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Haven't followed the numbers in a while. Apparently half a million of us had the coof so far.
@alyx That's ridiculous.
That would be 1/20. Not 1/20 of people that eventually got it, but 1/20 of people who had a POSITIVE TEST. Taken the number of asymptotic cases, that would mean, that we got about... 30 000 000 infected people already in 10 000 000 people country.
Either we can open the country completelly NOW, since everyone got covid 3 times already, or we are reporting flu cases.
@LukeAlmighty
Don't really get where you get the 30 million infected number. What makes you think there are that many asymptomatic cases? Also, remember that people can, and there have been recorded cases, of people getting infected multiple times.
@alyx
The number of 30 000 000 was a shitpost, but honestly, when 1/20 of population had been infected with such a desiese already, there is no way the total infection rate will be under 80 percent within month. Unless the ilness is not as infectious and dangerous as people think.
That was my only message. If 1/20 people were seriously suffering, things would look quite different.
And that being said, both my parents have to meet hundreds of random people every day. That puts them into situation, where they are either both dead already, or covid is seriously weak... I think they are both alive so far...
@LukeAlmighty
In my country, it's only about 1 in 40 people diagnosed officially. With asymptomatic and untested, maybe it's double that (worst case scenario). I know of a few people that had it, over 40 years of age. Everyone survived. But it's not an easy disease for everyone.
For some, definitely not worse than a flu or a cold. But for others, it's really fucking bad. Even if you survive it "easily", it can still hit your body hard, and leave you struggling to recover for awhile.
I'm more concerned about this weird and random spread of symptoms and how it can develop in weird ways than anything else. If everyone's reactions were closer to the average, flu-like symptoms, I'd be calm about it. But what worries me is this lottery you basically play once you do get it. No matter how young you are, you still can be that poor bastard that "wins" the odds, and reacts incredibly poorly to it.
@alyx TLDR: Our society could theoretically survive the Thanos snap with little difference to the survivors and the economy (it would actually make average person much richer), but dead economy does lead to a downwards spiral that leads to people being unable to live without ruining lives of others.
@LukeAlmighty
Romania. I highlighted it in my snapshot.
The regulations thing depends a lot from country to country I feel. Over here, things have been pretty lax all summer and most autumn. Thing is, we kinda would have needed more regulations, or some kind of measures, anything, because our medical system did reach it's limit a while ago. If I were to get it now, I'd have a hard time getting medical attention if it were a bad case of it. And if it was a mild/asymptomatic case, chances are I wouldn't even get a chance to get tested.
@alyx Yeah, I do get that. There are some potential side-effect that scare the shit out of me. That being said, I am just more terrified of famine.
So many dumb regulations are happening now, that I seriously cannot be sure, that our society can survive it as it is. Even if not famine itself, powerty will inevitebly lead to increaserd crime-rate. (and I would love to go to a bar once a month...)
But yeah, I do understand your fear. Since the begining of pandemic, I have been researching the risk factors, and since I heard that one of them was obesity, I lost 8kg of weight since. I do not take it lightly, although I do still think, that covid is laughable compared to the literal hell we will be in unless the regulations stop NOW!!!
BTW, are you from Romania or Czech Republic? There are so many Czech people in here, that I just assume it by now.