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18 minutes ago, Donathan said:

 


Not if you want to measure deaths from covid itself. Excess deaths counts things like extra deaths due to NHS shutdown, extra deaths due to isolation, extra deaths due to suicide

 

That's a pretty good measure of the effectiveness or otherwise of a nation's response.

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That's a pretty good measure of the effectiveness or otherwise of a nation's response.

I mean, if the only measure you’re interested in is “how many people died” then yes.

But then look at New Zealand. Hardly any excess deaths but to achieve that they had to do a full on draconian Wuhan level maoist state sponsored lockdown.
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2 minutes ago, Donathan said:


I mean, if the only measure you’re interested in is “how many people died” then yes.

But then look at New Zealand. Hardly any excess deaths but to achieve that they had to do a full on draconian Wuhan level maoist state sponsored lockdown.

You and @Thereisalight..would have made some interesting reading during a lockdown like that. You were bad enough when you got time away from work and the pub shut for a wee while.

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1 hour ago, Bairnardo said:

See if the vaccine does get approved, what's to stop it being fired out in the form of a nasal spray like they can do for flu rather than an injection that requires a doctor or nurse appointment to give it out? Wondering if it could be a quicker way to get more coverage?

Good idea, everyone in the park and fire it out of a crop-duster

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