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Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by lifecheshirewhite, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. lifecheshirewhite

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    TBH that story is rubbish, people getting tested because they are on the front line, showing symptoms etc are being found infected roughly 1/20 in testing. These are very high risk people, the general public numbers would be a tiny fraction of that % not higher as the daily fail are saying. Sales pitch rubbish to sell papers.
     
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  2. lifecheshirewhite

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    Hows your Dad Elland, getting better I hope.
     
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  3. lifecheshirewhite

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    To get to herd immunity we would have 500,000 dead, don't think we will ever get close to that.
     
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    Fully better thanks pal, no adverse effects really
     
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    Apparently three Brighton players have the coronavirus....
     
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  6. lifecheshirewhite

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    That's good news, glad about that <ok>
     
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    Yes. I think supposedly might be more accurate
     
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  8. lifecheshirewhite

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    Think the first one had it about a month ago, and the last one is recent, not good if we are looking to restart.
     
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    Don't they have a squad? Most of their players out injured should be back as cover for those allegedly testing positive.
     
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  10. milkyboy

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    its true they’re a high risk group but they’re testing if you have it not if you have had it, we don’t know how many they test have actually already had it and are recovered.

    The mail is a dreadful excuse for a newspaper but the relevance to the discussion was it gives a range of potential infection rates over here based on other countries testing. All of which give a death rate below 1% some of them way below 1%. Their extrapolation of those figures to show Very low or very high numbers in the uk just highlights how little we know subject to antigen/antibody tests.
     
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    herd immunity doesn’t mean everyone has to have had it - and it depends on the actual infection to death rates which are unknown as per previous answer

    I sure as hell hope it wouldn’t mean that number dead, but to some degree also depends on that ‘died with’ v ‘died of’ argument.
     
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    good to hear El
     
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  13. NostradEmus

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    I remember reading that due to similar virus and disease between 40% and 70% of the population would need to catch it for herd immunity.

    That's 28-49 million people.

    Death rate of 1% (estimated) would be 280k to 490k deaths. Probably less than that once the old and vulnerable are dead.
     
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  14. 2020VisionofLeeds

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    We
    we’ll have less of that sort of talk. Valuable member of society speaking.
     
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    During the course of a season multiple players are out with injuries and illness, not unreasonable for season to restart and clubs to have one or two players who are CV patients out. That’s the way it goes sometimes.
     
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    They've looked at their remaining fixtures and know they could well be fooked. Self preservation I understand but they are looking like real arses
     
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  17. lifecheshirewhite

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    From what I've seen for herd immunity to start working requires a 50-80% infection rate,would be massive death rate which I think is why we did a quick lockdown when we realised what was starting to happen in Italy.
     
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    Was just thinking of these no fan / closed gate games. Will Norwich might be an exception, as their fans are all family anyway? <whistle>
     
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    ****, the Mail on Sunday???
     
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  20. davy

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    32000 dead, whose failings have contributed more?
     
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