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![]() As I said in my post, I'm fully aware of the implications of sample size & projections etc. That said, keithd asked a genuine question (if it wasn't genuine, I'm going to assume it was as it helps the point). Assuming someone is genuinely scared about this epidemic, and they stumble across this thread, they'll see that they have somewhere in the region of 1-3% of dying should they contract swine flu. That alone will put most people's minds at rest, which was my intention in posting it. That said, due to the sample size vs the projection, the actual mortality rate will more than likely be far less than 1% once this epidemic is over & all the numbers are in. So I over estimated, and potentially put peoples mind's at rest. |
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Surely if you factor in that the one kid who has died in USA caught the bug in Mexico and then got taken across the border makes the figures totally unrepresentative.Death rates are not predictable at all yet,and in any case will depend on availaility of medical care,its quality and, especially,who is being exposed to the illness.If you let any form of flu run riot in hospital chest ward it will kill a high % whereas the same bug would likely barely affect the nursing staff who work in the same hossie.Truth is we dont know what if any affect this bug will have here,so little point in worrying about it.
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I´ve just turned on sky news to find Max Clifford representing the honeymoon couple that has the virus in the UK!!!
Clearly the man realised how lucrative patients could be and has jumped on the band wagon to make himself some more money!!! ![]() ![]() |
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I know I heard that on the Radio yesterday FFS...
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Sign of the times we live in, people will do anything to make a fast buck out of their own or others mis fortune.
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Hang on a sec, grab some perspective. What's more likely for me as a fit healthy 30-something biker:
death by swine flu ? call it 0.01% death by slippery corner/dozy pensioner in a nissan ? about 5% death by cancer or heart disease ? 40-ish% I think Pffft. And lets not forget the key statistic: Death by something (even chocolate): 100% Last edited by redshift; 01-05-09 at 03:23 PM. |
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I haven't read through responses but I think its the media over emphasising it, causing the government to act upon it to reduce moral panic in society as people think they're gonna catch it.
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