@hazardwarning You can’t have had it because it only lasts seven days.
/@matigo
@streakmachine If the epidemic doesn’t improve after three or four months, what then?
@hazardwarning Fair point. But the people crunching those numbers (a London hospital) have experience in analysing previous epidemics, so I wonder if they factor that in.
/@matigo
@matigo Strangely enough, I was thinking something not dissimilar. I was just thinking more generally… 'I bet our rulers are enjoying this; treating us like slaves, experimenting to see how far they can control us.'
If bubonic plague is ten on a scale of danger and seasonal flu is one, where does COVID-19 slot in? Because we’re responding as if it were about nine. Of course, if it’s death rate is similar to seasonal flu but is much better at spreading itself around, then it could be pretty nasty. But on the other hand, how many of the dead are people who have been leading incredibly unhealthy lifestyles for decades?
/@hazardwarning
@hazardwarning I wonder what you could do. Maybe meet friends but keep a fairly wide berth…
@jws I know. I thought about it, but with my level of fussiness I suspect it’d be more like three orders and two returns. :-)