Lophophaps wrote:5000 doctors have made a desperate plea for a nationwide lockdown
https://www.theage.com.au/national/thou ... 54dgy.html
Rai wrote:Authorities have to manage the risk, and medical advice is just one part of risk management.
Warin wrote:Rai wrote:Authorities have to manage the risk, and medical advice is just one part of risk management.
If I have it right, modeling suggests if 'we' did nothing, by August;
80% of the population would have been infected,
5,000+ doctors and nurses would be dead,
45,000+ other people would be dead.
bobcrusader wrote:Thanks for all the responses! I was genuinely not sure on how the bushwalking community would respond - hence the question. We decided to not go - mainly because of the stretched emergency services comments, but also because my 15YO daughter has come down with chest pain and breathing difficulties. They won't test her, because she didn't fit the stupid criteria, but she had a chest x-ray today. Unexplained pneumonia then qualifies for a test. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
PS I have enough fuel capacity to drive to the trailhead and back without needing to talk to another human, so apart from the whole 'if something went wrong requiring rescue' part, I still considered it very low risk from a coronavirus perspective. I'm also familiar with Murphy's Law...
ofuros wrote:Anybody can be infected, but it seems the virus mostly kills the elderly & the elderly with pre-existing medical conditions...
Picture, everyone was at risk dying from the virus, infants, children, teens, 20yo's 30yo's, 40, 50, 60yo's...would I still go Bushwalking just because I feel the need ?
Probably not the best time to go bush... it's a short term sacrifice for our aging population.
Lophophaps wrote:
crollsurf wrote: . . . if our society was run by medics . . .
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