Coronavirus Thread. How deadly is the Coronavirus?
1. What are the symptoms?
1. What are the symptoms?
2. One in five people who become infected are in big trouble. An illness of 3-6 weeks that for about one in twenty will become critical.
3. Old age alone will not kill you if you get Coronavirus. The vast majority of elderly folk are in good health comparatively. Those with underlying conditions or frailty are most at risk.
4. But make no mistake, the virus is deadly. It is up to 24 times more likely to kill you than the seasonal flu & for many who survive the illness they’ll still have adverse health effects.
5. And Coronavirus is coming to your community very soon. The scenes you see for Italy will be your own community in a little over a week. We can still do a lot to contain the virus but our government think it’s a good idea if 40 million Brits contract it.
6. You can track the spread of the virus around the globe at this link. In particular, pay attention to the USA. The cases we are due to see there will soon dwarf anything else in the world. worldometers.info/coronavirus/
