07-09-2021, 07:01 PM
PART 2 as I wrote over 6000 words
2) Flu is killing more than COVID. Yes but that lacks context, Flu is not a virus but a group of around 60 viruses much like Heart Disease is a group name for a range of conditions. Every year there are multiple strains in circulation which kill circa 10000 a year mostly through the winter but again, mutiple viruses split into types>subtypes & lineages>clades>subclades. SARS COV 2 is one virus, that has caused 156,888 deaths (this is figure is wherby COVID is mentioned on the birth certificate. Before someone points out "they may have been in a car crash but tested positive" I've got you covered, (https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transpare...ausein2020) the figures on the right are where COVID is the primary cause (sum is 65306), on the left is involving COVID (sum is 71611) up to December 18th. So where COVID is primary cause is only 8.8% less than where it is underlying cause, though the definition of underlying cause as per the above FOI is that is is a contributing factor to the patients deaths although not the inital cause of illness. If we use that 8.8% and apply to the 156888 deaths mentioned above we arrive at 144023 deaths with COVID as the primary cause. Usual confidence interval of 5% either way but still a number of deaths that far outstrips Flu, heart disease, cancer (again cancer is a group of diseases).
I should mention again that I'm still again VPs for footie matches as it would take bloody ages to check them upon arriving at the turnstiles which is the main reason I very much doubt they wil be implemented there. It's different for clubs and such as you already get ID checked upon entry so all you'd need to do is have your phone ready. Simples innit
I think I've rambled on long enough, I'm sure you're all bored by now and I want to play some Halo before workout time. I could go into the Vaccines themselves but I'll save that for when someone posts something insane without a source.
PLAY UP POMPEY!!!
2) Flu is killing more than COVID. Yes but that lacks context, Flu is not a virus but a group of around 60 viruses much like Heart Disease is a group name for a range of conditions. Every year there are multiple strains in circulation which kill circa 10000 a year mostly through the winter but again, mutiple viruses split into types>subtypes & lineages>clades>subclades. SARS COV 2 is one virus, that has caused 156,888 deaths (this is figure is wherby COVID is mentioned on the birth certificate. Before someone points out "they may have been in a car crash but tested positive" I've got you covered, (https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transpare...ausein2020) the figures on the right are where COVID is the primary cause (sum is 65306), on the left is involving COVID (sum is 71611) up to December 18th. So where COVID is primary cause is only 8.8% less than where it is underlying cause, though the definition of underlying cause as per the above FOI is that is is a contributing factor to the patients deaths although not the inital cause of illness. If we use that 8.8% and apply to the 156888 deaths mentioned above we arrive at 144023 deaths with COVID as the primary cause. Usual confidence interval of 5% either way but still a number of deaths that far outstrips Flu, heart disease, cancer (again cancer is a group of diseases).
I should mention again that I'm still again VPs for footie matches as it would take bloody ages to check them upon arriving at the turnstiles which is the main reason I very much doubt they wil be implemented there. It's different for clubs and such as you already get ID checked upon entry so all you'd need to do is have your phone ready. Simples innit
I think I've rambled on long enough, I'm sure you're all bored by now and I want to play some Halo before workout time. I could go into the Vaccines themselves but I'll save that for when someone posts something insane without a source.
PLAY UP POMPEY!!!