Bill 12,792 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) If the past is any guide to the present, it seems likely the actual situation with this Wuhan virus is already worse that the rate of drip-feeding news to the public will allow us to hear. I expect over the next few days we will be made aware of just how far and how fast this situation is moving and I don't think it will be good news. I hope to God I'm wrong. Edited January 24, 2020 by Bill 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 5,386 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 If this was to break out in Scotland our NHS couldn't cope a consultant told me last week that January &February are the two worst months for ward closures due to the winter sickness bug that most hospitals suffer My own operation has been put off and this is the reason the hospitals are at breaking point in these two months. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,638 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The 1918 flu epidemic killed 1% of the population of the globe and the global population is now far larger and far more mobile since then. The first US case has already been reported, it's worrying. A 1% fatality rate would amount to around 50,000 dead in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,188 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I live in the west of Glasgow where there are massive Chinese student blocks so fear the worst. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 12,792 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 There isn't a university in the land that doesn't have huge numbers of Chinese students. If ever there was a disease with an effective vector already in place, this is it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,044 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Dozens of Chinese at Ibrox on Wednesday doing the Lion dance in front of the enclosures at half time 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaBoy 2,051 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 7 hours ago, JFK-1 said: The 1918 flu epidemic killed 1% of the population of the globe and the global population is now far larger and far more mobile since then. The first US case has already been reported, it's worrying. A 1% fatality rate would amount to around 50,000 dead in Scotland. and around 670,000 across the UK. Worrying. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 12,792 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 10 hours ago, JFK-1 said: The 1918 flu epidemic killed 1% of the population of the globe and the global population is now far larger and far more mobile since then. The first US case has already been reported, it's worrying. A 1% fatality rate would amount to around 50,000 dead in Scotland. By all accounts the Spanish flu (that I believe originated in Kansas of all places) wouldn’t have a fraction of the fatalities today. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,638 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, ChelseaBoy said: and around 670,000 across the UK. Worrying. More than WW2 killed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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