westhamboy66 599 Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 8:08 PM, HGould said: I hope you don't lose family or friends like I have. Maybe if you had you'd not be so arrogant and have some respect? Mate you are wasting your breath on that idiot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWitcher 12,453 Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, westhamboy66 said: One of the most pathetically stupid, ill informed comments I have ever seen. I truly hope you will get it so can correct your idiotic comment when you are fit enough. So you thought you'd top it eh? You succeeded. If you're under 50 you'd far rather have Covid-19 than the flu. Edited April 29, 2020 by BWitcher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, westhamboy66 said: One of the most pathetically stupid, ill informed comments I have ever seen. I truly hope you will get it so can correct your idiotic comment when you are fit enough. You hope I get Covid? That says enough, doesn’t it. And it’s not my idiotic comment, I’m quoting government statistics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted April 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, BWitcher said: So you thought you'd top it eh? You succeeded. If you're under 50 you'd far rather have Covid-19 than the flu. I'm over 50, i had it, and it was a walk in the park compared to the flu ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWitcher 12,453 Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Blupanther said: I'm over 50, i had it, and it was a walk in the park compared to the flu ... Exactly. Unfortunately this is the hole the government (and the media even more so) have now dug. Such ill educated people out there that will cause immense problems with any proposed relaxing of the lockdown. Edited April 29, 2020 by BWitcher 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 454 Posted April 29, 2020 49 minutes ago, Blupanther said: I'm over 50, i had it, and it was a walk in the park compared to the flu ... Im 60,I had it, was no walk in the park for me in fact I couldn’t walk, 10 days in hospital on oxygen, been out 10 days now and can just about manage a shower before having to rest again, no underlying health problems either. Give me flu any day 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWitcher 12,453 Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Red Flag said: Im 60,I had it, was no walk in the park for me in fact I couldn’t walk, 10 days in hospital on oxygen, been out 10 days now and can just about manage a shower before having to rest again, no underlying health problems either. Give me flu any day Glad you recovered. However reality is, and its absolute fact, flu is more dangerous AND causes greater illness than covid-19 for the vast majority of the population. For some Covid-19 is very dangerous of course. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 708 Posted April 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Blupanther said: I'm over 50, i had it, and it was a walk in the park compared to the flu ... Good for you. Pleased it didn't hit you too hard. Im also over 50, I'm not obese and no underlying health problems. But I was in hospital 5 nights. It's now 5 weeks since I was discharged and still having side effect health problems. For example I still can't walk properly. Very little is yet known about this virus in terms of individual biomedical factors causing it to effect some more badly than others. Broad patterns have emerged, for sure, but at a far more nauanced, micro level there's a long way to go. There's also the possibility that some people are just unfortunate enough to cop a big dose of virus, and that this has an impact on severity. So count your lucky stars! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Big Al said: Good for you. Pleased it didn't hit you too hard. Im also over 50, I'm not obese and no underlying health problems. But I was in hospital 5 nights. It's now 5 weeks since I was discharged and still having side effect health problems. For example I still can't walk properly. Very little is yet known about this virus in terms of individual biomedical factors causing it to effect some more badly than others. Broad patterns have emerged, for sure, but at a far more nauanced, micro level there's a long way to go. There's also the possibility that some people are just unfortunate enough to cop a big dose of virus, and that this has an impact on severity. So count your lucky stars! Hope you recover fully soon. It is this sort of real life experience that is not reflected in any stats at all. Whilst all the talk is of death rates; there is a 'success' being ascribed to every 'non-death' that does not seem to reflect just what level of suffering has been experienced by some/many of those who have been through it and survived. My anecdotal experience locally is that for quite a few this ranks as the worst experience of their life and nothing like a dose of flu. They are not getting back to normality quickly at all. As one of the high risk people who are under 60 but will HAVE to return to work at some point. I will not be in a position to totally destroy my business by being shielded for longer than the 12 weeks and once the business grant is spent. And that will be scary. Edited April 29, 2020 by Grand Central 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Big Al said: Good for you. Pleased it didn't hit you too hard. Im also over 50, I'm not obese and no underlying health problems. But I was in hospital 5 nights. It's now 5 weeks since I was discharged and still having side effect health problems. For example I still can't walk properly. Very little is yet known about this virus in terms of individual biomedical factors causing it to effect some more badly than others. Broad patterns have emerged, for sure, but at a far more nauanced, micro level there's a long way to go. There's also the possibility that some people are just unfortunate enough to cop a big dose of virus, and that this has an impact on severity. So count your lucky stars! Glad you got over it. My ND advised me to increase my intake of Vitamins A, C, and D, along with Zinc and Selenium back in February to boost the immune system. Caught it in March, felt a bit rough for a day but was fine after that, but the other two in the house were ill for a fortnight. I lost my sense of smell and taste for a month, but that was a blessing in disguise with the wife's cooking 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted April 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Glad you got over it. My ND advised me to increase my intake of Vitamins A, C, and D, along with Zinc and Selenium back in February to boost the immune system. Caught it in March, felt a bit rough for a day but was fine after that, but the other two in the house were ill for a fortnight. I lost my sense of smell and taste for a month, but that was a blessing in disguise with the wife's cooking Can’t believe your wife bothers cooking, she might just as well hand you your “vitamins” bottle! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted April 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Grand Central said: Hope you recover fully soon. It is this sort of real life experience that is not reflected in any stats at all. Whilst all the talk is of death rates; there is a 'success' being ascribed to every 'non-death' that does not seem to reflect just what level of suffering has been experienced by some/many of those who have been through it and survived. My anecdotal experience locally is that for quite a few this ranks as the worst experience of their life and nothing like a dose of flu. They are not getting back to normality quickly at all. As one of the high risk people who are under 60 but will HAVE to return to work at some point. I will not be in a position to totally destroy my business by being shielded for longer than the 12 weeks and once the business grant is spent. And that will be scary. Sounds terrible. But, out of interest, have you ever been bed-ridden with flu for three weeks? It’s not the “cold” that people make out! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, DC2 said: Can’t believe your wife bothers cooking, she might just as well hand you your “vitamins” bottle! I actually do a lot of the cooking, I value my health. Stepson would eat my Thai curries every night if he could, just hope her indoors never clocks these posts 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted April 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, DC2 said: Sounds terrible. But, out of interest, have you ever been bed-ridden with flu for three weeks? It’s not the “cold” that people make out! No, I never have had flu. I have had my flu jab for the last few years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Lady 5,400 Posted April 29, 2020 47 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Glad you got over it. My ND advised me to increase my intake of Vitamins A, C, and D, along with Zinc and Selenium back in February to boost the immune system. Caught it in March, felt a bit rough for a day but was fine after that, but the other two in the house were ill for a fortnight. I lost my sense of smell and taste for a month, but that was a blessing in disguise with the wife's cooking Just asking, no agenda but did you have a test? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites