if the healthcare system is put under strain then people with other deadly conditions are more likely to die as doctors and nurses will be in short supply (those numbers are unlikely to be added anytime soon). Finally the disease spreads before symptoms show, which is why it has spread so quickly and so it is extremely hard to contain because by the time your symptoms show (if you have any) then you have probably already passed it on. The evidence is in Italy where they haven't managed to stop it spreading and now their healthcare system is struggling to cope and it's why they have a higher mortality rate than other countries such as South Korea. For me it's obvious that the government hasn't contained it (and tbh it never was going to, though ask air stewards to watch for symptoms on incoming passengers was just plain stupid) and so needs to enter delay phase now. Yes it might hurt the economy, but it's a matter of people's lives. The idea of delaying it until the summer is good, but it seems that the government wants to protect the economy as long as it can at the risk of the disease spreading quickly and rapidly. As I said before time will tell if they make the right decisions, the problem is if they don't, it's peoples' lives on the line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 991698, member: 72977"] I think the UK will have to react soon. People who say it's just the flu are wrong. It has a higher mortality rate (though exact number hard to say right now) and is more infectious than the flu. The problem countries face is that if too many people get infected at once then their healthcare system cannot handle it on top of other health needs. This is the point most people miss when they say let it run it's course or it won't be too bad. Yes most people will recover, but the mortality rate of those who have more severe symptoms or underlying illnesses will be larger because the system can't cope with the numbers. On top if the healthcare system is put under strain then people with other deadly conditions are more likely to die as doctors and nurses will be in short supply (those numbers are unlikely to be added anytime soon). Finally the disease spreads before symptoms show, which is why it has spread so quickly and so it is extremely hard to contain because by the time your symptoms show (if you have any) then you have probably already passed it on. The evidence is in Italy where they haven't managed to stop it spreading and now their healthcare system is struggling to cope and it's why they have a higher mortality rate than other countries such as South Korea. For me it's obvious that the government hasn't contained it (and tbh it never was going to, though ask air stewards to watch for symptoms on incoming passengers was just plain stupid) and so needs to enter delay phase now. Yes it might hurt the economy, but it's a matter of people's lives. The idea of delaying it until the summer is good, but it seems that the government wants to protect the economy as long as it can at the risk of the disease spreading quickly and rapidly. As I said before time will tell if they make the right decisions, the problem is if they don't, it's peoples' lives on the line. [/QUOTE]
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